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