Black Marylanders 1790:
African American Population by County, Status & Gender
Census data was accessed from the University of Virginia Historical Census Browser.
| County | Total Population | Free Colored Nonslaveholding Families |
Free Colored Slaveholding Families |
All Other Free Persons |
Slaves | Avg. Slaves Per Slaveholding Family |
Slaveholding Families |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALLEGANY | 4,809 | N/A | N/A | 12 | 258 | N/A | N/A |
| ANNE ARUNDEL | 22,598 | 64 | 12 | 804 | 10,130 | 9.20 | 1,096 |
| BALTIMORE | 25,434 | 68 | 0 | 604 | 5,877 | 5.70 | 1,029 |
| BALTIMORE CITY | 13,503 | 45 | 1 | 323 | 1,255 | 3.20 | 389 |
| CALVERT | 8,652 | N/A | N/A | 136 | 4,305 | N/A | N/A |
| CAROLINE | 9,506 | 73 | 1 | 421 | 2,057 | 4.90 | 418 |
| CECIL | 13,625 | 192 | 1 | 163 | 3,407 | 6.30 | 539 |
| CHARLES | 20,613 | 128 | 3 | 404 | 10,085 | 8.30 | 1,221 |
| DORCHESTER | 15,875 | 24 | 3 | 528 | 5,337 | 10.00 | 296 |
| FREDERICK | 30,791 | 18 | 1 | 213 | 3,641 | 5.40 | 678 |
| HARFORD | 14,976 | 141 | 0 | 775 | 3,417 | 5.80 | 586 |
| KENT | 12,836 | 86 | 34 | 655 | 5,433 | 7.00 | 781 |
| MONTGOMERY | 18,003 | 33 | 0 | 294 | 6,030 | 6.50 | 933 |
| PRINCE GEORGE'S | 21,344 | 9 | 1 | 164 | 11,176 | 11.40 | 978 |
| QUEEN ANNE'S | 15,463 | 100 | 9 | 618 | 6,674 | 8.10 | 828 |
| SOMERSET | 15,610 | N/A | N/A | 268 | 7,070 | N/A | N/A |
| ST MARY'S | 15,544 | 38 | 2 | 343 | 6,985 | 7.80 | 892 |
| TALBOT | 13,084 | 148 | 16 | 1,076 | 4,777 | 7.30 | 651 |
| WASHINGTON | 15,822 | 11 | 0 | 64 | 1,286 | 4.80 | 269 |
| WORCESTER | 11,640 | 20 | 0 | 178 | 3,836 | 6.00 | 642 |
| TOTAL | 319,728 | 1,198 | 84 | 8,043 | 103,036 | 7.50 | 12,226 |