Table A-26. Race for the United States, Regions, Divisions, and States: 1790
(See text for sources, definitions, and explanations) Table with row headers in column A and column headers in rows 3 to 8 Black Percent distribution of population group by geographic area Black Geographic area (leading dot indicates sub-part) United States........................................................................... 80.7 3,929,214 100.0 3,172,006 REGION AND DIVISION Northeast........................................................................... 1,968,040 100.0 1,900,616 96.6 . New England........................................................................... 1,009,408 100.0 992,421 98.3 . Middle Atlantic........................................................................... 958,632 100.0 908,195 94.7 South........................................................................... 1,271,390 1,961,174 100.0 64.8 . South Atlantic........................................................................... 1,851,806 100.0 1,178,344 63.6 . East South Central........................................................................... 85.1 109,368 100.0 93,046 DIVISION AND STATE New England . Maine........................................................................... 96,002 96,540 100.0 99.4 . New Hampshire........................................................................... 141,885 100.0 141,097 99.4 . Vermont........................................................................... 85,154 85,425 100.0 99.7 . Massachusetts........................................................................... 378,787 100.0 373,324 98.6 . Rhode Island........................................................................... 68,825 100.0 64,470 93.7 . Connecticut........................................................................... 237,946 100.0 232,374 97.7 Middle Atlantic . New York........................................................................... 340,120 100.0 314,142 92.4 . New Jersey......................................................................................... 92.3 184,139 100.0 169,954 . Pennsylvania........................................................................... 434,373 100.0 424,099 97.6 South Atlantic . Delaware........................................................................... 59,096 100.0 46,310 78.4 . Maryland........................................................................... 319,728 100.0 208,649 65.3 . Virginia........................................................................... 391,524 691,737 100.0 56.6 . West Virginia........................................................................... 55,873 100.0 50,593 90.5 . North Carolina........................................................................... 393,751 100.0 288,204 73.2 . South Carolina........................................................................... 249,073 100.0 140,178 56.3 . Georgia........................................................................... 52,886 82,548 100.0 64.1 East South Central . Kentucky...........................................................................61,133 73,677 100.0 83.0 . Tennessee........................................................................... 35,691 100.0 31,913 89.4
AS PUBLISHED IN 1790 CENSUS
Total population Number Percent
White Total Free Slave Total Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent population 757,208 67,424 16,987 50,437 689,784 673,462 16,322 19.3 3.4 1.7 5.3 35.2 36.4 14.9 59,527 27,070 13,117 13,953 32,457 31,982 475 1.5 697,681 1.4 40,354 1.3 3,870 1.5 36,484 1.7 657,327 1.7 641,480 0.4 15,847 17.8 2.1 0.4 3.8 33.5 34.6 14.5 100.0 50.1 25.7 24.4 49.9 47.1 2.8
White 100.0 59.9 31.3 28.6 40.1 37.1 2.9
Total 100.0 8.9 2.2 6.7 91.1 88.9 2.2
Free 100.0 45.5 22.0 23.4 54.5 53.7 0.8
Slave 100.0 5.8 0.6 5.2 94.2 91.9 2.3
538 788 271 5,463 4,355 5,572 25,978 14,185 10,274 12,786 111,079 300,213 5,280 105,547 108,895 29,662 12,544 3,778
0.6 0.6 0.3 1.4 6.3 2.3 7.6 7.7 2.4 21.6 34.7 43.4 9.5 26.8 43.7 35.9 17.0 10.6
538 630 271 5,463 3,407 2,808 4,654 2,762 6,537 3,899 8,043 12,254 612 4,975 1,801 398 114 361
0.6 0.4 0.3 1.4 5.0 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.5 6.6 2.5 1.8 1.1 1.3 0.7 0.5 0.2 1.0
158 948 2,764 21,324 11,423 3,737 8,887 103,036 287,959 4,668 100,572 107,094 29,264 12,430 3,417
0.1 1.4 1.2 6.3 6.2 0.9 15.0 32.2 41.6 8.4 25.5 43.0 35.5 16.9 9.6
2.5 3.6 2.2 9.6 1.8 6.1 8.7 4.7 11.1 1.5 8.1 17.6 1.4 10.0 6.3 2.1 1.9 0.9
3.0 4.4 2.7 11.8 2.0 7.3 9.9 5.4 13.4 1.5 6.6 12.3 1.6 9.1 4.4 1.7 1.9 1.0
0.1 0.1 0.7 0.6 0.7 3.4 1.9 1.4 1.7 14.7 39.6 0.7 13.9 14.4 3.9 1.7 0.5
0.9 1.1 0.5 9.2 5.7 4.7 7.8 4.6 11.0 6.5 13.5 20.6 1.0 8.4 3.0 0.7 0.2 0.6
0.1 0.4 3.1 1.6 0.5 1.3 14.8 41.3 0.7 14.4 15.3 4.2 1.8 0.5
. Virginia/1 …………………………….. 747,610 100.0 442,117 59.1 305,493 40.9 12,866 1.7 292,627 39.1 19.0 Footnotes: - Represents zero or rounds to 0.0. 1 /Includes area currently in Virginia (population 691,737) and includes West Virginia (population 55,873), formed from part of Virginia in 1863. Source: U.S. Census Bureau Internet Release Date: September 13, 2002
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40.3
21.6
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