Chapter 2.0. U.S. Population: The First Census, 1790
First U.S. Census, 1790
State | Free white males of 16 years+, including heads of families. | Free white males under 16 years. | Free white females, including heads of families. | All other free persons. | Slaves | Total |
Connecticut | 60,523 | 54,403 | 117,448 | 2,808 | 2,764 | 237,946 |
Delaware | 11,783 | 12,143 | 22,384 | 3,899 | 8,887 | 59,094 |
Georgia | 13,103 | 14,044 | 25,739 | 398 | 29,264 | 82,548 |
Kentucky | 15,154 | 17,057 | 28,922 | 114 | 12,430 | 73,677 |
Maine | 24,384 | 24,748 | 46,870 | 538 | 0 | 96,540 |
Maryland | 55,915 | 51,339 | 101,395 | 8,043 | 103,036 | 319,728 |
Massachusetts | 95,453 | 87,289 | 190,582 | 5,463 | 0 | 378,787 |
New Hampshire | 36,086 | 34,851 | 70,160 | 630 | 158 | 141,885 |
New Jersey | 45,251 | 41,416 | 83,287 | 2,762 | 11,423 | 184,139 |
New York | 83,700 | 78,122 | 152,320 | 4,654 | 21,324 | 340,120 |
North Carolina | 69,988 | 77,506 | 140,710 | 4,975 | 100,572 | 393,751 |
Pennsylvania | 110,788 | 106,948 | 206,363 | 6,537 | 3,737 | 434,373 |
Rhode Island | 16,019 | 15,799 | 32,652 | 3,407 | 948 | 68,825 |
South Carolina | 35,576 | 37,722 | 66,880 | 1,801 | 107,094 | 249,073 |
Vermont | 22,435 | 22,328 | 40,505 | 255 | 16 | 85,539 |
Virginia | 110,936 | 116,135 | 215,046 | 12,866 | 292,627 | 747,610 |
Total | 807,094 | 791,850 | 1,541,263 | 59,150 | 694,280 | 3,893,635 |