The persistent high price of Loudoun lands has discouraged increase of population by immigration. Indeed, in more than eighty-five years, except for the slight fluctuations of certain decades, there has been no increase through any medium.
The last census (1900) fixed Loudoun's population at 21,948, of which number 16,079 were whites, 5,869 negroes, and the remaining 101 foreign born. This aggregate is even less than that shown by the census of 1820, which gave the county a population of 22,702, or 754 more than in 1900.
The succeeding schedules, giving complete statistics of population for Loudoun County by the latest and highest authority, were taken from United States Census reports, collected in 1900 and published in 1902.
Population, Dwellings, and Families:
| 1900. | Private Families. | ||
| Population | 21,948 | Number | 4,195 |
| Dwellings | 4,157 | Population | 21,690 |
| Families | 4,231 | Average size | 5.2 |
Private Families Occupying Owned and Hired and Free and Encumbered Homes, 1900.
Total private families 4,195
| 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.