TABLE IX.-Negro males of voting age, with percentage unable to read and write, to read and write, for 1850 and 1860, by States for 1870 and 1900; also “free colored" males, 20 years of age and upward, unable and Territories, arranged geographically. of such cities, (3) in selected counties, by States and Territories, geographically arranged, 1900. TABLE X.-Negro males of voting age, with percentage unable to read and write, (1) in cities of 25.000 inhabitants and over, (2) outside EDUCATION REPORT, 1902. Num ward. 1. In cities of 25,000 and up State or Territory. ber of 2. Outside of cities of 25,000 and upward. 3. In selected rural counties in the several States. cities. Total. Illiterate. Per cent. Total. Illiterate. Per cent. United States 160 335,080 81,011 24.2 1,726,497 896,765 51.9 North Atlantic Division 70 75,276 8,442 11.2 48,052 10,366 21.6 Maine 98 New Hampshire.. 11 11.2 347 66 19.0 13 Aroostook 8 7.7 5 Vermont. 217 62.5 33 15.2 Grafton. 19 Massachusetts. 289 3 15.8 57 20 19.7 8,001 Franklin. 677 30 Rhode Island. 8.5 2,455 9 30.0 423 17.2 Barnstable. 3 1,555 268 79 Connecticut 17.2 1,210 27.8 157 13.0 Kent 2,073 105 191 19 9.2 New York 2,503 407 16.3 18.1 12 21, 481 New Jersey 1,556 Windham. 140 7.2 9,944 58 25.7 1,985 20.0 10 9,193 Pennsylvania.. 1,213 13.2 Wayne. 89 31 12, 281 34.8 2,712 22.1 18 32,862 Sussex 4,525 13.8 40 18,806 17 42.5 4,526 24.1 Franklin. 554 224 40.4 South Atlantic Division. 11 94,920 28,355 29.9 722,304 389,045 53.9 Delaware. 2,949 952 32.2 Maryland.. 5,425 2,626 48.4 Sussex District of Columbia.. 21,806 5,785 26.5 38,600 23,072 18,677 1,598 871 54.5 48.4 Virginia 6,024 26.1 St. Mary 1,816 1,168 64.3 West Virginia. 14,344 5,239 36.5 131,778 71,525 354 54.2 Franklin. North Carolina. 70 19.8 14,432 979 708 72.3 5,514 38.2 Hampshire 120 70 South Carolina.. 127,114 58.3 67,489 53.1 Caswell 7,632 Georgia. 2,163 28.3 1,657 145, 228 81,455 1,125 67.9 56.1 Florida 20,357 7,187 35.3 202,716 118,523 1 4,406 Chester 58.5 Lincoln. 3,587 2,363 65.9 935 768 21.2 57,011 608 23,236 79.2 40.8 Leon.... 3,267 1,941 59.4 49 67,820 11,304 16.7 89,156 28,514 32.0 13,977 2,425 17.3 17,258 4,398 8,310 2,146 25.4 Brown 25.8 15,295 9,876 2,896 489 182 37.2 1,340 8.8 29.3 Perry 64 14,467 87 4,211 1,959 175 29.1 Grundy 57.8 38 8.9 18 3,234 47.4 551 17.0 511 36 40 7.0 1,770 12 30.0 1,258 71.1 1,831 6 3 50.0 92 5.0 337 17.2 13 5 38.5 1,082 144 13.3 3,359 831 24.7 20 10 50.0 19,830 3,936 19.8 20,588 10,893 41.0 507 311 61.3 115 19 16.5 21 10 47.6 2 66.7 184 30 16.3 16 50.0 1,839 158 8.6 459 109 23.7 9 60.0 3,186 852 26.7 11,509 3,270 28.4 |