Black Marylanders 1800:
African American Population by County, Status & Gender


Census data was accessed from the University of Virginia Historical Census Browser.


County Total Free Persons All Other Free Persons Slaves
ALLEGANY 5,804 101 499
ANNE ARUNDEL 12,863 1,833 9,760
BALTIMORE 25,686 1,536 6,830
CALVERT 4,196 307 4,101
CAROLINE 7,361 602 1,865
CECIL 6,915 373 2,103
CHARLES 9,614 571 9,558
DORCHESTER 11,780 2,365 4,566
FREDERICK 26,951 473 4,572
HARFORD 13,362 1,344 4,264
KENT 7,297 1,786 4,474
MONTGOMERY8,770 262 6,288
PRINCE GEORGE'S 8,994 648 12,191
QUEEN ANNE'S 8,340 1,025 6,517
SOMERSET 9,926 586 7,432
ST MARY'S 7,300 622 6,399
TALBOT 8,661 1,591 4,775
WASHINGTON 16,450 342 2,200
WORCESTER 11,972 449 4,398
TOTAL 235,913 19,587 105,635