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 53,323 Ohio 1,956,108 24,300 Indiana 977,628 10,788 Illinois 846,104 5,366 Iowa 191,879 335 Wisconsin 304,965 626 Michigan 395,097 2,537 California 163,200 1,800 Minnesota 6,038 39 Territory Oregon 13,089 206 Territory New Mexico 61,530 17 Territory Utah Territory 11,330 24 26 Total 13,406,394 192,745 248 Slaveholding Whites. Free col. Slaves. States Delaware 71,289 19,957 2,289 Maryland 418,590 74,077 90,368 District of 38,027 9,973 3,687 Columbia Virginia 895,304 53,829 472,528 North Carolina 533,295 27,196 283,412 South Carolina 274,623 8,900 384,984 Georgia 521,438 2,880 381,681 Florida 47,167 925 39,309 Alabama 426,507 2,272 342,892 Mississippi 205,758 899 309,898 Louisiana 255,416 17,537 239,021 Texas 154,100 331 58,161 Arkansas 162,068 589 46,982 Tennessee 756,893 6,271 239,461 Kentucky 761,688 9,736 210,981 Missouri 592,077 2,544 87,422 Total 6,224,240 235,916 3,198,076 The following table shows the population west of the Mississippi River.