US Black Heritage 1880 Census Project, Virginia

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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 Virginia.

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Total Population of Virginia in 1880: 1,462,565

Total Black Population of Virginia in 1880: 631,616

Counties in 1880	Total Pop.	Black Pop.	Spreadsheet	Status/Completed
Accomac	24,408	9,393
Albemarle	32,618	16,659
Alexandria	17,546	7,574	Spreadsheet #9
Alleghany	5,586	1,132
Amelia	10,377	7,340
Amherst	18,709	8,702
Appomattox	10,080	4,927
Augusta	35,710	9,310
Bath	4,482	961
Bedford	31,205	12,677
Bland	5,004	254
Botetourt	14,815	4,656
Brunswick	16,707	10,685
Buchanan	5,694	33	Spreadsheet#1	Completed/Checked
Buckingham	15,540	8,773
Campbell	36,250	18,953
Caroline	17,243	9,628	Spreadsheet #12
Carroll	13,323	346
Charles City	5,512	3,751
Charlotte	16,653	10,949
Chesterfield	25,085	11,521
Clarke	7,682	2,537
Craig	3,794	236
Culpeper	13,408	6,623	Spreadsheet #2
Cumberland	10,540	7,417
Dinwiddie	32,870	18,428
Elizabeth City	10,689	6,531
Essex	11,032	7,569	Spreadsheet #12
Fairfax	16,025	5,264	Spreadsheet #7
Fauquier	22,993	9,305	Spreadsheet #2
Floyd	13,255	1,274
Fluvanna	10,802	5,290	Spreadsheet #7
Franklin	25,084	8,015
Frederick	17,553	2,556
Giles	8,794	1,109
Gloucester	11,876	6,533
Goochland	10,292	6,234
Grayson	13,068	997
Greene	5,830	1,825
Greensville	8,407	5,650
Halifax	33,588	20,295
Hanover	18,588	9,282
Henrico	82,703	37,878	Virginia #3 (Richmond City) Virginia #4: Other Townships
Henry	16,009	7,395
Highland	5,164	449
Isle of Wight	10,572	4,555
James City	5,422	3,195
King and Queen	10,502	6,078
King George	6,397	3,235
King William	8,751	5,464
Lancaster	6,160	3,534
Lee	15,116	922
Loudoun	23,634	7,243
Louisa	18,942	11,531
Lunenburg	11,535	6,924
Madison	10,562	4,556
Mathews	7,501	2,459
Mecklenburg	24,610	16,388
Middlesex	6,252	3,634
Montgomery	16,693	4,227
Nansemond	15,903	8,175
Nelson	16,536	7,508
New Kent	5,515	3,232
Norfolk	58,657	29,453	Spreadsheet #5 (Norfolk City) & Spreadsheet #6 (Rest of County)
Northampton	9,152	5,263
Northumberland	7,929	3,483
Nottoway	11,156	8,144
Orange	13,052	6,842
Page	9,965	1,119
Patrick	12,833	2,734
Pittsylvania	52,589	27,200
Powhatan	7,817	5,091
Prince Edward	14,668	9,914
Prince George	10,054	6,799
Princess Anne	9,394	4,262
Prince William	9,180	2,600
Pulaski	8,755	2,452
Rappahannock	9,291	3,536	Spreadsheet #1
Richmond	7,195	3,389
Roanoke	13,105	4,828
Rockbridge	20,003	5,343
Rockingham	29,567	3,433
Russell	13,906	1,272
Scott	17,233	676
Shenandoah	18,204	1,006
Smyth	12,160	1,640
Southampton	18,012	10,565
Spotsylvania	14,828	6,406
Stafford	7,211	1,653
Surry	7,391	4,559
Sussex	10,062	6,701
Tazewell	12,861	1,914
Warren	7,399	1,441
Warwick	2,249	1,470
Washington	25,203	4,086
Westmoreland	8,846	5,100
Wise	7,772	101	Spreadsheet #1
Wythe	14,318	2,850	Spreadsheet #1
York	7,349	4,512

Thank you to our spreadsheet creation helpers for Virginia

• Judith Booker
• M Cole
• Robert Eckman
• Donna Baumann

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 412-413, Virginia; 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.