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1860 Census

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County

State

TOTAL POPULATION

TOTAL NO. OF SLAVES

NO. OF FAMILIES

TOTAL FREE POPULATION

ATLANTIC

NJ

11,786

M

2,296

11,786

BERGEN

NJ

21,618

M

4,111

21,618

BURLINGTON

NJ

49,730

M

9,325

49,730

CAMDEN

NJ

34,457

M

6,714

34,457

CAPE MAY

NJ

7,130

M

1,445

7,130

CUMBERLAND

NJ

22,605

M

4,564

22,605

ESSEX

NJ

98,877

M

20,483

98,877

GLOUCESTER

NJ

18,444

M

3,487

18,444

HUDSON

NJ

62,717

M

11,993

62,717

HUNTERDON

NJ

33,654

M

6,589

33,650

MERCER

NJ

37,419

M

7,048

37,419

MIDDLESEX

NJ

34,812

M

6,840

34,811

MONMOUTH

NJ

39,346

M

7,227

39,346

MORRIS

NJ

34,677

M

6,594

34,676

OCEAN

NJ

11,176

M

2,039

11,176

PASSAIC

NJ

29,013

M

5,769

29,011

SALEM

NJ

22,458

M

4,340

22,458

SOMERSET

NJ

22,057

M

4,196

22,048

SUSSEX

NJ

23,846

M

4,371

23,846

UNION

NJ

27,780

M

5,511

27,780

WARREN

NJ

28,433

M

5,406

28,432

 

 

672,035

0

130,348

672,017

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County State TOTAL NO. OF WHITE MALES TOTAL NO. OF WHITE FEMALES
ATLANTIC NJ 6,048 5,544
BERGEN NJ 10,323 9,632
BURLINGTON NJ 23,429 24,077
CAMDEN NJ 15,743 16,140
CAPE MAY NJ 3,411 3,446
CUMBERLAND NJ 10,851 10,459
ESSEX NJ 47,385 49,735
GLOUCESTER NJ 9,152 8,585
HUDSON NJ 30,717 31,347
HUNTERDON NJ 16,519 16,335
MERCER NJ 17,503 17,691
MIDDLESEX NJ 16,641 16,863
MONMOUTH NJ 18,501 18,187
MORRIS NJ 17,026 16,964
OCEAN NJ 5,634 5,418
PASSAIC NJ 13,938 14,516
SALEM NJ 10,256 9,740
SOMERSET NJ 10,242 10,218
SUSSEX NJ 11,922 11,600
UNION NJ 13,061 13,854
WARREN NJ 14,431 13,615
    322,733 323,966

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County State NO. OF NATIVE-BORN WHITE MALES NO. OF NATIVE-BORN WHITE FEMALES
ATLANTIC NJ 5,366 4,968
BERGEN NJ 7,943 7,737
BURLINGTON NJ 21,341 21,946
CAMDEN NJ 13,484 13,767
CAPE MAY NJ 3,337 3,397
CUMBERLAND NJ 10,287 10,098
ESSEX NJ 30,680 32,653
GLOUCESTER NJ 8,298 7,968
HUDSON NJ 17,943 18,098
HUNTERDON NJ 15,631 15,611
MERCER NJ 14,225 14,554
MIDDLESEX NJ 13,149 13,611
MONMOUTH NJ 16,318 16,218
MORRIS NJ 14,443 14,598
OCEAN NJ 5,473 5,288
PASSAIC NJ 9,812 10,247
SALEM NJ 9,676 9,284
SOMERSET NJ 8,967 9,005
SUSSEX NJ 11,356 11,178
UNION NJ 9,637 10,408
WARREN NJ 13,263 12,735
    260,629 263,369

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County State NO. OF NATIVE-BORN BLACK MALES NO. OF NATIVE-BORN BLACK FEMALES
ATLANTIC NJ 100 89
BERGEN NJ 765 695
BURLINGTON NJ 787 871
CAMDEN NJ 961 1,114
CAPE MAY NJ 96 114
CUMBERLAND NJ 472 395
ESSEX NJ 680 851
GLOUCESTER NJ 317 310
HUDSON NJ 258 332
HUNTERDON NJ 300 296
MERCER NJ 944 1,010
MIDDLESEX NJ 587 606
MONMOUTH NJ 1,245 1,270
MORRIS NJ 279 280
OCEAN NJ 56 51
PASSAIC NJ 232 276
SALEM NJ 1,090 1,100
SOMERSET NJ 802 751
SUSSEX NJ 137 127
UNION NJ 381 418
WARREN NJ 188 164
    10,677 11,120

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County State NO. OF NATIVE-BORN MULATTO MALES NO. OF NATIVE-BORN MULATTO FEMALES
ATLANTIC NJ 3 1
BERGEN NJ 100 97
BURLINGTON NJ 255 304
CAMDEN NJ 212 283
CAPE MAY NJ 27 35
CUMBERLAND NJ 196 228
ESSEX NJ 94 113
GLOUCESTER NJ 35 45
HUDSON NJ 27 25
HUNTERDON NJ 102 97
MERCER NJ 97 160
MIDDLESEX NJ 43 69
MONMOUTH NJ 79 62
MORRIS NJ 56 69
OCEAN NJ 10 7
PASSAIC NJ 16 26
SALEM NJ 145 125
SOMERSET NJ 21 14
SUSSEX NJ 28 32
UNION NJ 20 40
WARREN NJ 19 15
    1,585 1,847

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County State NO. OF FOREIGN-BORN WHITE MALES NO. OF FOREIGN-BORN WHITE FEMALES
ATLANTIC NJ 682 576
BERGEN NJ 2,380 1,895
BURLINGTON NJ 2,088 2,131
CAMDEN NJ 2,259 2,373
CAPE MAY NJ 74 49
CUMBERLAND NJ 564 361
ESSEX NJ 16,705 17,082
GLOUCESTER NJ 854 617
HUDSON NJ 12,774 13,249
HUNTERDON NJ 888 724
MERCER NJ 3,278 3,137
MIDDLESEX NJ 3,492 3,252
MONMOUTH NJ 2,183 1,969
MORRIS NJ 2,583 2,366
OCEAN NJ 161 130
PASSAIC NJ 4,126 4,269
SALEM NJ 580 456
SOMERSET NJ 1,275 1,213
SUSSEX NJ 566 422
UNION NJ 3,424 3,446
WARREN NJ 1,168 880
    62,104 60,597

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County State NO. OF FOREIGN-BORN BLACK MALES NO. OF FOREIGN-BORN BLACK FEMALES
ATLANTIC NJ 0 0
BERGEN NJ 4 2
BURLINGTON NJ 4 2
CAMDEN NJ 2 0
CAPE MAY NJ 1 0
CUMBERLAND NJ 0 0
ESSEX NJ 11 5
GLOUCESTER NJ 0 0
HUDSON NJ 3 5
HUNTERDON NJ 0 1
MERCER NJ 7 5
MIDDLESEX NJ 1 0
MONMOUTH NJ 1 1
MORRIS NJ 0 1
OCEAN NJ 0 0
PASSAIC NJ 3 3
SALEM NJ 2 0
SOMERSET NJ 0 0
SUSSEX NJ 0 0
UNION NJ 1 3
WARREN NJ 0 0
    40 28

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County State NO. OF FOREIGN-BORN MULATTO MALES NO. OF FOREIGN-BORN MULATTO FEMALES
ATLANTIC NJ 1 0
BERGEN NJ 0 0
BURLINGTON NJ 0 1
CAMDEN NJ 1 1
CAPE MAY NJ 0 0
CUMBERLAND NJ 2 2
ESSEX NJ 2 1
GLOUCESTER NJ 0 0
HUDSON NJ 1 2
HUNTERDON NJ 0 0
MERCER NJ 1 1
MIDDLESEX NJ 1 0
MONMOUTH NJ 0 0
MORRIS NJ 0 1
OCEAN NJ 0 0
PASSAIC NJ 1 0
SALEM NJ 0 0
SOMERSET NJ 0 0
SUSSEX NJ 0 0
UNION NJ 0 2
WARREN NJ 0 0
    10 11

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County State TOTAL NO. OF FREE FOREIGN-BORN PERSONS AGGR. FREE POPULATION
ATLANTIC NJ 1,259 11,786
BERGEN NJ 4,281 21,618
BURLINGTON NJ 4,226 49,730
CAMDEN NJ 4,636 34,457
CAPE MAY NJ 124 7,130
CUMBERLAND NJ 929 22,605
ESSEX NJ 33,806 98,877
GLOUCESTER NJ 1,471 18,444
HUDSON NJ 26,034 62,717
HUNTERDON NJ 1,613 33,650
MERCER NJ 6,429 37,419
MIDDLESEX NJ 6,746 34,811
MONMOUTH NJ 4,154 39,346
MORRIS NJ 4,951 34,676
OCEAN NJ 291 11,176
PASSAIC NJ 8,402 29,011
SALEM NJ 1,038 22,458
SOMERSET NJ 2,488 22,048
SUSSEX NJ 988 23,846
UNION NJ 6,876 27,780
WARREN NJ 2,048 28,432
    122,790 672,017

Source: Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research. Study 00003: Historical Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: U.S., 1790-1970. Anne Arbor: ICPSR