| Region | 1870 | 1860 | 1850 | 1840 | 1830 | 1820 | 1810 | 1800 | 1790 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut |
3,487,924 | 3,135,283 | 2,728,116 | 2,234,822 | 1,954,717 | 1,660,071 | 1,471,973 | 1,233,011 | 1,009,408 |
| Middle Atlantic New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania |
8,810,806 | 7,458,985 | 5,898,735 | 4,526,260 | 3,587,664 | 2,699,845 | 2,014,702 | 1,402,565 | 958,632 |
| East North Central Ohio, Indiana, Illinois Michigan, Wisconsin |
9,124,517 | 6,926,884 | 4,523,260 | 2,924,728 | 1,470,018 | 792,719 | 272,324 | 51,006 | |
| West North Central Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas |
3,856,594 | 2,169,832 | 880,335 | 426,814 | 140,455 | 66,586 | 19,783 | ||
| South Atlantic Delaware, Maryland, D.C., Virginia, West Virginia North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida |
5,853,610 | 5,364,703 | 4,679,090 | 3,925,299 | 3,645,752 | 3,061,063 | 2,674,891 | 2,286,494 | 1,851,806 |
| East South Central Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi |
4,404,445 | 4,020,991 | 3,363,271 | 2,575,445 | 1,815,969 | 1,190,489 | 708,590 | 335,407 | 109,368 |
| West South Central Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas |
2,029,965 | 1,747,667 | 940,251 | 449,985 | 246,127 | 167,680 | 77,618 | ||
| Mountain Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada |
315,385 | 174,923 | 72,927 | ||||||
| Pacific Washington, Oregon, California |
675,125 | 444,053 | 105,891 |
Source: The Statistical History of the United States from Colonial Times to the Present (Stamford, Conn.: Fairfield Publishers, 1965), page 13.
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