Slave numbers in the Southern States as represented through the U.S. Census

Number of slaves in the Southern States, from 1860 back to 1790.

State	1860	1850	1840	1830	1820	1810	1800	1790
Alabama	435,080	342,844	253,532	117,549	47,449	–	–	–
Arkansas	111,115	47,100	19,935	4,576	–	–	–	–
Florida	61,745	39,310	25,717	–	–	–	–	–
Georgia	462,198	381,682	280,944	217,531	149,656	105,218	59,699	29,264
Kentucky	225,483	210,981	182,258	165,213	126,732	80,561	40,343	12,430
Louisiana	331,726	244,809	168,452	109,588	69,064	–	–	–
Maryland	87,189	90,368	89,737	102,994	107,398	111,502	105,635	103,036
Mississippi	436,631	309,878	195,211	65,659	32,814	–	–	–
Missouri	114,931	87,422	58,240	25,096	10,222	–	–	–
North Carolina	331,059	288,548	245,817	245,601	205,017	168,824	133,296	100,783
South Carolina	402,406	384,984	327,038	315,401	251,783	196,365	146,151	107,094
Tennessee	275,719	239,459	183,059	141,603	80,107	44,535	13,584	–
Texas	182,566	58,161	–	–	–	–	–	–
Virginia	490,865	472,528	449,087	469,757	425,153	392,518	346,671	292,627

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