Business, Industry, and Government
Leggetts Department Store in Henderson, NC, circa 1930s-early 1940s
1940 | 1962 | 1970 | 1981 | 1990 | 1996 | ||
Granville | |||||||
Total employment | 3248 | 3773 | 4267 | 5840 | 9918 | 13206 | |
Manufacturing | 521 | 1558 | 2374 | 3333 | 4757 | 6921 | |
Retail | 632 | 804 | 954 | 1055 | 1668 | 1697 | |
Services
Healthcare |
*** | 317
117 |
410
173 |
628
263 |
2343 <p1457 | 3232
2107 |
|
Vance | Total Employment | 5731 | 5669 | 9938 | 12842 | 15939 | 14969 |
Manufacturing | 2047 | 2242 | 5060 | 6192 | 6452 | 5183 | |
Retail | 959 | 1437 | 2109 | 3270 | 4988 | 4445 | |
Services
Healthcare |
612
208 |
855
313 |
1376
650 |
2514
884 |
3411
1306 |
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Warren | Total Employment | 2215 | 1500 | 1657 | 1695 | 2662 | 2548 |
Manufacturing | 163 | 847 | 873 | 753 | 1195 | 947 | |
Retail | 363 | 339 | 370 | 401 | 414 | 488 | |
Services
Healthcare |
*** | 111
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123
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183
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603
336 |
605
231 |
***The 1940 census classifications of service occupations do not equate to the classifications for subsequent census years. No figures were, therefore, included for 1940 on the above chart.
1957 | 1967 | 1977 | 1987 | 1992 | |
Granville | 574 | 636 | 854 | 1055 | 1110 |
Vance | 630 | 726 | 940 | 1404 | 1475 |
Warren | 390 | 408 | 472 | 496 | 588 |
Links to Local Industry Web Sites
Harriet & Henderson Yarns Inc. is the oldest industrial concern in Henderson, NC and is still one of the major industrial employers. (Closed in 2003)
Links to industries in Oxford, NC (Granville County's major town) http://www1.oxfordnc.org/
Athol Corporation (Granville Co.)
Links to Area Government and Government Agency Web Sites
Granville County: http://www.granvillecounty.org
Murdoch Center (Granville Co.): http://www.murdochcenter.org/
John Umstead Hospital (Granville Co.): http://www.dhhs.state.nc.us/mhddsas/john.htm
Vance County: http://www.vancecountyedc.com
The Area Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Program of Vance, Warren, Granville, and Franklin Counties: http://www.vgfw.ncmh.org/
Vance-Granville Community College: http://www.vgcc.edu
Vance County Public School System http://www.vcs.k12.nc.us/
Warrenton: http://www.warrenton.nc.gov/
Sources for tables: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Sixteenth Census of the U.S., Population, Vol. II, Characteristics of the Population, , Pt. 5; U.S. Bureau of the Census, County Business Patterns, 1962, 1970, 1981,1990, 1996 (The 1996 data derived from the online version. See http://www.census.gov/epcd/cbp/map/96data/37/077.TXT for Granville; http://www.census.gov/epcd/cbp/map/96data/37/181.TXT for Vance; and http://www.census.gov/epcd/cbp/map/96data/37/185.TXT for Warren); U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Governments, 1957, 1967, 1977, 1987, 1992.