TABLE NO. XXV.
POPULATION OF THE SLAVE STATES—1850.
| States. | Whites. | Free Colored. | Slaves. | Total. |
| Alabama | 426,514 | 2,265 | 342,844 | 771,623 |
| Arkansas | 162,189 | 608 | 47,100 | 209,897 |
| Delaware | 71,169 | 18,073 | 2,290 | 91,532 |
| Florida | 47,203 | 932 | 39,310 | 87,445 |
| Georgia | 521,572 | 2,931 | 381,622 | 906,185 |
| Kentucky | 761,413 | 10,011 | 210,981 | 982,405 |
| Louisiana | 255,491 | 17,462 | 244,809 | 517,762 |
| Maryland | 417,943 | 74,723 | 90,368 | 583,034 |
| Mississippi | 295,718 | 930 | 309,878 | 606,326 |
| Missouri | 592,004 | 2,618 | 87,422 | 682,044 |
| North Carolina | 553,028 | 27,463 | 288,548 | 869,039 |
| South Carolina | 274,563 | 8,960 | 384,984 | 668,507 |
| Tennessee | 756,836 | 6,422 | 239,459 | 1,002,717 |
| Texas | 154,034 | 397 | 58,161 | 212,592 |
| Virginia | 894,800 | 54,333 | 472,528 | 1,421,661 |
| 6,184,477 | 228,138 | 3,200,364 | 9,612,979 |
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 |