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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:

White Southerners Only Value of Cotton Crop Per Capita
Year
Total value
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

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
Year
Bales
Lbs/bale
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