Business, Industry, and Government

This resource was developed as part of the Migration and the American South project.

Leggetts Department Store in Henderson, NC, circa 1930s-early 1940s

Table 1: Employment in Business and Industry, 1962-1996 (Total and in Selected Areas)

	1940	1962	1970	1981	1990	1996
Granville
Total	3248	3773	4267	5840	9918	13206
Manufacturing	521	1558	2374	3333	4757	6921
Retail	632	804	954	1055	1668	1697
Services	***	317	410	628	2343	3232
Healthcare		117	173	263		2107
Vance
Total	5731	5669	9938	12842	15939	14969
Manufacturing	2047	2242	5060	6192	6452	5183
Retail	959	1437	2109	3270	4988	4445
Services		612	855	1376	2514	3411
Healthcare		208	313	650	884	1306
Warren
Total	2215	1500	1657	1695	2662	2548
Manufacturing	163	847	873	753	1195	947
Retail	363	339	370	401	414	488
Services	***	111	123	183	603	605
Healthcare		---	---	---	336	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.

Table 2: Employment in Local Government (Includes Public School and Community College Employment)

	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)

Athol Corporation (Granville Co.)

Links to Area Web Sites

Vance-Granville Community College:  https://www.vgcc.edu

Vance County Public School System   https://www.vcs.k12.nc.us/

Warrenton:  https://www.warrenton.nc.gov/

Sources

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;
• U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Governments, 1957, 1967, 1977, 1987, 1992.