North Carolina - 1790 Census Summary




North Carolina - From Early Statehood to 1800

1790 NC Census Summary by County

County	No. of Heads of Household	Free White Males 16 Years & Older, Including Heads of Household	Free White Males Under 16 Years	Free White Females, Including Heads of Household	All Other Free Persons	Slaves	Total
Anson	790	1,034	1,183	2,047	41	828	5,133
Beaufort	780	951	926	1,824	129	1,632	5,462
Bertie	1,430	1,762	1,841	3,514	348	5,141	12,606
Bladen	635	837	830	1,683	58	1,676	5,084
Brunswick	320	380	398	779	3	1,511	3,071
Burke	1,255	1,706	2,115	3,683	11	595	8,110
Camden	583	727	759	1,477	30	1,040	4,033
Carteret	578	718	707	1,502	92	713	3,732
Caswell*	1,412	1,801	2,110	3,377	72	2,736	10,096
Chatham	1,270	1,756	2,160	3,664	9	1,632	9,221
Chowan	556	641	559	1,182	41	2,588	5,011
Craven	1,440	1,709	1,538	3,227	337	3,658	10,469
Cumberland	1,348	1,791	1,557	3,059	83	2,181	8,671
Currituck	794	1,017	1,024	1,960	115	1,103	5,291
Dobbs	915	1,162	1,293	2,478	45	1,915	6,893
Duplin	724	1,035	1,187	2,054	3	1,383	5,662
Edgecombe	1,260	1,659	1,879	3,495	70	3,152	10,255
Franklin	804	1,089	1,400	2,316	37	2,717	7,559
Gates	629	790	775	1,515	93	2,219	5,392
Granville*	966	1,581	1,873	3,050	315	4,163	10,982
Guilford	1,096	1,607	1,799	3,242	27	516	7,191
Halifax	1,442	1,835	1,778	3,403	443	6,506	13,966
Hertford	653	814	823	1,533	216	2,442	5,828
Hyde	625	795	718	1,522	37	1,048	4,120
Iredell	769	1,118	1,217	2,239	3	858	5,435
Johnston	776	1,039	1,119	2,083	64	1,329	5,634
Jones	583	736	794	1,541	70	1,681	4,822
Lincoln	1,409	2,053	2,294	4,037	-	935	9,319
Martin	798	1,064	1,009	2,022	96	1,889	6,080
Mecklenburg	1,742	2,378	2,573	4,771	70	1,603	11,395
Montgomery	703	967	1,121	1,798	5	834	4,725
Moore	639	849	968	1,570	12	371	3,770
Nash	853	1,143	1,426	2,627	188	2,009	7,393
New Hanover	628	834	695	1,497	67	3,738	6,831
Northampton	1,113	1,334	1,273	2,503	462	4,409	9,981
Onslow	721	828	939	1,788	84	1,748	8,639
Orange*	1,534	2,433	2,709	4,913	101	2,060	12,216
Pasquotank	799	951	1,034	1,810	79	1,623	5,497
Perquimans	709	885	923	1,717	37	1,878	5,440
Pitt	1,095	1,461	1,507	2,915	25	2,367	8,275
Randolph	1,160	1,582	1,952	3,266	24	452	7,276
Richmond	830	1,096	1,205	2,116	55	583	5,055
Robeson	869	1,131	1,141	2,244	277	533	5,326
Rockingham	842	1,178	1,413	2,491	10	1,100	6,187
Rowan	2,433	3,288	3,837	6,864	97	1,742	15,828
Rutherford	1,181	1,577	2,121	3,502	2	609	7,811
Sampson	935	1,145	1,281	2,316	140	1,183	6,065
Stokes	1,329	1,846	2,104	3,778	13	787	8,528
Surry	1,074	1,531	1,762	3,183	17	698	7,191
Tyrrell	705	807	959	1,777	35	1,166	4,744
Wake	1,290	1,772	2,089	3,688	180	2,463	10,192
Warren	800	1,070	1,319	2,220	68	4,720	9,397
Wayne	804	1,064	1,219	2,256	37	1,557	6,133
Wilkes	1,277	1,615	2,251	3,739	2	549	8,156
Total NC for 1790	38,599	69,972	77,526	140,857	4,975	100,569	397,179
*Names taken from Tax Lists. The total number is not identical to the summary total of the official U.S. Census due to many counties later including missing info in updated tax lists.