Population Statistics

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

 

Table 1: Population, Births, and Deaths, 1940-1990

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

 

Table 2: Population by Race (Figured in Percentages), 1940-1990

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

 

Table 3: Population by Race, 1940, 1970, 1990

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

 

Table 4: Family Income, 1980 and 1990

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

 

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

 

Sources:

• 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],”