This is a map of nonwhites in the year 1790. It shows a greater population of nonwhites in the Southern part of the states. According to the census that year there were 757,000 blacks, making up 19% of the population. Of that total number, 697,624 were slaves with the highest number of slaves residing in Virginia. To me this map looks like Virginia and South Carolina are pretty similar, but Virginia’s slave population does reach 200,000.
This map is hundred years later at 1890 just looking at the % of blacks in the population. They are still concentrated in the southern states and I found interesting that there was a greater amount along the Mississippi.
This map shows the % of black in the southern states at the 1970 census. This map sows that blacks are still abundant in the south states. Collapse of the discrimination and old social order has happened, but articles show that concern for black progress. The consistency in these maps indicates that blacks are firmly established and despite social conflict will continue to remain and be a prominent figure in the south.
The map is just thirty years later for the 2000 census and still shows the percentage of blacks. Again not much has changed in the percentages. Only slight color changes show little variation from 1970 census. This reaffirms the presence of a rooted ethnic homeland of the south.
One recent trend, since the 1990s, is the movement of blacks back to the South.
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