Ch. 2.1. The Percentage of Slaves by State, 1750-1860

**Percentage of Slaves (of total pop.) by State, U.S. Census, 1790-1860** **(estimated for 1750)**
	1750	1790	1810	1860
State	% Slave	% Slave	%Slave	%Slave
Alabama				45
Arkansas				26
Delaware	5	15	6	2
Florida				44
Georgia	19	35	42	44
Kentucky		17	20	20
Louisiana				47
Maryland	31	32	29	13
Mississippi				55
Missouri				10
North Carolina	27	26	30	33
South Carolina	61	43	47	57
Tennessee			17	25
Texas				30
Virginia	44	39	40	31

Overall average (for states with slaves)	38	34	33	32

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