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** only in the 1810 Census count did black population growth exceed that of non-black population growth under slavery | ** only in the 1810 Census count did black population growth exceed that of non-black population growth under slavery | ||
*** this growth coincided with the introduction of the cotton gin and rapid expansion of slavery across the deep South | *** this growth coincided with the introduction of the cotton gin and rapid expansion of slavery across the deep South | ||
* notably, black population growth has exceeded non-blacks following emancipation and desegregation | * notably, black population growth has exceeded non-blacks following emancipation and desegregation | ||
** Census counts marking higher black population growth in '''bold''' | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|Year | |||
|non-Black population | |||
|Growth | |||
|Black population | |||
|Growth | |||
|- | |||
|1990 | |||
| 218,723,813.00 | |||
|9.3% | |||
| 29,986,060.00 | |||
|'''13.2%''' | |||
|- | |||
|1980 | |||
| 200,050,780.00 | |||
|10.8% | |||
| 26,495,025.00 | |||
|'''17.3%''' | |||
|- | |||
|1970 | |||
| 180,631,637.00 | |||
|12.6% | |||
| 22,580,289.00 | |||
|'''19.7%''' | |||
|- | |||
|1960 | |||
| 160,451,344.00 | |||
|18.3% | |||
| 18,871,831.00 | |||
|'''25.5%''' | |||
|- | |||
|1950 | |||
| 135,655,075.00 | |||
|14.2% | |||
| 15,042,286.00 | |||
|'''16.9%''' | |||
|- | |||
|1940 | |||
| 118,803,757.00 | |||
|7.1% | |||
| 12,865,518.00 | |||
|8.2% | |||
|- | |||
|1930 | |||
| 110,883,903.00 | |||
|16.4% | |||
| 11,891,143.00 | |||
|13.6% | |||
|- | |||
|1920 | |||
| 95,247,489.00 | |||
|16.0% | |||
| 10,463,131.00 | |||
|6.5% | |||
|- | |||
|1910 | |||
| 82,144,503.00 | |||
|22.3% | |||
| 9,827,763.00 | |||
|11.2% | |||
|- | |||
|1900 | |||
| 67,160,581.00 | |||
|21.1% | |||
| 8,833,994.00 | |||
|18.0% | |||
|- | |||
|1890 | |||
| 55,459,038.00 | |||
|27.3% | |||
| 7,488,676.00 | |||
|13.8% | |||
|- | |||
|1880 | |||
| 43,574,990.00 | |||
|29.4% | |||
| 6,580,793.00 | |||
|'''34.9%''' | |||
|- | |||
|1870 | |||
| 33,678,362.00 | |||
|24.7% | |||
| 4,880,009.00 | |||
|9.9% | |||
|- | |||
|1860 | |||
| 27,001,491.00 | |||
|38.1% | |||
| 4,441,830.00 | |||
|22.1% | |||
|- | |||
|1850 | |||
| 19,553,068.00 | |||
|37.8% | |||
| 3,638,808.00 | |||
|26.6% | |||
|- | |||
|1840 | |||
| 14,189,705.00 | |||
|34.7% | |||
| 2,873,648.00 | |||
|23.4% | |||
|- | |||
|1830 | |||
| 10,532,060.00 | |||
|33.9% | |||
| 2,328,642.00 | |||
|31.4% | |||
|- | |||
|1820 | |||
| 7,866,797.00 | |||
|34.2% | |||
| 1,771,656.00 | |||
|28.6% | |||
|- | |||
|1810 | |||
| 5,862,073.00 | |||
|36.1% | |||
| 1,377,808.00 | |||
|'''37.5%''' | |||
|- | |||
|1800 | |||
| 4,306,446.00 | |||
|35.8% | |||
| 1,002,037.00 | |||
|32.3% | |||
|- | |||
|1790 | |||
| 3,172,006.00 | |||
| | |||
| 757,208.00 | |||
|19.3% | |||
|} | |||