1790 - 1950 Population Statistics
Dorchester County, Maryland
Year Free white Free white Other Free
males females persons Slaves
1790 4,971 5,039 528 5,337
1800 4,740 4,675 2,365 4,566
1810 5,194 5,221 2,661 5,032
Year Free white Free white Free colored Free colored Slaves Slaves
males females males females males females
1820 5,131 4,964 1,193 1,303 2,698 2,470
1830 5,351 5,334 1,486 1,514 2,624 2,377
1840 5,355 5,274 1,925 2,062 2,216 2,011
1850 5,433 5,314 1,851 1,997 2,177 2,105
1860 5,933 5,721 2,373 2,311 2,105 2,018
Total Total Total Total
Year males females white colored
1870 9,707 9,751 11,902 7,556
1880 11,706 11,404 14,634 8,476
1890 12,696 12,147 16,133 8,709
1900 14,352 13,610 18,476 9,486
1910 14,658 14,011 19,247 9,421
1920 14,170 13,725 19,175 8,719
1930 13,686 13,127 18,981 7.830
1940 14,395 13,611 19,917 8,086
1950 13,877 13,938 20,112 7,690