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Appendix. Population Statistics: South Carolina and Orangeburg
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Appendix Population Statistics: South Carolina and Orangeburg South Carolina Population by Race, 1790–1970 Year Total Percentage Total Percentage White White Non-White Non-White 1790 140,178 56.3 108,895 43.7 1800 196,255 56.8 149,336 43.2 1810 214,196 51.6 200,919 48.4 1820 237,440 47.2 265,301 52.8 1830 257,863 44.4 323,322 55.6 1840 259,084 43.6 335,314 56.4 1850 274,563 41.1 393,944 58.9 1860 291,300 41.4 412,408 58.6 1870 289,667 41.1 415,939 58.9 1880 391,105 39.3 604,472 60.7 1890 462,008 40.1 689,141 59.9 1900 557,807 41.6 782,509 58.4 1910 679,161 44.8 836,239 55.2 1920 818,538 48.6 865,186 51.4 1930 944,049 54.3 794,716 45.7 Appendix 122 1940 1,084,308 57.1 815,496 42.9 1950 1,293,405 61.1 823,622 38.9 1960 1,551,022 65.1 831,572 34.9 1970 1,794,430 69.3 796,086 30.7 Source:SouthCarolinaStatisticalAbstract.JulianJ.Petty,TwentiethCenturyChanges in South Carolina Population (South Carolina Population by Race: 1790–1970). Orangeburg Population, 1790–2000 Orangeburg County Orangeburg City 1790 18,513 1900 59,663 1910 55,893 1920 64,907 1930 63,864 1940 63,707 1950 68,726 15,322 1960 68,559 13,852 1970 69,789 13,252 1980 82,276 14,933 1990 84,803 13,772 2000 91,582 12,765 Source: General Population Characteristics, South Carolina. Population of Counties by Deccenial Census: 1900–2000, compiled and edited by Richard L. Forstall. Population Division, U.S. Bureau of the Census. Note: Missing years due to the burning of the Orangeburg’s courthouse during Sherman’s march through Orangeburg during the Civil War. ...