STATE |
TOTAL POPULATION |
TOTAL NO. OF SLAVES |
NO. OF FAMILIES |
TOTAL FREE POPULATION |
TOTAL NO. OF SLAVEHOLDERS |
PERCENT OF FAMILIES OWNING SLAVES |
SLAVES AS PERCENT OF POPULATION |
ALABAMA |
964,201 |
435,080 |
96,603 |
529,121 |
33,730 |
35% |
45% |
ARKANSAS |
435,450 |
111,115 |
57,244 |
324,335 |
11,481 |
20% |
26% |
CALIFORNIA |
379,985 |
0 |
98,767 |
379,994 |
0 |
0% |
0% |
CONNECTICUT |
460,138 |
0 |
94,831 |
460,147 |
0 |
0% |
0% |
DELAWARE |
112,216 |
1,798 |
18,966 |
110,418 |
587 |
3% |
2% |
FLORIDA |
140,424 |
61,745 |
15,090 |
78,679 |
5,152 |
34% |
44% |
GEORGIA |
1,057,286 |
462,198 |
109,919 |
595,088 |
41,084 |
37% |
44% |
ILLINOIS |
1,711,942 |
0 |
315,539 |
1,711,951 |
0 |
0% |
0% |
INDIANA |
1,350,419 |
0 |
248,664 |
1,350,428 |
0 |
0% |
0% |
IOWA |
674,904 |
0 |
124,098 |
674,913 |
0 |
0% |
0% |
KANSAS |
107,206 |
2 |
21,912 |
107,204 |
2 |
0% |
0% |
KENTUCKY |
1,155,684 |
225,483 |
166,321 |
930,201 |
38,645 |
23% |
20% |
LOUISIANA |
708,002 |
331,726 |
74,725 |
376,276 |
22,033 |
29% |
47% |
MAINE |
628,270 |
0 |
120,863 |
628,279 |
0 |
0% |
0% |
MARYLAND |
687,049 |
87,189 |
110,278 |
599,860 |
13,783 |
12% |
13% |
MASSACHUSETTS |
1,231,057 |
0 |
251,287 |
1,231,066 |
0 |
0% |
0% |
MICHIGAN |
749,104 |
0 |
144,761 |
749,113 |
0 |
0% |
0% |
MINNESOTA |
172,014 |
0 |
37,319 |
172,023 |
0 |
0% |
0% |
MISSISSIPPI |
791,305 |
436,631 |
63,015 |
354,674 |
30,943 |
49% |
55% |
MISSOURI |
1,182,012 |
114,931 |
192,073 |
1,067,081 |
24,320 |
13% |
10% |
NEBRASKA |
28,841 |
15 |
5,931 |
28,826 |
6 |
0% |
0% |
NEVADA |
6,848 |
0 |
2,027 |
6,857 |
0 |
0% |
0% |
NEW HAMPSHIRE |
326,064 |
0 |
69,018 |
326,073 |
0 |
0% |
0% |
NEW JERSEY |
672,035 |
0 |
130,348 |
672,017 |
0 |
0% |
0% |
NEW YORK |
3,880,726 |
0 |
758,420 |
3,880,735 |
0 |
0% |
0% |
NORTH CAROLINA |
992,622 |
331,059 |
125,090 |
661,563 |
34,658 |
28% |
33% |
OHIO |
2,339,502 |
0 |
434,134 |
2,339,511 |
0 |
0% |
0% |
OREGON |
52,456 |
0 |
11,063 |
52,465 |
0 |
0% |
0% |
PENNSYLVANIA |
2,906,206 |
0 |
524,558 |
2,906,215 |
0 |
0% |
0% |
RHODE ISLAND |
174,611 |
0 |
35,209 |
174,620 |
0 |
0% |
0% |
SOUTH CAROLINA |
703,708 |
402,406 |
58,642 |
301,302 |
26,701 |
46% |
57% |
TENNESSEE |
1,109,801 |
275,719 |
149,335 |
834,082 |
36,844 |
25% |
25% |
TEXAS |
604,215 |
182,566 |
76,781 |
421,649 |
21,878 |
28% |
30% |
VERMONT |
315,089 |
0 |
63,781 |
315,098 |
0 |
0% |
0% |
VIRGINIA |
1,596,318 |
490,865 |
201,523 |
1,105,453 |
52,128 |
26% |
31% |
WISCONSIN |
775,872 |
0 |
147,473 |
775,881 |
0 |
0% |
0% |
Total |
31,183,582 |
3,950,528 |
5,155,608 |
27,233,198 |
393,975 |
8% |
13% |
Documents of the Civil War
Civil War Exhibits
Young Reader Selections
Civil War Summary
Women in the War
Civil War Cooking
Civil War Picture Album
General Robert E. Lee
General Ulysses S. Grant
Source:
Library of Congress
National Park Service
Department of the Interior