TABLE NO. XXV.

POPULATION OF THE SLAVE STATES—1850.

States.Whites.Free Colored.Slaves.Total.
Alabama426,5142,265342,844771,623
Arkansas162,18960847,100209,897
Delaware71,16918,0732,29091,532
Florida47,20393239,31087,445
Georgia521,5722,931381,622906,185
Kentucky761,41310,011210,981982,405
Louisiana255,49117,462244,809517,762
Maryland417,94374,72390,368583,034
Mississippi295,718930309,878606,326
Missouri592,0042,61887,422682,044
North Carolina553,02827,463288,548869,039
South Carolina274,5638,960384,984668,507
Tennessee756,8366,422239,4591,002,717
Texas154,03439758,161212,592
Virginia894,80054,333472,5281,421,661
6,184,477228,1383,200,3649,612,979

RECAPITULATION—AREA.

Square Miles. Acres.
Area of the Slave States 851,448 544,926,720
Area of the Free States 612,597 392,062,082
Balances in favor of Slave States 238,851 152,864,638

RECAPITULATION—POPULATION—1850.

Whites. Total.
Population of the Free States 13,233,670 13,434,922
Population of the Slave States 6,184,477 9,612,976
Balances in favor of the Free States 7,049,193 3,821,946

FREE COLORED AND SLAVE—1850.

Free Negroes in the Slave States 228,138
Free Negroes in the Free States 196,116
Excess of Free Negroes in the Slave States 32,022
Slaves in the Slave States 3,200,364
Free Negroes in the Slave States 228,138
Aggregate Negro Population of the Slave States in 1850 3,428,502