US Black Heritage 1880 Census Project, North Carolina
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US Black Heritage Project; USBH 1880 Project
Goal: To create a profile for every Black American enumerated on the 1880 US federal census in North Carolina.
- Total Population of North Carolina in 1880: 1,399,650
- Total Black Population of North Carolina in 1880: 531,277
| Counties in 1880 census | Total Pop. | Black Pop. | Spreadsheet | Status/Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alamance | 14,613 | 4,613 | ||
| Alexander | 8,355 | 897 | ||
| Alleghany | 5,486 | 519 | ||
| Anson | 17,994 | 9,204 | ||
| Ashe | 14,437 | 963 | ||
| Beaufort | 17,474 | 7,452 | ||
| Bertie | 16,399 | 9,584 | Spreadsheet #3 | |
| Bladen | 16,158 | 8,560 | Spreadsheet #3 | |
| Brunswick | 9,389 | 4,052 | ||
| Buncombe | 21,909 | 3,476 | Spreadsheet #1 | |
| Burke | 12,809 | 2,721 | ||
| Cabarrus | 14,964 | 5,115 | ||
| Caldwell | 10,291 | 1,599 | ||
| Camden | 6,184 | 2,471 | ||
| Carteret | 9,784 | 2,676 | ||
| Caswell | 17,825 | 10,656 | ||
| Catawba | 14,946 | 2,477 | ||
| Chatham | 23,453 | 7,953 | ||
| Cherokee | 8,182 | 288 | ||
| Chowan | 7,900 | 4,267 | ||
| Clay | 3,316 | 141 | ||
| Cleaveland | 16,571 | 2,871 | ||
| Columbus | 14,439 | 5,513 | ||
| Craven | 19,729 | 13,064 | ||
| Cumberland | 23,836 | 11,241 | ||
| Currituck | 6,476 | 1,981 | ||
| Dare | 3,243 | 368 | ||
| Davidson | 20,333 | 3,992 | ||
| Davie | 11,096 | 3,326 | ||
| Duplin | 18,773 | 8,186 | ||
| Edgecombe | 26,181 | 18,213 | ||
| Forsyth | 18,070 | 4,629 | ||
| Franklin | 20,829 | 11,353 | ||
| Gaston | 14,254 | 4,066 | ||
| Gates | 8,897 | 3,924 | Spreadsheet #1 | |
| Graham | 2,335 | 23 | Spreadsheet #1 | Done/Checked |
| Granville | 31,286 | 17,679 | ||
| Greene | 10,037 | 5,385 | ||
| Guilford | 23,585 | 6,700 | ||
| Halifax | 30,300 | 21,162 | Spreadsheet #6 | |
| Harnett | 10,862 | 3,770 | ||
| Haywood | 10,271 | 484 | ||
| Henderson | 10,281 | 1,388 | ||
| Hertford | 11,843 | 6,721 | ||
| Hyde | 7,765 | 3,341 | ||
| Iredell | 22,675 | 5,913 | ||
| Jackson | 7,343 | 375 | ||
| Johnston | 23,461 | 7,465 | ||
| Jones | 7,491 | 4,279 | ||
| Lenoir | 15,344 | 8,067 | ||
| Lincoln | 11,061 | 2,881 | ||
| McDowell | 9,836 | 1,897 | ||
| Macon | 8,064 | 656 | ||
| Madison | 12,810 | 459 | ||
| Martin | 13,140 | 6,479 | ||
| Mecklenburg | 34,175 | 16,241 | Spreadsheet #7 | |
| Mitchell | 9,435 | 503 | ||
| Montgomery | 9,374 | 2,517 | ||
| Moore | 16,821 | 5,332 | ||
| Nash | 17,731 | 8,314 | ||
| New Hanover | 21,376 | 13,217 | ||
| Northampton | 20,032 | 12,045 | ||
| Onslow | 9,829 | 3,229 | ||
| Orange | 23,698 | 9,143 | Spreadsheet #2 | |
| Pamlico | 6,323 | 2,116 | ||
| Pasquetank | 10,369 | 5,514 | ||
| Pender | 12,468 | 6,957 | ||
| Perquimans | 9,466 | 4,671 | ||
| Person | 13,719 | 6,513 | ||
| Pitt | 21,794 | 11,088 | ||
| Polk | 5,062 | 1,144 | ||
| Randolph | 20,836 | 3,078 | Spreadsheet #1 | |
| Richmond | 18,245 | 10,104 | ||
| Robeson | 23,880 | 11,938 | Spreadsheet #4 | |
| Rockingham | 21,744 | 9,313 | ||
| Rowan | 19,965 | 6,339 | ||
| Rutherford | 15,198 | 3,255 | ||
| Sampson | 22,884 | 9,540 | ||
| Stanley | 10,505 | 1,339 | ||
| Stokes | 15,353 | 3,623 | ||
| Surry | 15,302 | 2,075 | ||
| Swain | 3,784 | 109 | ||
| Transylvania | 5,340 | 517 | ||
| Tyrrell | 4,545 | 1,435 | ||
| Union | 18,056 | 4,536 | ||
| Wake | 47,939 | 23,650 | Spreadsheet #5 | |
| Warren | 22,619 | 16,233 | Spreadsheet #8 | |
| Washington | 8,928 | 4,374 | ||
| Watauga | 8,160 | 414 | ||
| Wayne | 24,951 | 12,124 | ||
| Wilkes | 19,181 | 1,924 | ||
| Wilson | 16,064 | 7,409 | ||
| Yadkin | 12,420 | 1,544 | ||
| Yancey | 7,694 | 325 |
Thank you to our spreadsheet creation helpers for North Carolina
Sources
- "1880 Census: Volume 1. Statistics of the Population of the United States;" Table V: Population, by Race and by Counties: 1880, 1870, 1860; pages 403-404, North Carolina; image copy, United States Census Bureau, https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-13.pdf : accessed 30 Dec 2023.
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