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Leggett's
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 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
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 ---	123 ---	183 ---	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.

**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)

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

John Umstead Hospital

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.