-------------------------------------------------- States. | Number of | Ratio to the Number | deaths. | living. ---------------|-------------|-------------------- Alabama | 9,084 | 84.94 Arkansas | 2,987 | 70.18 Delaware | 1,209 | 75.71 Florida | 933 | 93.67 Georgia | 9,920 | 91.93 Kentucky | 15,206 | 64.60 Louisiana | 11,948 | 42.85 Maryland | 9,594 | 60.77 Mississippi | 8,711 | 69.93 Missouri | 12,211 | 55.81 North Carolina | 10,207 | 85.12 South Carolina | 7,997 | 83.59 Tennessee | 11,759 | 85.34 Texas | 3,046 | 69.79 Virgina | 19,053 | 74.61 | ----------- | ------------------- | 133,865 | 71.82 TABLE NO. LVI. FREE WHITE MALE PERSONS OVER FIFTEEN YEARS OF AGE ENGAGED IN AGRICULTURAL AND OTHER OUT-DOOR LABOR IN THE SLAVE-STATES--1850. ----------------------------------------------------------- States. | No. engaged | No. engaged | | in | in other | Total. | Agriculture. | out-door labor. | ---------------|--------------|-----------------|---------- Alabama | 67,742 | 7,229 | 74,971 Arkansas | 28,436 | 5,596 | 34,032 Delaware | 6,225 | 4,184 | 10,409 Florida | 5,472 | 2,598 | 8,070 Georgia | 82,107 | 11,054 | 93,161 Kentucky | 110,119 | 26,308 | 136,427 Louisiana | 11,524 | 13,827 | 25,351 Maryland | 24,672 | 17,146 | 41,818 Mississippi | 50,028 | 5,823 | 55,851 Missouri | 64,292 | 19,900 | 84,192 North Carolina | 76,338 | 21,876 | 98,214 South Carolina | 37,612 | 6,991 | 44,603 Tennessee | 115,844 | 16,795 | 132,639 Texas | 24,987 | 22,713 | 47,700 Virginia | 97,654 | 33,928 | 131,582 ---------------|--------------|-----------------|---------- | 803,052 | 215,968 | 1,019,020 ===========================================================