Table 4: Counties Ranked by Percent Change in African American Population: April 1, 1990 - July 1, 1999 Panel A. Ten Counties with the Largest Percentage Increases --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Population | | | | |-------------------| Numeric | Percent Rank | County | Metropolitan Area | 1990 | 1999 | Change | Change --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Wayne County, Tennessee - 138 963 825 597.8 2 Frio County, Texas - 201 1,383 1,182 588.1 3 Tazewell County, Illinois Peoria-Pekin, IL MSA 195 959 764 391.8 4 Karnes County, Texas - 376 1,401 1,025 272.6 5 Bond County, Illinois - 429 1,429 1,000 233.1 6 Morgan County, Kentucky - 100 328 228 228.0 7 Greene County, Pennsylvania - 382 1,240 858 224.6 8 Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania - 850 2,652 1,802 212.0 9 Douglas County, Colorado Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO CMSA 413 1,261 848 205.3 10 Childress County, Texas - 327 909 582 178.0 Panel B. Ten Counties with the Largest Percentage Declines --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Population | | | | |-------------------| Numeric | Percent Rank | County | Metropolitan Area | 1990 | 1999 | Change | Change --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska - 685 174 -511 -74.6 2 Ottawa County, Oklahoma - 189 129 -60 -31.7 3 Marshall County, West Virginia Wheeling, WV-OH MSA 204 148 -56 -27.5 4 Iosco County, Michigan - 635 498 -137 -21.6 5 Geary County, Kansas - 7,320 5,989 -1,331 -18.2 6 Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska - 291 240 -51 -17.5 7 McDowell County, West Virginia - 4,755 3,925 -830 -17.5 8 Reeves County, Texas - 347 288 -59 -17.0 9 McCreary County, Kentucky - 124 105 -19 -15.3 10 Castro County, Texas - 274 238 -36 -13.1 - not part of a metropolitan area Source: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Census Bureau Internet Release date: January 29, 2001