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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 Tennessee.
- Total Population of Tennessee in 1880: 1,542,359
- Total Black Population of Tennessee in 1880: 403,151
Counties in 1880 | Total Pop. | Black Pop. | Spreadsheet | Status/Checked |
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Anderson | 10,820 | 903 | Tennessee #12 | |
Bedford | 26,025 | 7,489 | Tennessee #10 | |
Benton | 9,780 | 633 | Tennessee #2 | |
Bledsoe | 5,617 | 747 | Tennessee #12 | |
Blount | 15,985 | 1,705 | Tennessee #12 | |
Bradley | 12,124 | 1,845 | Tennessee #12 | |
Campbell | 10,005 | 432 | Tennessee #12 | |
Cannon | 11,859 | 1,116 | Tennessee #12 | |
Carroll | 22,103 | 5,579 | ||
Carter | 10,019 | 628 | Tennessee #1 | |
Cheatham | 7,956 | 1,661 | Tennessee #1 | |
Claiborne | 13,373 | 789 | Tennessee #12 | |
Clay | 6,987 | 399 | Tennessee #12 | |
Cocke | 14,808 | 1,447 | ||
Coffee | 12,894 | 1,723 | Tennessee #2 | |
Crockett | 14,109 | 3,612 | ||
Cumberland | 4,538 | 42 | Tennessee #1 | Done/Checked |
Davidson | 79,026 | 31,331 | Surnames A-J: Tennessee #3 Surnames K-Z: Tennessee #4 | |
Decatur | 8,498 | 1,222 | ||
De Kalb | 14,813 | 1,151 | ||
Dickson | 12,460 | 2,231 | Tennessee #2 | |
Dyer | 15,178 | 3,912 | Tennessee #2 | |
Fayette | 31,871 | 22,238 | ||
Fentress | 5,941 | 103 | Tennessee #14 | |
Franklin | 17,178 | 3,530 | ||
Gibson | 32,685 | 9,145 | ||
Giles | 36,014 | 14,189 | ||
Grainger | 12,384 | 829 | Tennessee #12 | |
Greene | 24,005 | 2,152 | Tennessee #1 | |
Grundy | 4,592 | 438 | Tennessee #14 | |
Hamblen | 10,187 | 1,706 | ||
Hamilton | 23,642 | 7,399 | Tennessee #13 | |
Hancock | 9,098 | 482 | Tennessee #14 | |
Hardeman | 22,921 | 9,608 | Tennessee #11 | |
Hardin | 14,793 | 2,016 | ||
Hawkins | 20,610 | 2,641 | ||
Haywood | 26,053 | 17,556 | Tennessee #5 | |
Henderson | 17,430 | 3,016 | Tennessee #2 | |
Henry | 22,142 | 6,654 | ||
Hickman | 12,095 | 2,246 | Tennessee #2 | |
Houston | 4,295 | 808 | Tennessee #2 | |
Humphreys | 11,379 | 1,671 | Tennessee #1 | |
Jackson | 12,008 | 433 | Tennessee #2 | |
James | 5,187 | 667 | ||
Jefferson | 15,846 | 2,500 | ||
Johnson | 7,766 | 470 | Tennessee #14 | |
Knox | 39,124 | 7,244 | ||
Lake | 3,968 | 691 | ||
Lauderdale | 14,918 | 5,837 | ||
Lawrence | 10,383 | 784 | ||
Lewis | 2,181 | 218 | Tennessee #14 | |
Lincoln | 26,960 | 6,310 | ||
Loudon | 9,148 | 1,758 | ||
McMinn | 15,064 | 2,325 | ||
McNairy | 17,271 | 2,426 | Tennessee #2 | |
Macon | 9,321 | 890 | ||
Madison | 30,874 | 15,467 | ||
Marion | 10,910 | 1,369 | ||
Marshall | 19,259 | 4,830 | Tennessee #10 | |
Maury | 39,904 | 18,171 | ||
Meigs | 7,117 | 814 | ||
Monroe | 14,283 | 1,292 | ||
Montgomery | 28,481 | 13,694 | ||
Moore | 6,233 | 785 | ||
Morgan | 5,156 | 289 | Tennessee #14 | |
Obion | 22,912 | 4,069 | ||
Overton | 12,153 | 342 | Tennessee #14 | |
Perry | 7,174 | 565 | Tennessee #14 | |
Polk | 7,269 | 344 | Tennessee #14 | |
Putnam | 11,501 | 598 | Tennessee #14 | |
Rhea | 7,073 | 773 | Tennessee #14 | |
Roane | 15,237 | 1,906 | ||
Robertson | 18,861 | 5,618 | ||
Rutherford | 36,741 | 16,493 | ||
Scott | 6,021 | 157 | Tennessee #14 | |
Sequatchie | 2,565 | 56 | Tennessee #14 | |
Sevier | 15,541 | 693 | Tennessee #14 | |
Shelby | 81,430 | 46,903 | Surnames A-G: Tennessee #7 Surnames H-P: Tennessee #8 Surnames Q-Z: Tennessee #9 | |
Smith | 17,799 | 3,578 | ||
Stewart | 12,690 | 2,757 | ||
Sullivan | 18,321 | 1,305 | Tennessee #1 | |
Sumner | 23,625 | 7,331 | ||
Tipton | 21,033 | 10,543 | ||
Trousdale | 6,646 | 2,141 | ||
Unicoi | 3,645 | 119 | Tennessee #14 | |
Union | 10,260 | 218 | Tennessee #14 | |
Van Buren | 2,933 | 186 | Tennessee #14 | |
Warren | 14,082 | 2,276 | ||
Washington | 16,181 | 1,577 | Tennessee #1 | |
Wayne | 11,301 | 1,069 | ||
Weakley | 24,538 | 4,413 | ||
White | 11,176 | 988 | Tennessee #14 | |
Williamson | 28,313 | 12,390 | Tennessee #6 | |
Wilson | 28,747 | 8,455 |
Thank you to our spreadsheet creation helpers for Tennessee
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 407-408, Tennessee; image copy, United States Census Bureau, https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-13.pdf : accessed 9 Jan 2024.
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