Civil Government of Virginia / A Text-book for Schools Based Upon the Constitution of 1902 and Conforming to the Laws Enacted in Accordance Therewith

by William Fayette Fox

THE POPULATION OF VIRGINIA AT VARIOUS DATES.

YEAR. POPULATION. AUTHORITY.

1616 350 Cooke's Virginia. 1622 4,000 Cooke's Virginia. 1648 15,300, of which 300 were slaves Cooke's Virginia. 1670 40,000, of which 2,000 were slaves Cooke's Virginia. 1700 70,000, white and colored Cooke's Virginia. 1715 90,000, of which 23,000 were slaves Fiske's Old Virginia. 1756 293,000, of which 120,000 were slaves Cooke's Virginia. 1790 746,610, white and colored United States Census. 1800 880,200, white and colored United States Census. 1810 974,600, white and colored United States Census. 1820 1,065,116, white and colored United States Census. 1830 1,211,405, white and colored United States Census. 1840 1,239,797, white and colored United States Census. 1850 1,421,661, of which 526,861 were colored United States Census. 1860 1,596,318, of which 548,947 were colored United States Census. 1870 1,225,163, of which 512,841 were colored United States Census. 1880 1,512,565, of which 631,616 were colored United States Census. 1890 1,655,980, of which 635,438 were colored United States Census. 1900 1,854,980, white and colored United States Census.