Population of the United States (1860)
New England State Free Population Slave Population Connecticut 460, 147 --- Maine 628,279 --- Massachusetts 1,231,066 --- New Hampshire 326,073 --- Rhode Island 174,620 --- Vermont 315,098 ---
Middle States State Free Population Slave Population New Jersey 672,017 --- New York 3,880,735 --- Pennsylvania 2,906,215 --- 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 --- Illinois 1,711,951 --- Indiana 1,350,428 --- Iowa 674,913 --- Kansas 107,204 2 Michigan 749,113 --- Minnesota 172,023 --- Nebraska 28,826 15 Ohio 2,339,511 --- Wisconsin 775,881 ---
Far West States Free Population Slave Population California 379,994 --- Colorado 34,277 --- New Mexico 95,516 --- Nevada 6,857 --- Oregon 52,465 --- Utah 40,244 29 Washington 11,594 ---
Border States State Free Population Slave Population Delaware 110,418 1,798 Dist. Columbia 71,895 3,185 Kentucky 930,201 225,483 Maryland 599,860 87,189 Missouri 1,067,081 114,931
Upper South State Free Population Slave Population Arkansas 324,335 111,115 North Carolina 661,563 331,099 Tennessee 834,082 275,719 Virginia 1,105,453 490,865
Lower South State Free Population Slave Population Alabama 519,121 435,080 Florida 78,679 61,745 Georgia 505,088 462,198 Louisiana 376,276 331,726 Mississippi 354,674 436,631 South Carolina 301,302 402,406 Texas 421,649 182,566
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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