My family on the Paternal side migrated to Tyler,Texas from Louisiana in the 1920's. I'm assuming during the oil boom there was access to service jobs in that area.This summary gives a breakdown of the white and black population from 1860 to 1960. I notice the decrease in black population during the great migration. My pops older siblings moved to Chicago in the 1950's. My dad moved to Dallas in 1960 then to Los Angeles in 65.
https://npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/64500654.pdf
Population figures for Tyler in 1850 are not available as the community was included in the total county population. Total county population was 4,292 of which 717 African Americans, or 17 percent, were slaves. In 1860 Tyler was a small county seat and local commercial and transportation center. Its population was 1,024; 416 African Americans were slaves representing roughly 41 percent of the population. Most white residents were born in other southern states or were the offspring of those born in other southern states. Nearly 80 percent of Smith County's residents came from Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi and Georgia. The remainder came from Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Kentucky and Illinois (U.S. Census 1860 and Lathrop:37). Despite the economic and social effects of the Civil War, by 1870 the number of inhabitants had increased by nearly 59 percent to 1,750. Of these 974 were white (56 percent) and 776 were African American (44 percent). By 1880 Tyler's population increased to 2,4231, a rise of more than 100 percent since 1860. During the 1880s the population, and the economy boomed, and in 1890 the city was home to 6,098 new people, of which 2,570 were African American. The 3,675 new people represent an increase of about 160 percent in 10 years. The African American population increased 30 percent since 1870. However, growth slowed until the middle of the decade. By 1900 8,069 people lived in Tyler representing an increase of less than half the growth experienced in the 1880s. Likewise the African American population grew by only 123, or about four percent; most of this gain was likely the result of natural increase. Tyler's white population started a climb in 1910 that rapidly accelerated after 1930. African Americans in Tyler numbered 2,954 in 1910. In 1920 the population was approximately 77 percent white, and 23 percent African Americans. During the 1920s Tyler's population grew rapidly with white and African American residents representing approximately the same proportion of the total as they had in 1920. A surge of 11,116 new residents drawn by the East Texas Oil Field boom raised the city's population in 1940 to 28,279; of these 7,391, 26 percent, were African American. Overall, the population of Tyler increased about 61 percent in less than 10 years. Despite the effects of World War II, this phenomenal growth continued through the 1940s with the population increasing by 10,689 people to 38,968 in 1950. Tyler's greatest growth occurred between 1950 and 1960, when the population grew by 12,262 people. Reflecting the baby boom phenomenon, a sound national economy and the continued viability of the East Texas Oil Field, this increase brought Tyler's population to 51,230 inhabitants in 1960. Most of the growth between 1940 and 1960 was in the white sector of the population, as African American residents decreased to about 25 percent in 1950 and about 22 percent in 1960. Although the number of African Americans increased within the general population over time, their total representation decreased between 1870 and 1920 as the general white population grew. In 1870 African Americans comprised 44 percent of Tyler's population, but in 1920 this group made up about 24 percent of the population. Reflecting nationwide restricted opportunities in employment and education for African Americans,
