Statistical Study of Grayson County — 1925

The information contained in this chart has been abstracted from a book published by the Commonwealth in 1925 entitled A Statistical Study of Virginia. At this time, Virginia had 100 counties and 19 independent cities. Counties were ranked relative to other counties, and independent cities ranked against other independent cities. At first glance, this data may seem to be dry, but by careful study, one can determine much about how the residents of Grayson County lived in 1925.

Social Statistics – Health
Topic	Value	Rank	Statewide	County Average
Total Birth Rate per 1000	30.54	18	24.62	26.06
White Birth Rate per 1000	30.83	14	24.10	23.45
Infant Moraltity per 1000 births	64	70	80	78
Death rate per 1000	9.34	82	11.71	11.64
White death rate per 1000	9.36	48	9.83	9.63
Persons per physician	1,321	45	955	1,472
Persons per dentist	3,963	48	3,598	5,167
Divorces per Marriage	.06	25	.14
Church membership (over age 10)	52.2%	64	59.3	54.2

Social Statistics – Education
Topic	Value	Rank	Statewide
Total illiteracy	8.5%	82	11.2%
Negro illiteracy	26.2	–	23.5%
School Index	53.05	78	61.16
Percent Enrolled	91.4	5	76.0
Percent Attending	87	20	82
Length of Term (days)	154	55	156
Percent one-room schools	69.1	15	51.8
Number of Teachers	160	27	120
Average Teacher Salary	600	82	733
Per Captia Expenditure	17.43	90	25.52
Ratio Total population Number of College Students	295	77	269

Agriculture
Topic	Value	Rank	Statewide
Farm Population	13,950	19	9,802
Number of Farms	2,883	17	1,937.2
Percent located on unimproved dirt roads	82.0	10	60.1
Percent farm land planted	22.2	45	20.6
Value of Farm property	$15,612,801	20	$9,994,658
Value of Farm property per captita	$1,119.14	40	$1,090.87
Average Value of Farm Property	$5,415	42	$5,561
Value of Land per Acre	$44.15	28	$40.38
Value of Farm Implements	$548,416	21	$400,212
Average Value of Implements/Acre	$9.07	26	$7.68
Value of Livestock	$1,069,644	18	$726,306
Average value of Livestock per farm	$371.01	47	$401.58
Crop Values per Acre of Crop Land	$20.00	66	$23.78
Total Crop Values	$1,209,769	39	$1,394,454
Bushels of Wheat	46,242	49	81,727
Bushels of Corn	398,507	21	277,270
Bushels of White Potatoes	22,604	49	171,349
Bushels of Peanuts	0	35	106,707
Pounds of Tobacco	2,370	57	1,165,254
Number of Peach Trees	15,487	39	21,962
Number of Apple Trees	109,921	23	80,108
Value of Eggs & Chickens	237,677	39	234,562
Value of Dairy Products	235,031	21	162,449
Number of Milk Cows	6,800	14	3,930
Number of Other Cattle	13,500	8	4,430
Number of Swine	4,919	46	5,822
Value of Farm Products Sold Through Cooperative Marketing	$48,608	42	$211,236
Value of Farm Products Purchased Through Cooperatives	$2,760	59	$12,949
Percentage of Farm Tenancy	12.8	72	21.6
Percentage of Farms Mortgaged	19.7	43	19.5
Farms per Radio	206	15	124
Number of Tractors	15	91	67

Taxation and Wealth
Topic	Value	Rank	Statewide
Value of all Taxable Property	$3,736,618	80	$9,354,528
Per Capita Assessed Value	$192.61	97	$484.70
Number of Income Tax Returns	78	65	716
Per Capita Buying Power	N/A	N/A	$308
Per Capita Banking Resources	$112	61	N/A
Total County Debt	$81,866.66	62	$326,734.53
Per Capita Total Debt	$4.13	72	$14.63

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Richmond skyline after the Evacuation Fire of 1865.

Virginia Museum of Natural History

Statistical Study of Grayson County — 1925