5
Connecticut 301,856 8,105 17
Total of N. England 2,212,165 22,633 23
New York 2,378,894 50,027 4
New Jersey 351,588 21,044 674
Pennsylvania 1,676,115 47,864 64
Ohio 1,502,122 17,342 3
Indiana 678,698 7,165 3
Illinois 472,254 3,598 331
Michigan 211,560 707
Wisconsin 30,749 185 11
Iowa 42,924 172 16
Total Free States 9,557,065 170,727 1129

Slaveholding States. Whites. Free col. Slaves.
Delaware 58,161 16,919 2,605
Maryland 318,204 62,078 89,737
District of Columbia 30,657 8,361 4,694
Virginia 740,968 49,842 448,987
North Carolina 484,870 22,732 255,817
South Carolina 259,084 8,276 327,038
Georgia 407,695 2,753 280,944
Florida 27,943 837 25,717
Alabama 335,185 2,039 253,532
Mississippi 179,074 1,369 195,211
Louisiana 158,457 25,592 168,451
Arkansas 77,174 465 19,935
Tennessee 640,627 5,524 183,059
Kentucky 590,253 7,317 182,258
Missouri 323,888 1,574 58,240
Total Slave States 4,632,640 215,568 2,486,226
Total United States 14,189,705 386,295 2,487,355

Total population of the United States in 1840, 17,063,355.

ATLANTIC STATES.--The progress of population in the Atlantic States, since
1790, is shown by the following table. The Middle States are New York, New
Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

New Middle. Southern.
England.
1790 1,009,823 958,632 1,852,504
1800 1,233,315 1,401,070 2,285,909
1810 1,471,891 2,014,695 2,674,913
1820 1,659,808