The American Nation A History of the United States, Combined Volume (14th Edition)

642 Chapter 24 Postwar Society and Culture: Change and Adjustment

SOUTH

CAROLINA

NORTH

CAROLINA

VIRGINIA

WEST

VIRGINIA

MARYLAND

DELAWARE

Out-migration from the Rural South, 1920–30

Counties of gain

Counties of loss Gain

Population variation:

Loss

125

1000

8000

27000

64000

ATLANTIC

OCEAN

Washington

Richmond

Greenboro

Charlotte

Greenville

Columbia

Population Losses in the SouthThe graph shows that whites and especially blacks were leaving the South in

large numbers, especially during the 1920s. The map shows that while many urban areas in the South gained

population, most rural areas lost population.

1870–1880 1880–1890 1890–1900 1900–1910 1910–1920 1920–1930 1930–1940

300

250

200

150

100

50

0

Decade

Black White

Black and White Out-Migration from Virginia and North and South Carolina, 1870–1940