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.

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