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| Year |
Total |
white |
black |
free* |
slave* |
other**** |
AI/E/A |
A/PI |
Asian |
NH&OPI |
Two or more |
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| 1800 |
14,093 |
10,066d |
4,027 |
783 |
3,244 |
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| 1810 |
24,023* |
16,079d |
7,914 |
2,549 |
5,395d |
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| 1820 |
33,039* |
23,164* |
10.425 |
4,048 |
6,377d |
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| 1830 |
39,834* |
27,563* |
12,271 |
6,152 |
6,119 |
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| 1840 |
43,711*** |
30,657d |
13,054 |
8,360d |
4,694 |
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| 1850 |
51,687 |
37,941 |
13,746 |
10,059 |
3,687 |
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| 1860 |
75,080 |
60,763 |
14,316 |
11,131 |
3,185 |
1 |
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| 1870 |
131,700 |
88,278 |
43,404 |
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18 |
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| 1880 |
177,624 |
118,006 |
59,596 |
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22 |
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| 1890 |
230,392 |
154,695 |
75,572 |
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125 |
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| 1900 |
278,718 |
191,532 |
86,702 |
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484 |
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| 1910 |
331,069* |
236,128* |
94,446* |
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495 |
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| 1920 |
437,571 |
326,860* |
109,996 |
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745 |
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| 1930 |
486,869 |
353,981** |
132,068 |
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820 |
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| 1940 |
663,091 |
474,326* |
187,266 |
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1,499 |
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| 1950 |
802,178* |
517,865 |
280,803 |
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3,510 |
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| 1960 |
763,956 |
345,263 |
411,737 |
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6,956 |
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| 1970 |
756,510 |
209,272 |
537,712 |
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9,526 |
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| 1980 |
638,333 |
171,796 |
448,229 |
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1,031 |
6,636 |
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| 1990 |
606,900 |
179,667 |
399,604 |
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1,559 |
11,233 |
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| 2000 |
572,059 |
176,101 |
343,312 |
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21,950 |
1,713 |
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15,189 |
348 |
13.446 |
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| Notes/Sources: |
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| Dodd,
Donald B. [comp.] Historical statistics of the United
States: Two centuries of the census. |
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| 1993 |
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| d DeBow, J.D.B Statistical view of the
United States…. 1854 |
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| *Green,
Constance. Washington. |
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| **1960
census |
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| ***corrected
addition by MBG |
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| ****Other includes |
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| © Matthew
Gilmore, April 1996, July 2001 |
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