9, its African-American population had climbed to 120,000. In 1900-1901, Chicago had a total population of 1,6 98,575. By 1920, the city had added more than 1 million residents. During the sec ond wave of the Great Migration (1940–1960), the African-American population in the city grew from 278,000 to 813,000. The flow of African Americans to Ohio, particularly to Cleveland, changed the demographics of the state and the primary industria l city. Before the Great Migration, an estimated 1.1% to 1.6% of Cleveland’s population was African American.[8] By 1920, 4.3% of Cleveland’s population was African Am erican. The number of African Americans in Cleveland continued to rise over the n ext 20 years of the Great Migration.
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