The slave population was 637,000. About 20%
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Between 1790 and 1820, 85,000 African people came/were brought to the US.
The American population between 1790 and 1859 were under the precursor to the Industrial Revolution. It was a very capitalist economy, and textile manufacturing began to boom.
The American population became more rural than urban.
The small colony of Delaware had approximately 40,000 out of the estimated two-and-half-million total colonists around the start of the Revolutionary War. This had increased to about 59,000 when the first census was taken in 1790.
Since the southern states had slaves during this time period, one of the southern states such as Georgia, Alabama, or South Carolina would most likely have had the largest percent of African Americans at this time. In 1790, South Carolina had the largest African American population, at 43.7%. The numbers have since changed greatly -- the state which currently holds the title is Mississippi, at 37.3%.
Native Americans
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Approximately 90% of the US population lived on farms in 1790. The majority of the population at that time was involved in agriculture due to the country's rural society and reliance on farming for sustenance and economic stability.
The population of Georgia in 1790 was 82,548 people.
Delaware was one of the early colonies to outlaw slavery by 1790, but there still was discrimination. African Americans were considered "free men" in the colony.
The state of Virginia had a population of 747,610 in 1790. This was the largest population of any of the 13 new states.
The first census was held in 1790 and calculated 3,929,214 Americans. No year to year estimates were given until after the 1900 census, so the number is not known. However, the 1800 census calculated 5,308,483 Americans. So an educated guess for the population in 1793 would be about 4.3 million.
Debra Newman Ham has written: 'List of free Black heads of families in the first census of the United States, 1790' -- subject(s): African Americans, Census, 1st, 1790, Genealogy 'Black history' -- subject(s): African Americans, Bibliography, Catalogs, History, Sources, United States, United States. National Archives
Caleb Perry Patterson has written: 'The Negro in Tennessee, 1790-1865' -- subject(s): African Americans, Slavery
African Sacred Ibis was created in 1790.
The population in Florida in 2006 was 18,090,000, and the percentage of Catholics in that year was 12.7% for a total Catholic population in 2006 of 2,297,430. (Figures for Florida population from U.S. Population by State, 1790 to 2011 website, figure for Catholic percentage from article in the Examiner on the 2010 Census result.)