POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES AT DECENNIAL PERIODS.
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Cens’s Years. White Persons. Colored Persons. Total Population.
Free. Slave. Total.
1790 3,172,464 59,466 697,897 757,363 3,929,827
1800 4,304,489 108,395 893,041 1,001,436 5,305,925
1810 5,862,004 186,446 1,191,364 1,377,810 7,239,814
1820 7,861,937 238,156 1,538,038 1,776,194 9,638,131
1830 10,537,378 319,599 2,009,043 2,328,642 12,866,020
1840 14,195,695 386,303 2,487,455 2,873,758 17,069,453
1850 19,553,068 434,495 3,204,313 3,638,808 23,191,876
1860 26,964,930 487,970 3,953,760 4,441,730 31,443,322