13,419,190 9,978,922

Increase of population, 3,440,268, or exclusive of California and
Territories, 3,183,013--equal to 31.8 per cent.

Slaveholding States. Pop. 1850. Pop. 1840
Delaware 91,536 78,085
Maryland 583,035 470,019
District of Columbia(9) 51,687 43,712
Virginia 1,421,661 1,239,797
North Carolina 868,903 753,419
South Carolina 668,507 594,398
Georgia 905,990 691,392
Florida 87,401 54,477
Alabama 771,671 590,756
Mississippi 606,555 375,651
Louisiana 511,974 352,411
Texas 212,592 (est. 75,000)
Arkansas 209,639 97,574
Tennessee 1,002,625 829,210
Kentucky 982,405 779,828
Missouri 682,043 383,702
Total 9,658,224 7,409,431

Total increase of population 2,248,793, equal to 30.3 per cent.

Comparative population of the United States, from 1790 to 1850.

Census of Total. Whites. Free Slaves.
col.
1790 3,929,827 3,172,464 59,446 687,897
1800 5,345,925 4,304,489 108,395 893,041
1810 7,239,814 5,862,004 186,446 1,191,364
1820 9,654,596 7,872,711 238,197 1,543,688
1830 12,866,020 10,537,378 319,599 2,009,043
1840 17,063,355 14,189,705 386,295 2,487,355
1850 23,258,760 19,631,799 428,637 3,198,324

Table showing the number of the different classes of population in each
State and Territory.

Free States. Whites. Free col. Slaves.
Maine 581,863 1,325
New Hampshire 317,385 475
Vermont 313,411 709
Massachusetts 985,704 8,795
Rhode Island 144,000 3,544
Connecticut 363,305 7,486
New York 3,049,457 47,937
New Jersey 466,240 23,093 222
Pennsylvania 2,258,463