White Southerners Only Value of Cotton Crop Per Capita
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Year
|
Total value
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Black Share
|
White Share
|
Value to Whites Only
|
White
Population
|
White
Per Capita
|
1860
|
$291,259,800
|
15%
|
85%
|
$247,570,830
|
5,500,000
|
$45.01
|
1870
|
$329,741,386
|
33%
|
67%
|
$220,926,729
|
5,800,000
|
$38.09
|
1875
|
$252,977,406
|
33%
|
67%
|
$169,494,862
|
6,850,000
|
$24.74
|
1880
|
$313,889,353
|
33%
|
67%
|
$210,305,867
|
7,900,000
|
$26.62
|
1885
|
$275,599,800
|
33%
|
67%
|
$184,651,866
|
8,950,000
|
$20.63
|
1890
|
$396,017,756
|
33%
|
67%
|
$265,331,897
|
10,000,000
|
$26.53
|
1895
|
$311,493,356
|
33%
|
67%
|
$208,700,549
|
11,350,000
|
$18.39
|
1900
|
$393,262,475
|
33%
|
67%
|
$263,485,858
|
12,700,000
|
$20.75
|
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Saturday, July 20, 2013
Why the white south felt "poor" after the Civil War
If you look at only white Southerners and try to adjust for the Black Share of the Cotton crop from 1860 vs. 1900 you get something like this:
Why the South was poor after the Civil War - Value of Cotton Crop per Capita
Southern Cotton Production 1860-1900 & Value of Cotton Crop
Per Capita
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Year
|
Bales
|
Lbs/bale
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Price
|
Total value
|
Population
|
Per Capita
|
1860
|
4,860,000
|
461
|
$ 0.13
|
$291,259,800
|
9,000,000
|
$32.4
|
1870
|
3,122,551
|
440
|
$ 0.24
|
$329,741,386
|
9,500,000
|
$34.7
|
1875
|
3,832,991
|
440
|
$ 0.15
|
$252,977,406
|
11,450,000
|
$22.1
|
1880
|
5,761,552
|
454
|
$ 0.12
|
$313,889,353
|
13,400,000
|
$23.4
|
1885
|
5,706,000
|
460
|
$ 0.11
|
$275,599,800
|
14,550,000
|
$18.9
|
1890
|
7,311,322
|
471
|
$ 0.12
|
$396,017,756
|
15,700,000
|
$25.2
|
1895
|
9,901,251
|
484
|
$ 0.07
|
$311,493,356
|
17,850,000
|
$17.5
|
1900
|
9,436,865
|
479
|
$ 0.09
|
$393,262,475
|
20,000,000
|
$19.7
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