1830 United States Census
The United States Census of 1830, the fifth census undertaken in the United States, was conducted on June 1, 1830. The only loss of census records for 1830 involved some countywide losses in Massachusetts, Maryland, and Mississippi.
It determined the population of the 24 states to be 12,866,020, of which 2,009,043 were slaves. The center of population was about 170 miles (274 km) west of Washington, D.C. in present-day Grant County, West Virginia.
Census questions
The 1830 census asked these questions:[1]
- Name of head of family
- Address
- Number of free white males and females
- in five-year age groups to age 20
- in 10-year age groups from 20 to 100
- 100 years and older
- number of slaves and free colored persons in six age groups
- number of deaf and dumb
- under 14 years old
- 14 to 24 years old
- 25 years and older
- number of blind
- foreigners not naturalized
Data availability
No microdata from the 1830 population census are available, but aggregate data for small areas, together with compatible cartographic boundary files, can be downloaded from the National Historical Geographic Information System.
City rankings
Rank | City | State | Population[2] | Region (2016)[3] |
01 | New York | New York | 202,589 | Northeast |
02 | Baltimore | Maryland | 80,620 | South |
03 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 80,462 | Northeast |
04 | Boston | Massachusetts | 61,392 | Northeast |
05 | New Orleans | Louisiana | 46,082 | South |
06 | Charleston | South Carolina | 30,289 | South |
07 | Northern Liberties | Pennsylvania | 28,872 | Northeast |
08 | Cincinnati | Ohio | 24,831 | Midwest |
09 | Albany | New York | 24,209 | Northeast |
10 | Southwark | Pennsylvania | 20,581 | Northeast |
11 | Washington | District of Columbia | 18,826 | South |
12 | Providence | Rhode Island | 16,833 | Northeast |
13 | Richmond | Virginia | 16,060 | South |
14 | Salem | Massachusetts | 13,895 | Northeast |
15 | Kensington | Pennsylvania | 13,394 | Northeast |
16 | Portland | Maine | 12,598 | Northeast |
17 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 12,568 | Northeast |
18 | Brooklyn | New York | 12,406 | Northeast |
19 | Troy | New York | 11,556 | Northeast |
20 | Spring Garden | Pennsylvania | 11,140 | Northeast |
21 | Newark | New Jersey | 10,953 | Northeast |
22 | Louisville | Kentucky | 10,341 | South |
23 | New Haven | Connecticut | 10,180 | Northeast |
24 | Norfolk | Virginia | 9,814 | South |
25 | Rochester | New York | 9,207 | Northeast |
26 | Charlestown | Massachusetts | 8,783 | Northeast |
27 | Buffalo | New York | 8,668 | Northeast |
28 | Georgetown | District of Columbia | 8,441 | South |
29 | Utica | New York | 8,323 | Northeast |
30 | Petersburg | Virginia | 8,322 | South |
31 | Alexandria | District of Columbia | 8,241 | South |
32 | Portsmouth | New Hampshire | 8,026 | Northeast |
33 | Newport | Rhode Island | 8,010 | Northeast |
34 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | 7,704 | Northeast |
35 | New Bedford | Massachusetts | 7,592 | Northeast |
36 | Gloucester | Massachusetts | 7,510 | Northeast |
37 | Savannah | Georgia | 7,303 | South |
38 | Nantucket | Massachusetts | 7,202 | Northeast |
39 | Hartford | Connecticut | 7,074 | Northeast |
40 | Moyamensing | Pennsylvania | 6,822 | Northeast |
41 | Springfield | Massachusetts | 6,784 | Northeast |
42 | Augusta | Georgia | 6,710 | South |
43 | Lowell | Massachusetts | 6,474 | Northeast |
44 | Newburyport | Massachusetts | 6,375 | Northeast |
45 | Lynn | Massachusetts | 6,138 | Northeast |
46 | Cambridge | Massachusetts | 6,072 | Northeast |
47 | Taunton | Massachusetts | 6,042 | Northeast |
48 | Lexington | Kentucky | 6,026 | South |
49 | Reading | Pennsylvania | 5,856 | Northeast |
50 | Nashville | Tennessee | 5,566 | South |
51 | Warwick | Rhode Island | 5,529 | Northeast |
52 | Dover | New Hampshire | 5,449 | Northeast |
53 | Hudson | New York | 5,392 | Northeast |
54 | Roxbury | Massachusetts | 5,247 | Northeast |
55 | Marblehead | Massachusetts | 5,149 | Northeast |
56 | Middleborough | Massachusetts | 5,008 | Northeast |
57 | St. Louis | Missouri | 4,977 | Midwest |
58 | Plymouth | Massachusetts | 4,758 | Northeast |
59 | Lynchburg | Virginia | 4,630 | South |
60 | Andover | Massachusetts | 4,530 | Northeast |
61 | Frederick | Maryland | 4,427 | South |
62 | New London | Connecticut | 4,335 | Northeast |
63 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | 4,312 | Northeast |
64 | Schenectady | New York | 4,268 | Northeast |
65 | Danvers | Massachusetts | 4,228 | Northeast |
66 | York | Pennsylvania | 4,216 | Northeast |
67 | Worcester | Massachusetts | 4,173 | Northeast |
68 | Fall River | Massachusetts | 4,158 | Northeast |
69 | Dorchester | Massachusetts | 4,074 | Northeast |
70 | Beverly | Massachusetts | 4,073 | Northeast |
71 | Trenton | New Jersey | 3,925 | Northeast |
72 | New Bern | North Carolina | 3,796 | South |
73 | Wilmington | North Carolina | 3,791 | South |
74 | Carlisle | Pennsylvania | 3,707 | Northeast |
75 | Easton | Pennsylvania | 3,529 | Northeast |
76 | Elizabeth | New Jersey | 3,455 | Northeast |
77 | Hagerstown | Maryland | 3,371 | South |
78 | Columbia | South Carolina | 3,310 | South |
79 | Fredericksburg | Virginia | 3,308 | South |
80 | Mobile | Alabama | 3,194 | South |
81 | Norwich | Connecticut | 3,135 | Northeast |
82 | Middletown | Connecticut | 3,123 | Northeast |
83 | Zanesville | Ohio | 3,094 | Midwest |
84 | Dayton | Ohio | 2,950 | Midwest |
85 | Steubenville | Ohio | 2,937 | Midwest |
86 | Fayetteville | North Carolina | 2,868 | South |
87 | Chillicothe | Ohio | 2,846 | Midwest |
88 | Allegheny | Pennsylvania | 2,801 | Northeast |
89 | Natchez | Mississippi | 2,789 | South |
90 | Annapolis | Maryland | 2,623 | South |
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