Most of the information in this chart was obtained from the Compendia of the
U.S.A. census Data that was separated in the census by age and sex was combined
for this study.  In addition "free blacks and slaves" were combined, and residents of
Charlottesville were consistently combined with Albemarle County.  A few 1700's
numbers were obtained from a document at the Albemarle County Historical Society.
These numbers were not rechecked as of Feb. 2000.
Table of Population of the Charlottesville/Albemarle community
separated by census information indicating race showing percent
of population that was African American
Year	Total Pop.	Af-Am Pop.	"White" Pop.	% Af-Am
1745	3,778	1,798	1,980	47.6%
1776	7,260	3,460	3,800	47.7%
1780	6,870	3,270	3,600	47.6%
1790	12,585	5,750	6,835	45.7%
1800	16,439	7,643	8,796	46.5%
1810	18,268	9,625	8,643	52.7%
1820	19,750	11,032	8,718	55.9%
1830	22,618	12,163	10,455	53.8%
1840	22,924	12,379	10,545	54.0%
1850	25,800	13,925	11,875	54.0%
1860	26,625	14,522	12,103	54.5%
1870	27,544	14,994	12,550	54.4%
1880	32,618	16,659	15,959	51.1%
1890	32,378	14,126	18,252	43.6%
1900	34,922	12,950	21,972	37.1%
1910	36,636	12,197	24,439	33.3%
1920	36,693	10,516	26,177	28.7%
1930	42,226	10,265	31,961	24.3%
1940	44,052	9,811	34,241	22.3%
1950	52,631	9,669	42,962	18.4%
1780 - creation of Fluvanna County in 1777 caused decrease.
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