1790

U.S. Free & Slave Population 1790

	1790 Total Free	1790 Slaves	1790 Slaves as % of Total	1790 Slaves as 3/5	1790 Total	1790 Total counting Slaves as 3/5	1790 Added Repres because of 3/5	1790 from Census Bureau	1790 diff Census from computed
Connecticut	235,007	2,648	1%	1,589	237,655	236,596	1%	237,946	291
Delaware	50,209	8,887	15%	5,332	59,096	55,541	11%	59,096
Georgia	53,284	29,264	35%	17,558	82,548	70,842	33%	82,548
Kentucky	61,247	12,430	17%	7,458	73,677	68,705	12%	73,677
Maine	96,643				96,643	96,643		96,540	(103)
Maryland	216,692	103,036	32%	61,822	319,728	278,514	29%	319,728
Massachusetts	378,556				378,556	378,556		378,787	231
New Hampshire	141,742	157	0%	94	141,899	141,836	0%	141,885	(14)
New Jersey	172,716	11,423	6%	6,854	184,139	179,570	4%	184,139
New York	319,048	21,193	6%	12,716	340,241	331,764	4%	340,120	(121)
North Carolina	294,222	100,783	26%	60,470	395,005	354,692	21%	393,751	(1,254)
Pennsylvania	429,904	3,707	1%	2,224	433,611	432,128	1%	434,373	762
Rhode Island	68,154	958	1%	575	69,112	68,729	1%	68,825	(287)
South Carolina	141,979	107,094	43%	64,256	249,073	206,235	45%	249,073
Tennessee								35,691	35,691
Vermont	85,341				85,341	85,341		85,425	84
Virginia	454,983	292,627	39%	175,576	747,610	630,559	39%	691,737	(55,873)
West Virginia								55,873	55,873
	3,199,727	694,207	18%	416,524	3,893,934		13%	3,929,214	35,280

For other years:

Year	"url"
1790	http://bessel.org/slavfree/1790.htm
1800	http://bessel.org/slavfree/1800.htm
1810	http://bessel.org/slavfree/1810.htm
1820	http://bessel.org/slavfree/1820.htm
1830	http://bessel.org/slavfree/1830.htm
1840	http://bessel.org/slavfree/1840.htm
1850	http://bessel.org/slavfree/1850.htm
1860	http://bessel.org/slavfree/1860.htm

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