Unofficial Figures

TABLE 33—Continued

Alabama Registratton Statistics—Continued

County

Percent

Percent Total White Whites white Nonwhite Nonwhite nonwhite popula- popula- registered popula- popula- registered population 1950 tion over 1958 tion over tion over 1958 tion over 21 1950 21 regis- 21 1950

21 registered

tered

Population shifts, changes in age of population, or failure to strike the names of deceased or departed registrants, have resulted in percentage calculations in excess of 100 percent "registered" in some counties. 100 percent is shown in such cases.

Population figures are from Bureau of Census, 1950.
Registration figures are from Birmingham News, Feb. 17, 1959.

32, 256 27,158 19, 261 26, 652

8, 793 63, 004 18, 369 15, 499 18, 951 11, 009 11,944 19, 362 17,757 49, 361 30, 493 16, 036 24,599 45,055 10, 929

10,097
13, 802
5,162
9,011
2,780
11, 144
8,122
3,880
6,305
4, 469
1, 929
6,699
4,784
8, 409
8,827
5, 932
4,775
19, 708
3, 956

9, 338
2, 225
4,598
5,179
1, 749
21, 805
1,893
3, 958
4,016
1, 482
4,728
3, 849
4, 922
19,136
7, 841
2, 354
8,013
7, 406
2, 294

Unofficial Figures

TABLE 34. Mississippi Registration Statistics—Continued

County

Total Nonwhite White Nonwhite Nonwbites Percent population, percent of population population registered, nonwhites 1950 total popu- over 21, 1950 over 21, 1950 1955 over 21, lation, 1950

registered

George.
Greene.
Grenada.
Hancock
Harrison.
Hinds.
Holmes.
Humphreys.
Issaquena.
Itawamba
Jackson
Jasper.
Jefferson..
Jefferson Davis.
Jones..
Kemper
Lafayette.
Lamar.
Lauderdale.
Lawrence.
Leake.
Lee.
Leflore.
Lincoln.
Lowndes.
Madison.
Marion.
Marshall
Monroe.
Montgomery
Neshoba
Newton
Noxubee
Oktibbeha.
Panola..
Pearl River
Perry.
Pike..
Pontotoc.
Prentiss.
Quitman.
Rankin.
Scott
Sharkey.
Simpson.
Smith.
Stone.
Sunflower.
Tallahatchie
Tate
Tippah..
Tishomingo
Tunica.
Union,
Walthall.

10,012

8, 215
18, 830
11,891
84, 073
142, 164
33, 301
23, 115

4, 966
17, 216
31, 401
18, 912
11, 306
15, 500
57, 235
15, 893
22, 798
13, 225
64, 171
12, 639
21, 600
38, 237
51, 813
23, 899
37, 852
33, 860
23, 967
25, 106
36, 543
14, 470
25, 730
22, 681
20, 022
24, 569
31, 271
20, 641

9, 108
35, 137
19, 994
19,810
25, 885
28, 881
21, 681
12, 903
21, 819
16, 740

6, 264 56, 031 30, 486 18,011 17, 522 15, 544 21, 664 20, 262 15, 563

12.3 18.3 52.2 17.1 16.0 45.0 73.5 69.7 67.4

5.4 21.5 51.4 74. 5 55.5 26.3 59.4 35.5 15.9 36.4 37.6 42.4 27.9 68.2 32. 9 48.6 73. 6 35.0 70.6 37.5 43.0 25.9 34.6 74.4 47.8 55.9 21.8 24. 3 44. 7 19.1 11.8 60.7 47.3 43. 2 71.3 33. 3 20.3 21.8 68.1 63. 7 57.6 19.4

4,677
3, 491
5, 599
5, 769
42, 170
52, 015
5,569
3, 806

800
9, 298
14,178
5, 470
1, 901
3, 847
24, 617
3,816
8, 957
6,115
26, 598
4,425
7, 409
17,082
10, 332
11, 087
11,667
5, 606
9, 044
4, 406
13, 667

5, 039
10, 810
8, 727
3, 134
8, 042
8, 139
9, 084
3, 707
12, 147

9, 608
10, 103
5, 186
9, 829
7, 247
2, 124
8, 486
7, 363
2, 799
10, 037
6, 299
1, 535
8,037
8, 492
2, 251
10, 008
4, 735

618

758
4, 980
1,131
7,858
35, 021
11, 468
7,712
1,790

470
3,752
4, 313
4, 304
3, 923
8,046
4,023
3, 844
1,118
12,965
2, 229
3, 835
5, 531
17, 893
4, 507
9,177
11, 586
4, 103
8,210
6, 734
2, 978
2,984
3,687
6,764
5, 409
8, 628
2, 454
1, 136
7, 608
1, 847
1, 170
7, 844
7, 295
4, 329
4, 533
3, 351
1,400

746
18, 949
9, 235
4,989
1,603

0 38 39 449 1, 569 4,089

45 37

0 42 900

9

0 1,038 872

20 105

0 1,039 268 66 97 297 516 117 431 331 15 18 0 8 32

0 128

1 0 58 137

6 18 234 33 15

1 61

6 25 114

0

12 1.7 1.8 1.6 11.4 1.3 3.7 8.1 .2

3 0

3 1.4 0 2.4

.01

0 5.1 1.8 3. 2 1.5 3

.3 .02 1.8

.4 3.3

.6 0 0 9 3. 7

Unofficial Figures

TABLE 34. Mississippi Registration Statistics—Continued

County

Total Nonwhite Whites Nonwhite Nonwhites Percent Population percent of population population registered nonwhites 1950 total popu. over 21, 1950 over 21, 1950 1955 over 21, lation, 1950

registered

Population figures are from Bureau of Census, 1950.

County registration figures are estimates from Master's thesis, Negro Voting in Mississippi, by James Barnes, graduate student, University of Mississippi, 1955, based on interviews with officials and/or exami. nation of county records. See also Congressionl Record, June 10, 1957, pp. 7676–77, 85th Congress, 1st Session; Statewide estimates from 1954 survey made by then Attorney General (now Governor) James P. Coleman, Hearings, House Judiciary Subcommittee, 85th Congress, 1st Session, 1957, pp. 736-739.

Additional Mississippi Registration Statistics The State Times of Jackson, Mississippi, surveyed the following counties in the fall of 1956 and published these registration figures (Oct. 29–Nov, 1, 1956). For other statistics on these counties, see preceding table.

Unofficial Figures

TABLE 35.—Texas Registration Statistics

Anderson.

31, 875

14, 292 Andrews.

5, 002 2,829 Angelina 1. 36, 032 18, 262 Aransas

4, 252 2,532 Archer 3

6,816

4, 119 Armstrong

2, 215 1, 433 Atascosa.... 20, 048 10, 495 Austin

14, 663 8, 100 Bailey 2

7,592 4, 026 Bandera

4, 410 2,896 Bastrop

19, 622 8, 556 Baylor.

6, 875 4, 215 Bee

18, 174 9,955 Bell.

73, 824 40, 752 Bexar..

500, 460 279, 792 Blanco

3, 780

2, 442 Borden..

1, 106 603 Bosque

11,836 7,748 Bowie..

61, 966 29, 394 Brazoria.

46,549 23, 634 Brazos.

38, 390 17,372 Brewster

7, 309 4, 152 Briscoe

3, 528 2,037 Brooks.

9, 195 4, 841 Brown.

28, 607 18, 019 Burleson

13,000 5, 487 Burnet

10, 356 6, 463 Caldwell.

19, 350 9, 637 Calhoun..

9, 222

4, 957 Callahan.

9,087 5, 936 Cameron

125, 170 65, 317 Camp

8,740 3, 473 Carson.

6,852

4,098 Cass.

26,732 10,993 Sastro.

5, 417 2, 920 Chambers. 7,871 3,795 Cherokee

38, 694 18, 376 Childress

12, 123 7, 007 Clay

9,896 6,166 Cochran

5,928 3,110 Coke..

4, 045 2, 463 Coleman 3

15,503

9,765 Collin 4

41, 692 24, 349 Collingsworth 9, 139 4,983 Colorado.

17, 576

8,506 Comal

16, 357 9,794 Comanche.

15, 516 10, 285 Concho...

5,078 3,081 Cooke

22, 146 13, 138 Coryell...

16, 284 9,972 See footnotes at end of table.

Unofficial Figures

TABLE 35.—Texas Registration Statistics-Continued

Non- Non

Non- white white Non- Percent Whites Whites Percent white poll

esti- whites nonover 21 registered whites popula- taxes mated over 21 whites 1950 1956 over 21 tion paid un- registered over 21

registered over 21 and listed 1958 registered

1950 listed ex

exempts empts

282 100.0 22.2 33.7 0

34.4 24.4 100.0 24.6 22.4 47.3 21.2 21.1 26.6 55,6 46.9 21.9 16.6 36.3 30.6 23.9 32.1 47.2 42.0 25.9 23.9 19.5 41.9 48.1 50.4 31. 1 29.7 43.3 32. 3 54.5 25.0 45.3 36.7 18.2 54.8 59.4 49.3 46.6 16.6 32.5 25.0

0 34.5 60.6 47.5