14-15. SC Population by Race: 1790-1990

                     Total     	  Percent         Total          Percent
      Year           White         White         NonWhite       NonWhite

      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
      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
      1980        2,147,224         68.8          974,596         31.2
      1990        2,406,974         69.0        1,079,729         31.0

Source: (1790-1890) Julian J. Petty, Twentieth Century Changes in South Carolina Population; (1900-1990) U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Popu- lation.

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