| 1790 | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | |
| New England | |||||||
| Maine | 2 | ||||||
| New Hampshire | 157 | 8 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Vermont | |||||||
| Massachusetts | 1 | ||||||
| Rhode Island | 958 | 380 | 108 | 48 | 17 | 5 | |
| Connecticut | 2,648 | 951 | 310 | 97 | 25 | 171 | |
| Middle States | |||||||
| New York | 21,193 | 20,903 | 15,017 | 10,088 | 75 | 4 | |
| New Jersey | 11,423 | 12,422 | 10,851 | 7,557 | 2,254 | 674 | 236 |
| Pennsylvania | 3,707 | 1,706 | 795 | 211 | 403 | 64 | |
| Delaware | 8,887 | 6,153 | 4,177 | 4,509 | 3,292 | 2,605 | 2,290 |
| Southern States | |||||||
| Maryland and District of Columbia | 103,036 | 107,707 | 115,056 | 111,917 | 107,499 | 93,057 | 94,055 |
| Virginia | 287,959 | 339,796 | 383,521 | 411,886 | 453,698 | 431,873 | 472,028 |
| West Virginia2 | 4,668 | 7,172 | 10,836 | 15,119 | 17,673 | 18,488 | 20,500 |
Introduction
The U.S. Census Bureau produced this summary of demographic changes captured by the first 12 censuses in 1909. Section XIV focused on statistics involving slavery and includes tables highlighting the total number of slaves; percentage of slaves as compared to the total population; and ratios between slaves and slaveholders in each contemporary state.
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Source
United States Bureau of the Census, A Century of Population Growth, From the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790-1900 (Government Printing Office, Washington, DC: 1909), 133.
