Census Statistics

 

 

Negro mother and child on bed in their cabin near Jefferson, Texas

 

 

Slave Statistics 1860  

 

Population

year blacks whites blacks
percentage		 total   year blacks whites blacks
percentage		 total
1860* 2017 1960 0.51 3977   1950       10172
1870 4362 4200 0.51 8562   1960       8049
1880 7210 3759 0.66 10983   1970        
1890 6,989   0.64 10,862   1980         10360
1900       10,754   1990 3,100 6,792 0.34 9,984
1910 6,725 3,744 0.64 10,472   2000     23.9% 10,941
1920       10,886   2010        
1930       10,371            
1940 6,716   0.59 11,457            

* blacks were slaves in 1860

 

1870 1860
  Total Native Foreign White Colored White Colored
1 279 279 ------- 106 173 ------- -------
2 1516 1499 17 774 742 ------- -------
4 1710 1704 6 656 1054 ------- -------
5 867 862 5 299 568 ------- -------
Jefferson 4190 3816 374 2365 1825 722 266
1st 1247 1156 91 758 489 ------- -------
2d 1266 1187 79 555 711 ------- -------
3d 1102 945 157 718 384 ------- -------
4th 575 528 47 334 241 ------- -------

 

 

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