Newport Population 1860

Newport Population 1860-1950

 

Year

Total

Black

     

1860

10046

95*

1870

15087

122

1880

20433

317**

1890

24918

447

1900

28301

424

1910

30309

569

1920

29317

864

1930

29744

1231

1940

30631

1007

1950

31044

980

*Includes 56 free African Americans and 39 slaves

**Includes 2 Chinese

Campbell County Population 1860-1950

 

Year

Total

Black

     

1860

20909

204*

1870

27409

282

1880

37440

441

1890

44208

686

1900

54223

580

1910

59369

735

1920

61868

934

1930

 73391

1328

1940

71918

1071

1950

75216

1004

 *Includes 88 free African Americans and 116 slaves

Information comes from Lee A Coleman, Albert C Pryor Jr. & John R Christiansen, The Negro Population of Kentucky at Mid-century" June 1956

 

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