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 Results from the 1860 Census

STATE

TOTAL POPULATION

TOTAL NO. OF SLAVES

NO. OF FAMILIES

TOTAL FREE POPULATION

TOTAL NO. OF SLAVEHOLDERS

PERCENT OF FAMILIES OWNING SLAVES

SLAVES AS PERCENT OF POPULATION

ALABAMA

964,201

435,080

96,603

529,121

33,730

35%

45%

ARKANSAS

435,450

111,115

57,244

324,335

11,481

20%

26%

CALIFORNIA

379,985

0

98,767

379,994

0

0%

0%

CONNECTICUT

460,138

0

94,831

460,147

0

0%

0%

DELAWARE

112,216

1,798

18,966

110,418

587

3%

2%

FLORIDA

140,424

61,745

15,090

78,679

5,152

34%

44%

GEORGIA

1,057,286

462,198

109,919

595,088

41,084

37%

44%

ILLINOIS

1,711,942

0

315,539

1,711,951

0

0%

0%

INDIANA

1,350,419

0

248,664

1,350,428

0

0%

0%

IOWA

674,904

0

124,098

674,913

0

0%

0%

KANSAS

107,206

2

21,912

107,204

2

0%

0%

KENTUCKY

1,155,684

225,483

166,321

930,201

38,645

23%

20%

LOUISIANA

708,002

331,726

74,725

376,276

22,033

29%

47%

MAINE

628,270

0

120,863

628,279

0

0%

0%

MARYLAND

687,049

87,189

110,278

599,860

13,783

12%

13%

MASSACHUSETTS

1,231,057

0

251,287

1,231,066

0

0%

0%

MICHIGAN

749,104

0

144,761

749,113

0

0%

0%

MINNESOTA

172,014

0

37,319

172,023

0

0%

0%

MISSISSIPPI

791,305

436,631

63,015

354,674

30,943

49%

55%

MISSOURI

1,182,012

114,931

192,073

1,067,081

24,320

13%

10%

NEBRASKA

28,841

15

5,931

28,826

6

0%

0%

NEVADA

6,848

0

2,027

6,857

0

0%

0%

NEW HAMPSHIRE

326,064

0

69,018

326,073

0

0%

0%

NEW JERSEY

672,035

0

130,348

672,017

0

0%

0%

NEW YORK

3,880,726

0

758,420

3,880,735

0

0%

0%

NORTH CAROLINA

992,622

331,059

125,090

661,563

34,658

28%

33%

OHIO

2,339,502

0

434,134

2,339,511

0

0%

0%

OREGON

52,456

0

11,063

52,465

0

0%

0%

PENNSYLVANIA

2,906,206

0

524,558

2,906,215

0

0%

0%

RHODE ISLAND

174,611

0

35,209

174,620

0

0%

0%

SOUTH CAROLINA

703,708

402,406

58,642

301,302

26,701

46%

57%

TENNESSEE

1,109,801

275,719

149,335

834,082

36,844

25%

25%

TEXAS

604,215

182,566

76,781

421,649

21,878

28%

30%

VERMONT

315,089

0

63,781

315,098

0

0%

0%

VIRGINIA

1,596,318

490,865

201,523

1,105,453

52,128

26%

31%

WISCONSIN

775,872

0

147,473

775,881

0

0%

0%

Total

31,183,582

3,950,528

5,155,608

27,233,198

393,975

8%

13%

 

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