Kentucky Derby Cavalier.
First Sergeant
- Joined
- Oct 24, 2019
Hey folks, so for the longest time I was under the impressioin that in 1860 the population of the South was approximately 9 million people. 4 million slaves, and 5 million free people. How is that when I look at the aggregates in the 1860 census of the free population of the South that it comes out to well over 7 million? I am pulling from Wiki which doesn't have the best track record for source material, but they pull directly from the 1860 census, am I missing something here?
Population of U.S. states and territories[edit]
Population of the US States and Territories[4][5][6]Rank | State | Population | Free Population | Slave Population | Percentage Enslaved |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
05 | Virginia | 1,596,318 | 1,105,453 | 490,865 | 30.7 |
11 | Georgia | 1,057,286 | 595,088 | 462,198 | 43.7 |
14 | Mississippi | 791,305 | 354,674 | 436,631 | 55.2 |
13 | Alabama | 964,201 | 529,121 | 435,080 | 45.1 |
18 | South Carolina | 703,708 | 301,302 | 402,406 | 57.2 |
17 | Louisiana | 708,002 | 376,276 | 331,726 | 46.9 |
12 | North Carolina | 992,622 | 661,563 | 331,059 | 33.4 |
10 | Tennessee | 1,109,801 | 834,082 | 275,719 | 24.8 |
09 | Kentucky | 1,155,684 | 930,201 | 225,483 | 19.5 |
23 | Texas | 604,215 | 421,649 | 182,566 | 30.2 |
25 | Arkansas | 435,450 | 324,335 | 111,115 | 25.5 |
19 | Maryland | 687,049 | 599,860 | 87,189 | 12.7 |
31 | Florida | 140,424 | 78,679 | 61,745 | 44.0 |
X | District of Columbia | 75,080 | 71,985 | 3,185 | 4.4 |
32 | Delaware | 112,216 | 110,418 | 1,798 | 1.6 |
1860 United States census - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
1860 Census: Population of the United States
Population of 31,443,321 by state, territory, age, birth, color, blind, deaf, dumb, insanity, dwelling, immigration, marriage, mortality, sex, slavery, etc.
www.census.gov
Last edited: