Population Database: Graphs and Statistics
- Increase in Population of Slaveholders
This graph plots the changes in the total Texas slaveholder population across all counties from 1837 to 1845.
- Increase in Population of Slaves
This graph plots the changes in the total enslaved population across all counties in Texas from 1837 to 1845.
- Population of Slaves and Slaveholders Compared
This graph compares the changes in slaveholder and enslaved populations in Texas from 1837 to 1845, plotting both on the same scale.
- Percentage Increase: Slaves & Slaveholders
This graph compares the percentage of change in slaveholder and enslaved populations in Texas from 1837 to 1845, plotting each on a different scale so that the percentage of change between years is comparable.
- Slaveholders Compared by Number of Slaves Held
This graph compares the percentage of Texas slaveholders who held 1-4 slaves, 5-9 slaves, 10-19 slaves, 20-49 slaves, and 50 or more slaves.
- Slaveholders Divided by Slaves Held
This series of pie-charts compares the percentages of Texas slaveholders in different categories (those who held 1-4 slaves, 5-9 slaves, 10-19 slaves, 20-49 slaves, and 50 or more slaves) in a given year.
- Percentage of Growth Among Different Classes of Slaveholders
This graph compares the percentage of growth of Texas slaveholders in different categories from 1837 to 1845, plotting each on a different scale so that the percentage of changes between years is comparable.
- Slaveholder Populations: Travis and Austin Counties
This graph compares the changes in total slaveholder populations in Travis County (along the western frontier) and Austin County (within one of the oldest areas of settlement) giving an example of the variation in population changes in different counties.