1910 Aggregate Census Population Data for Pitt County
Department of Commerce
Bureau of the Census
E. Dana Durand, Director
Appointed June 16, 1909; Resigned
June 30, 1913
WM. J. Harris, Director
Appointed July 1, 1913
Thirteenth Census of the United States
Taken in the Year 1910
Volume III
P O P U L A T I O N
1910
Reports by States, with Statistics for Counties, Cities
and Other Civil Divisions
Nebraska-Wyoming
Alaska, Hawaii, and Porto Rico
Prepared under the Supervision of William C. Hunt
Chief Statistician for Population
Washington
Government Printing Office
1913
POPULATION--NORTH CAROLINA
Table 1.--Population of Minor Civil Divisions: 1910, 1900, AND 1890
p. 279-280
Pitt County
|
MINOR CIVIL DIVISION
|
1910
|
1900
|
1890
|
|
Pitt County
|
36,340
|
30,889
|
25,519
|
|
Beaver Dam township
|
1,356
|
1,312
|
1,068
|
|
Belvoir township
|
1,299
|
1,342
|
1,340
|
|
Bethel township, including Bethel town
Bethel town |
2,215
469
|
2,279
457
|
2,068
377
|
Carolina township, including Oakley and Stokes towns
O akley town15 |
1,932
57
79
|
1,604
-----
-----
|
1,243
-----
-----
|
|
Chicod township, including Grimesland and Shelmerdine
towns
Grimesland town
Shelmerdine town15 |
4,613
330
315
|
3,721
277
-----
|
3,080
-----
-----
|
|
Contentnea township, including Ayden and Winterville
towns and part of Grifton town
Ayden town
Grifton town (part of)
Total for Grifton town in Contentnea and Swift Creek townships
Winterville town |
5,704
990
250
291
484
|
4,047
557
200
229
243
|
2,812
-----
107
121
-----
|
|
Falkland township, including Falkland and Fountain
towns
Falkland town
Fountain town15 |
2,589
132
189
|
2,139
139
-----
|
1,759
61
-----
|
|
Farmville township, including Farmville and Marlboro
towns
Farmville town
Marlboro town |
3,072
816
225
|
2,361
262
111
|
1,981
140
92
|
|
Greenville township, including Greenville town
Greenville town
Ward 1
Ward 2
Ward 3
Ward 4
Ward 5 |
8,558
4,101
827
493
1,082
1,205
494
|
7,323
2,565
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-----
-----
-----
-----
|
5,679
1,937
-----
-----
-----
-----
-----
|
|
Pactolus township, including Maupin and Pactolus
towns
Maupin town1
Pactolus town |
1,945
141
154
|
1,679
-----
52
|
1,768
-----
105
|
|
Swift Creek township, including part of Grifton
town
Grifton town (part of) |
3,057
41
|
3,082
29
|
2,631
14
|
1Incorporated in
1905
15Incorporated
in 1903
POPULATION--NORTH CAROLINA
Table 2.--Population of Incorporated Places: 1910, 1900, and 1890
p. 284
Pitt County
|
City or Town
|
1910
|
1900
|
1890
|
|
Ayden town
|
990
|
557
|
-----
|
|
Bethel town
|
469
|
457
|
377
|
|
Falkland town
|
132
|
139
|
61
|
|
Farmville town
|
816
|
262
|
140
|
|
Fountain town
|
189
|
-----
|
-----
|
|
Greenville town
|
4,101
|
2,565
|
1,937
|
|
Grifton town
|
291
|
229
|
121
|
|
Grimesland town
|
330
|
277
|
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|
POPULATION--NORTH CAROLINA
Table 1.--Composition and Characteristics of the Population for the
State and for Counties
p. 306
Pitt County
|
POPULATION
|
|
|
Total population, 1910
|
36,340
|
|
Increase, 1900-1910
|
5,451
|
|
Per cent of increase
|
17.6
|
|
Land area (square miles)
|
627
|
|
Population per square mile, 1910
|
58.0
|
|
Rural population per square mile, 1910
|
51.4
|
|
URBAN AND RURAL TERRITORY
|
|
|
Urban, 1910--Places of 2,500 or more in 1910
|
4,101
|
|
Per cent of increase, 1900-1910
|
59.9
|
|
Rural, 1910--Remainder of county in 1910
|
32,239
|
|
Per cent of increase, 1900-1910
|
13.8
|
|
Per cent in places of 2,500 or more, 1910
|
11.3
|
|
COLOR AND NATIVITY
|
|
|
White
|
18,233
|
|
Negro
|
18,106
|
|
Black
|
15,564
|
|
Mulatto
|
2,542
|
|
Indian, Chinese, and Japanese
|
1
|
|
Native white-Native parentage
|
18,177
|
|
Native white--Foreign or mixed parentage
|
23
|
|
Native white--Foreign parentage
|
4
|
|
Native white-Mixed parentage
|
19
|
|
Foreign-born white
|
33
|
| PERCENT
OF TOTAL POPULATION |
|
|
Native white--Native parentage
|
50.0
|
|
Native white--Foreign or mixed parentage
|
0.1
|
|
Foreign-born white
|
0.1
|
|
Negro
|
49.8
|
|
FOREIGN NATIONALITIES
|
|
|
Foreign-Born White: Born in--
|
|
|
Canada--French
|
1
|
|
Canada--Other
|
1
|
|
England
|
2
|
|
Germany
|
1
|
|
Greece
|
5
|
|
Hungary
|
2
|
|
Ireland
|
1
|
|
Russia
|
2
|
|
Scotland
|
5
|
|
Turkey in Asia
|
12
|
|
Other foreign countries
|
1
|
|
Native White: Both parents born in--
|
|
|
Germany
|
2
|
|
Russia
|
2
|
p. 307
Pitt County
|
SEX
|
|
|
Total...Male
|
18,172
|
|
Total...Female
|
18,168
|
|
White...Male
|
9,422
|
|
White...Female
|
8,811
|
|
Negro...Male
|
8,749
|
|
Negro...Female
|
9,357
|
|
MALES OF VOTING AGE
|
|
|
Total number
|
8,019
|
|
Native white--Native parentage
|
4,467
|
|
Native white--Foreign or mixed parentage
|
6
|
|
Native white--Foreign parentage
|
1
|
|
Native white--Mixed parentage
|
5
|
|
Foreign-born white
|
18
|
|
Negro
|
3,527
|
|
Indian, Chinese, and Japanese
|
1
|
|
Per Cent of Total
|
|
|
Native white--Native parentage
|
55.7
|
|
Native white--Foreign or mixed
parentage
|
0.1
|
|
Foreign-born white
|
0.2
|
|
Negro
|
44.0
|
|
Citizenship of Foreign-Born White
|
|
|
Naturalized
|
1
|
|
Having first papers
|
2
|
|
Alien
|
10
|
|
Unknown
|
5
|
|
ILLITERACY
|
|
|
Illiterate Males of Voting Age
|
|
|
Total number lliterate
|
2,401
|
|
Per cent illiterate
|
29.9
|
|
Native white, number illiterate
|
684
|
|
Per cent illiterate
|
15.3
|
|
Foreign-born white, number illiterate
|
2
|
|
Per cent illiterate
|
-----
|
|
Negro, number illiterate
|
1,715
|
|
Per cent illiterate
|
48.6
|
|
Persons 10 Years Old and Over
|
|
|
Total number
|
24,956
|
|
Number illiterate
|
6,468
|
|
Per cent illiterate
|
25.9
|
|
Native white, number
|
12,780
|
|
Number illiterate
|
1,417
|
|
Per cent illiterate
|
11.1
|
|
Foreign-born white, number
|
32
|
|
Number illiterate
|
4
|
|
Per cent illiterate
|
-----
|
|
Negro, number
|
12,143
|
|
Number illiterate
|
5,047
|
|
Per cent illiterate
|
41.6
|
|
Persons 10 to 20 Years, Inclusive
|
|
|
Total number
|
8,931
|
|
Number illiterate
|
1,567
|
|
Per cent illiterate
|
17.5
|
|
SCHOOL AGE AND ATTENDANCE
|
|
|
Total number 6 to 20 years, inclusive
|
13,148
|
|
Number attending school
|
7,825
|
|
Per cent attending school
|
59.5
|
|
Number 6 to 9 years
|
4,217
|
|
Number attending school
|
2,568
|
|
Number 10 to 14 years
|
4,541
|
|
Number attending school
|
3,438
|
|
Number 15 to 17 years
|
2,224
|
|
Number attending school
|
1,269
|
|
Number 18 to 20 years
|
2,166
|
|
Number attending school
|
550
|
|
Persons 6 to 14 Years, inclusive
|
|
|
Total number
|
8,758
|
|
Number attending school
|
6,006
|
|
Per cent attending school
|
68.6
|
|
Native white--Native parentage,
number
|
4,040
|
|
Number attending school
|
3,091
|
|
Per cent attending school
|
76.5
|
|
Native white--Foreign or mixed
parentage, number
|
2
|
|
Number attending school
|
2
|
|
Per cent attending school
|
-----
|
|
Foreign-born white, number
|
1
|
|
Number attending school
|
-----
|
|
Per cent attending school
|
-----
|
|
Negro, number
|
4,715
|
|
Number attending school
|
2,913
|
|
Per cent attending school
|
61.8
|
|
DWELLINGS AND FAMILIES
|
|
|
Dwellings, number
|
7,131
|
|
Families, number
|
7,235
|
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