_Farm Homes Owned._ _Other Homes Owned._ Free 959 Free 622 Encumbered 257 Encumbered 147 Unknown 120 Unknown 81 Hired 648 Hired 1,169 Unknown 7 Unknown 185 ----- ----- Total 1,991 Total 2,204 _Native and Foreign Born and White and Colored Population, Classified by Sex, 1900._ _Native born._ _Native White--Foreign Parents._ Male 10,634 Male 114 Female 11,213 Female 121 _Foreign born._ _Foreign White._ Male 59 Male 58 Female 42 Female 42 _Native White--Native Parents._ _Total Colored._ Male 7,583 Male 2,938 Female 8,161 Female 2,931 In 1860, one year before the outbreak of the Civil War, the County held within its boundaries 21,774 souls: 15,021 white, 5,501 slave, and 1,252 free colored. In number of slaves at this period Loudoun ranked thirty-sixth in the list of Virginia counties which then also included the counties now in West Virginia. This number was distributed amongst 670 slave-holders in the following proportions: 1 slave 124 2 slaves 84 3 slaves 61 4 slaves 83 5 slaves 46 6 slaves 39 7 slaves 35 8 slaves 27 9 slaves 22 10 and under 15 slaves 80 15 and under 20 slaves 36 20 and under 30 slaves 23 30 and under 40 slaves 4 40 and under 50 slaves 4 50 and under 70 slaves 1 100 and under 200 slaves 1 The following table gives the population of Loudoun County decennially, from and including the first official census of 1790: 1900 21,948 1890 23,274 1880 23,634 1870 20,929 1860 21,774 1850 22,079 1840 20,431 1830 21,939 1820 22,702 1810 21,338 1800 20,523 1790 18,952 The reports of population by magisterial districts given below, with a single exception, show an appreciable decrease between the years 1890 and 1900: ----------------------+-------+------- | 1900. | 1890. ----------------------+-------+------- Broad Run district | 3,309 | 3,463 Jefferson district | 3,106 | 3,307 Leesburg district | 4,299 | 4,246 Lovettsville district | 3,104 | 3,210 Mercer district | 4,010 | 4,570 Mt. Gilead district | 4,120 | 4,478 ----------------------+-------+------- The following incorporated towns for the same period are charged with a corresponding decrease in the number of their inhabitants: