| Site |
Location |
Population (1990) |
Demographics (1990) |
| Hinds Co
MS
|
Central Mississippi;
home to the capital city of Jackson
|
254,606 (Jackson had a population of 196,637);
from 1980 to 1990 the white population decreased by 10.6%, while
the non-white population increased by 14.4%. White population in
neighboring Madison Co increased 63.2% during this same time period. |
Hinds County was 51% African American
and 48% white.
Jackson was about 56% African American and 44% white.
|
| Humphreys Co
MS
|
Heart of Mississippi Delta |
12,134 |
68% African American and 32% |
| Richland Co
SC
|
Central South Carolina; home to the capital
city of Columbia |
285,720 (Columbia had a population of
98,052) |
56% white and 42% African American; Hispanics
and Asians about 1% |
| Orangeburg Co
SC
|
Located between Columbia and Charleston
in a largely rural area |
84,803 (City of Orangeburg, the county
seat, had a population of 13,739) |
58% African American and 41% white with
the African-American portion of the population increasing slightly
(from 56%) since the 1980 census. |
| Shelby Co
TN
|
Southwestern corner of Tennessee, bordered
by Mississippi River to the west and the Mississippi State border
to the south; home of Memphis |
826,333 (Memphis had a population of 610,337) |
55% white and 43% African American (Memphis
was 55% African American and 44% white) |
| Tunica Co
MS
|
35 miles south of Memphis along the Mississippi
River |
8,146 (2,000 of whom lived in Tunica,
the only incorporated municipality) |
75% African American and 24% white |
| Montgomery Co
AL
|
Central Alabama; home to the capital city
of Montgomery |
214,996 (Montgomery had a population of
187,106) |
57% white and 42% African American (Montgomery
was 53% white, 46% African American) |
| Lowndes Co
AL
|
30 minutes west of Montgomery |
12,658 |
76% African American and 23.5% white (underreporting
may have underestimated African-American population) |
