African-American Population of Delaware: 1800-1980
| Author(s) | Ames, David L. | |
| Author(s) | Callahan, Mary Helen | |
| Author(s) | Chase, Susan M. | |
| Author(s) | Siders (Sheppard), Rebecca J. | |
| Date Accessioned | 2005-09-18T17:22:21Z | |
| Date Available | 2005-09-18T17:22:21Z | |
| Publication Date | 1991-02 | |
| Description | Delaware's population growth occured in roughly three phases: from 1800 to 1840, from 1840 to approximately 1940, and from 1940 to 1980(Figure 1). In 1800, Delaware's population was 64,273. African-Americans numbered 14,421 (22% of the state's total); 6,153 or 43% were slaves. Over the next 140 years, the African-American population of the state grew modestly, increasing an average of 6% each decade until 1940 (Table 1 and Figure 2). Growing at a slower rate (4% per decade), the white population increased to 58,564 people by 1840. By 1840 the African-American proportion of the states' population had risen slightly to 25%. From 1840 to 1940, however, the white population, fueled primarily by growth in Wilmington, grew at a faster rate than did African-American population--15% per decade on the average (Figure 3). In 1940 the 19,251 African-Americans living in Delaware constituted 14% of the states's total population. | en |
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| URL | http://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/1596 | |
| Language | en_US | |
| Part of Series | CHAD;13 | |
| Keywords | African American | en |
| Keywords | Delaware population growth | en |
| Title | African-American Population of Delaware: 1800-1980 | en |
| Type | Other | en |