Population of the United States (1860)

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Population of the United States (1860)

New England State Free Population Slave Population
Connecticut 460,170 vs 0
Maine 628,279 vs 0
Massachusetts 1,231,066 vs 0
New Hampshire 326,073 vs 0
Rhode Island 174,620 vs 0
Vermont 315,098 vs 0



Middle States State Free Population Slave Population
New Jersey 672,017 vs 0
New York 3,880,735 vs 0
Pennsylvania 2,906,215 vs 0

Note: In New Jersey there remained, in addition to the 672,017 free, 18 colored apprentices for life by the act to abolish slavery, passed April 18, 1846.

Middle West State Free Population Slave Population
Dakota 4,837 vs 0
Illinois 1,711,951 vs 0
Indiana 1,350,428 vs 0
Iowa 674,913 vs 0
Kansas 107,204 vs 2
Michigan 749,113 vs 0
Minnesota 172,023 vs 0
Nebraska 28,826 vs 15
Ohio 2,339,511 vs 0
Wisconsin 775,881 vs 0



Far West States Free Population Slave Population
California 379,994 vs 0
Colorado 34,277 vs 0
New Mexico 95,516 vs 0
Nevada 6,857 vs 0
Oregon 52,465 vs 0
Utah 40,244 vs 29
Washington 11,594 vs 0



Border States State Free Population Slave Population
Delaware 110,418 vs 1,798
Dist. Columbia 71,895 vs 3,185
Kentucky 930,201 vs 225,483
Maryland 599,860 vs 87,189
Missouri 1,067,081 vs 114,931



Upper South State Free Population Slave Population
Arkansas 324,335 vs 111,115
North Carolina 661,563 vs 331,099
Tennessee 834,082 vs 275,719
Virginia 1,105,453 vs 490,865



Lower South State Free Population Slave Population
Alabama 519,121 vs 435,080
Florida 78,679 vs 61,745
Georgia 505,088 vs 462,198
Louisiana 376,276 vs 331,726
Mississippi 354,674 vs 436,631
South Carolina 301,302 vs 402,406
Texas 421,649 vs 182,566



Total 1860 Population Total Free Population 27,489,561
Total Slave Population 3,953,760
Grand Total 31,443,321

Source: "The Civil War and Reconstruction" by Randall and Donald (Their source was U.S. Census, 1860, Population, pp. 598-599)

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