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Ethnic Change in Texas
Hispanic is defined as "Mexican race." Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930,
Population, Vol. III, Pt. 2 (Washington, D.C., 1932), 975, 1,014-
dSixteenth Census of the United States: 1940, Population, Vol. II, Pt. 1 (Washington,
D.C., 1943), 52. Hispanics are represented by "Spanish mother tongue."
eUnited States Census of Population: 1950, Vol. II, Characteristics of the Population, Pt.
43, Texas (Washington, D.C., 1952), 63; and Special Report, Persons of Spanish Surname
(Washington, D.C., 1953), p. 3C-6, which lists the Hispanic figures for 1930, 1940, and
1950.
'Eighteenth Census of the United States, Census of Population: I960, Vol. I, Pt. 45,
Texas (Washington, D.C., 1961), 64; and Subject Reports, No. PC(2)-1B, Persons of Spanish
Surname (Washington, D.C., 1963).
gUnited States, Bureau of the Census, 1970 Census of Population, Vol. I, Characteristics
of the Population, Pt. 45, Texas (Washington, D.C., 1973), Sec. 1, p. 103, and Sec. 2,
pp. 1,269, 1,270.
h 1980 Census of Population, Vol. I, Characteristics of the Population, Chapter C, Gen-
eral Social and Economic Characteristics, Pt. 45, Texas, Sec. 1 (Washington, D.C., 1983),
31, 59-
Table 4
Ethnic Evolution of a Texas County, 1835-198o:
Shelby County, East Texas
Group 1835 1850 1887 1930 1980
Southern 73%
Old-Stock 74% 84% 74% 73%
Anglos
Northern 3%
Afro-Americans 3% 23% 15% 25% 21%
Europeans o% 1% <1% <1% 5%
Hispanics o% o% o% <1% <1%
Amerindians 23% o% o% <1% <1%
SOURCES:
MSS Mexican census of the Municipality of Tenaha, 1835, in the Nacogdoches Archives
(Archives Division, Texas State Library, Austin); hand count of the MSS free population
schedules, United States Census of 1850; The Seventh Census of the United States: 185o
(Washington, D.C., 1853), 504; L. L. Foster (ed.), First Annual Report of the AgriculturalBu-
reau of the Department of Agriculture, Insurance, Statistics, and History, 1887-88 (Austin,
1889), 202-203; Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930, Population, Vol. III, Pt. 2
(Washington, D.C., 1932), 988, 1,015, 1,o18, 1,022; for 198o, black, Amerindian, and
Hispanic percentages are based on 1980 Census of Population, Characteristics of the
Population, Chapter C, General Social and Economic Characteristics, Pt. 45, Texas, Sec. 1
(Washington, D.C., 1983), 57, 85; and the Old-Stock Anglo and European figures are
based upon United States Census of Population and Housing, 1980, Summary Tape File
4, "Technical Documentation" (Washington, D.C., 1983), unpublished computer tape.421
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