They seem to be better breeders. These changes contrast sharply with those of the decade 1920 to 1930. during which the white population as a whole increased 16.3 percent. the native whites 18.7. and the foreignborn whites 2.0 percent. The 13.3 percent decrease in the foreignborn white population between 1930 and 1940 is in large measure due to the curtailment of foreign immigration during this decade. there having been a net loss through emigration of 47.000 persons. The foreignborn white population has. therefore. not teen replenished by new immigrants. and the mortality among its members has been relatively high during this intercensal decade because of the large percentage of old persons in this group. Unless the present quota laws are relaxedwhich hardly seems probablethe foreignborn white will have ceased to form a numericaily important element of our population within 20 or 30 years. Negro population: In 1940. Negroes numbered 12.865.518. an increase of 974.375. or 8.2 percent. over the number enumerated in 1930.
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