| Table 1: Black and White Population, 1860 | ||||||||
| Region |
White
|
Free
black
|
Slave
|
Total
|
||||
|
Number
|
Percent
|
Number
|
Percent
|
Number
|
Percent
|
Number
|
Percent
|
|
| New England | 3,110,480 | 99.2% | 24,711 | 0.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 3,135,191 | 100.0% |
| Mid-Atlantic | 7,327,548 | 98.2% | 131,272 | 1.8% | 18 | 0.0% | 7,458,838 | 100.0% |
| Midwest | 7,833,904 | 99.2% | 65,719 | 0.8% | 17 | 0.0% | 7,899,640 | 100.0% |
| Upper South | 4,463,501 | 76.4% | 183,369 | 3.1% | 1,195,985 | 20.5% | 5,842,855 | 100.0% |
| Lower South | 3,573,199 | 55.9% | 67,418 | 1.1% | 2,754,526 | 43.1% | 6,395,143 | 100.0% |
| Far West | 382,149 | 98.9% | 4,259 | 1.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 386,408 | 100.0% |
| United States | 26,690,781 | 85.8% | 476,748 | 1.5% | 3,950,546 | 12.7% | 31,118,075 | 100.0% |