Teaching and Learning: Migration and the American South: Population Statistics

**Table 1, Population, Births, and Deaths, 1940-1990**
	1940			1950			1960			1970			1980			1990
	Pop.	Births	Deaths	Pop.	Births	Deaths	Pop.	Births	Deaths	Pop.	Births	Deaths	Pop.	Births	Deaths	Pop.	Births	Deaths
Granville	29344	690	265	31793	835	263	33110	752	267	32762	560	299	34043	412	367	38345	543	382
Vance	29961	699	266	32101	935	267	32002	736	311	32691	692	365	36748	559	403	38892	679	452
Warren	23145	620	266	23539	717	204	19652	504	222	15810	226	200	16252	303	186	17265	244	203

**Table 2, Population by Race (Figured in Percentages), 1940-1990**
	1940			1950			1960			1970			1980			1990
	White	Black	Other	White	Black	Other	White	Black	Other	White	Black	Other	White	Black	Other	White	Black	Other
Granville	49	51	----	53.3	46.7	----	53.9	46.1	---	55.5	43.2	.3	55.6	43.9	.5	60.2	38.9	.9
Vance	53.3	46.6	.01	54.5	45.5	---	56.3	43.7	---	57.6	42.3	.1	56.4	43.3	.3	54.3	45.2	.5
Warren	34.7	65.3	---	33.6	62.9	3.5	35.3	62.6	.02	37.5	59.9	2.6	36.3	59.5	4.1	38.2	57.2	4.6

**Table 3, Population by Race, 1940, 1970, 1990**
	1940			1970			1990
	White	Black	Other	White	Black	Other	White	Black	Other
Granville	14379	14958	7	18394	14322	46	23069	14909	367
Vance	15996	13958	7	18847	13832	12	21131	17563	198
Warren	8036	15108	1	5923	9467	420	6600	9870	795

**Table 4, Family Income, 1980 and 1990**
	1980		1990
	Median Family Income	% Below State Median	Median Family Income	% Below State Median
Granville	$16345	2.7	$29800	8.7
Vance	$14117	18.9	$25800	25.6
Warren	$12008	39.8	$21900	47.9
N.C.	$16792	---	$32400	---

Table 5, Estimated
Poverty Rates, 1997
	% of Population in Poverty
U.S.*	13.3
N.C.*	12.6
Vance	19.3
Granville	12.3
Warren	23.4

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, Population, Vol. II, Characteristics of the Population, pt. 5; U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1950 Census of the Population, Vol. II, Characteristics of the Population, pt. 3; U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1960 Census of the Population, Vol. 1, Characteristics of the Population, Pt. 35; U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1970 Census of the Population, Characteristics of the Population, Vol. 1, Pt. 35; U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1980 Census of the Population and Housing, Summary Characteristics; U.S. Bureau of the Census, Vital Statistics of the United States, 1940, Pt. II; U.S. Bureau of the Census, Vital Statistics of the United States, 1950, Vol. II; U.S. Bureau of the Census, Vital Statistics of the United States, 1960, Vol. II; U.S. Bureau of the Census, Vital Statistics of the United States, 1970, Vol. I; U.S. Bureau of the Census, Vital Statistics of the United States, 1980, Vol. I; U.S. Bureau of the Census, Vital Statistics of the United States, 1990, Vol. II; Office of State [N.C.] Budget and Management, Statistical Abstract of North Carolina Counties, 1991. U.S. Census Bureau, "Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates [1997]," http://www.census.gov/housing/saipe/estmod97/est97US.dat ; U.S. Census Bureau, "Model-Based Income and Poverty Estimates for Vance County in 1997," http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/estimate/cty/cty37181.htm; U.S. Census Bureau, Model-Based Income and Poverty Estimates for Granville County in 1997," http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/estimate/cty/cty37077.htm; U.S. Census Bureau, "Model-Based Income and Poverty Estimates for Warren County in 1997," http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/estimate/cty/cty37185.htm