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CHAPTER III. 



THE CENSUS OF 1810, BEING THE THIRD ENUMERATION UNDER THE 

 CONSTITUTION. 



The population was distributed under the same heads by this 

 census, as by the census of 1800 ; but in addition to the population 

 in the former territory of the United States, it comprehends that 

 which was contained in the settled parts of Louisiana, which was 

 purchased from France in 1803. The accession to our numbers 

 from this source was about 77,000. 



The distribution between the white and coloured races was as 

 follows : 



White males, . . . 2,987,571 



" females, . . . 2,874,433 



5,862,004 



Free coloured, . . . 186,446 



Slaves, 1,191,364 



1,377,810 



Total, 7,239 814 



The decennial increase from all sources, compared with that of 

 1800, was 



The following table shows the whole population of the United 

 States on the 1st of August, 1810 : 



