Appendix C

CIVILIAN POPULATION OF THE STATES IN THE EIGHTH NAVAL DISTRICT
1940 CENSUS AND DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ESTIMATE, NOVEMBER 1943

 

STATE POPULATION 1940 POPULATION 1943
Alabama 2,832,961 2,718,273
Mississippi 2,183,796 1,996,333
Louisiana 2,363,880 2,316,681
Texas 6,414,824 3,259,584
Oklahoma 2,336,434 1,987,941
Arkansas 1,949,387 1,735,564
Tennessee 2,915,841 2,818,226

 

POPULATION OF IMPORTANT CITIES IN THE EIGHTH NAVAL DISTRICT
AND THEIR RANK IN THE COUNTRY - 1940 CENSUS

CITY RANK POPULATION
New Orleans, Louisiana 15 494,537
Houston, Texas 21 384,514
Dallas, Texas 31 294,734
Memphis, Tennessee 32 292,942
Birmingham, Alabama 35 267,583
San Antonio, Texas 36 253,854
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 42 204,424
Fort Worth, Texas 46 177,662
Nashville, Tennessee 50 167,402
Tulsa, Oklahoma 62 142,151
Chattanooga, Tennessee 66 128,163
Knoxville, Tennessee 77 111,580
Little Rock, Arkansas Not in first 100 88,000
Jackson, Mississippi Not in first 100 62,000

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