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Population Totals for Each of the 13 Colonies
Census Numbers for the Original Thirteen Colonies

List of the Original 13 Colonies History, Facts, Summary, Thirteen Colonies Total Population, Census Records, Map, Maps, Photo, Photos, Pictures 13 Colonies Total Slaves Slavery Totals, Essay Details, Facts
Slave, Free, White, and Nonwhite Population of the Colonies
Population of the Original Thirteen Colonies: Free, Slave, White, and Nonwhite

Population of the Thirteen Original Colonies, Selected Years by Type

1750

1750


1790

1790


1790

1810


1810

1810

1860


1860

1860

State

White

Black


White

Free


Slave

White


Free

Slave

White


Free

Slave






Nonwhite





Nonwhite




Nonwhite



108,270

3,010


232,236

2,771


2,648

255,179


6,453

310

451,504


8,643

-

Connecticut

27,208

1,496


46,310

3,899


8,887

55,361


13,136

4,177

90,589


19,829

1,798

Delaware

4,200

1,000


52,886

398


29,264

145,414


1,801

105,218

591,550


3,538

462,198

Georgia

97,623

43,450


208,649

8,043


103,036

235,117


33,927

111,502

515,918


83,942

87,189

Maryland

183,925

4,075


373,187

5,369


-

465,303


6,737

-

1,221,432


9,634

-

Massachusetts

26,955

550


141,112

630


157

182,690


970

-

325,579


494

-

New Hampshire

66,039

5,354


169,954

2,762


11,423

226,868


7,843

10,851

646,699


25,318

-

New Jersey

65,682

11,014


314,366

4,682


21,193

918,699


25,333

15,017

3,831,590


49,145

-

New York

53,184

19,800


289,181

5,041


100,783

376,410


10,266

168,824

629,942


31,621

331,059

North Carolina

116,794

2,872


317,479

6,531


3,707

786,804


22,492

795

2,849,259


56,956

-

Pennsylvania

29,879

3,347


64,670

3,484


958

73,214


3,609

108

170,649


3,971

-

Rhode Island

25,000

39,000


140,178

1,801


107,094

214,196


4,554

196,365

291,300


10,002

402,406

South Carolina

129,581

101,452


442,117

12,866


292,627

551,534


30,570

392,518

1,047,299


58,154

490,865

Virginia

















934,340

236,420


2,792,325

58,277


681,777

4,486,789


167,691

1,005,685

12,663,310


361,247

1,775,515

United States

















Source: Historical Statistics of the U.S. (1970), Franklin (1988).

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