North Carolina Census: 1790 through 1990

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North Carolina Census: 1790 through 1990

Table 48.  North Carolina - Race and Origin:  1790 to 1990
(See text for sources, definitions, and explanations)  Table with row headers in column A and column headers in rows 3 to 5
    Race    
       
Census year Total
population
White Black American
Indian,
Eskimo,
and Aleut
Asian
and
Pacific
Islander
Other
race
Hispanic
origin
(of any
race)
White, not
of Hispanic
origin
(lead dot indicates sub-part)                
NUMBER                
1990 ................................................................................ 6,628,637 5,008,491 1,456,323 80,155 52,166 31,502 76,726 4,971,127
.   Sample ................................................................................ 6,628,637 5,011,248 1,455,340 82,606 50,395 29,048 69,020 4,977,281
1980 ............................................................................... 5,881,766 4,457,507 1,318,857 64,652 21,176 19,574 56,667 4,428,567
.   Sample ................................................................................ 5,881,766 4,460,570 1,319,054 65,960 23,150 13,032 56,039 4,430,653
1970 ............................................................................... 5,082,059 3,901,767 1,126,478 44,406 5,617 3,791 (NA) (NA)
.   15% sample/1 ............................................................................... 5,082,036 3,906,701 1,125,545 43,614 (NA) (NA) 22,611 3,886,911
.   5% sample ...............................................................................    5,082,059   3,903,355   1,126,310 (NA) (NA) (NA) 43,414 3,868,275
1960 ................................................................................ 4,556,155 3,399,285 1,116,021 38,129 2,012 708 (NA) (NA)
                 
1950 ................................................................................ 4,061,929 2,983,121 1,047,353 3,742 551 27,162 (NA) (NA)
1940/2 ............................................................................... 3,571,623 2,567,635 981,298 22,546 144 (X) 180   2,567,455
.   5% sample/2 ............................................................................... (NA) 2,567,920 (NA) (NA) (NA) (X) 180 2,567,740
1930 ................................................................................ 3,170,276 2,234,958 918,647 16,579 92 (X) (NA) (NA)
1920 ................................................................................ 2,559,123 1,783,779 763,407 11,824 113 (X) (NA) (NA)
1910 ............................................................................... 2,206,287 1,500,511 697,843 7,851 82 (X) (NA) (NA)
1900 .............................................................................. 1,893,810 1,263,603 624,469 5,687 51 (X) (NA) (NA)
1890/3 ............................................................................... 1,617,949 1,055,382 561,018 1,516 33 (X) (NA) (NA)
                 
1890/4 ............................................................................... 1,617,947 1,055,382 561,018 1,514 33 (X) (NA) (NA)
1880  ............................................................................... 1,399,750 867,242 531,277 1,230 1 Black
1870  ............................................................................... 1,071,361 678,470 391,650 1,241 - Total Free Slave
1860  .............................................................................. 992,622 629,942 361,522 1,158 - 361,522 30,463 331,059
1850  ............................................................................... 869,039 553,028 316,011 (NA) (NA) 316,011 27,463 288,548
1840  .............................................................................. 753,419 484,870 268,549 (NA) (NA) 268,549 22,732 245,817
1830  ............................................................................... 737,987 472,843 265,144 (NA) (NA) 265,144 19,543 245,601
1820  .............................................................................. 638,829 419,200 219,629 (NA) (NA) 219,629 14,712 204,917
1810  ............................................................................. 556,526 377,374 179,152 (NA) (NA) 179,152 10,268 168,884
1800  .............................................................................. 478,103 337,764 140,339 (NA) (NA) 140,339 7,043 133,296
1790  ............................................................................. 393,751 288,204 105,547 (NA) (NA) 105,547 4,975 100,572
                 
PERCENT                
1990 ................................................................................ 100.0 75.6 22.0 1.2 0.8 0.5 1.2 75.0
.   Sample ................................................................................ 100.0 75.6 22.0 1.2