1860 North Carolina Census Data
86 Counties
©, 1998, Jeffrey C. Weaver
| County | Total Pop. | White | Free Blacks | Slaves | Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alamance | 11852 | 7987 | 421 | 3444 | |
| Alexander | 6022 | 5292 | 19 | 611 | |
| Alleghany | 3590 | 3357 | 27 | 206 | |
| Anson | 13664 | 6562 | 151 | 6951 | |
| Ashe | 7956 | 7423 | 142 | 391 | |
| Beaufort | 14766 | 8172 | 279 | 6878 | |
| Bertie | 14310 | 5846 | 279 | 8186 | |
| Bladen | 11995 | 6235 | 485 | 5327 | |
| Brunswick | 8406 | 4515 | 260 | 3021 | |
| Buncombe | 12654 | 10623 | 100 | 1921 | |
| Burke | 9237 | 6647 | 219 | 2471 | |
| Cabarrus | 10546 | 7402 | 104 | 2040 | |
| Caldwell | 7499 | 6297 | 114 | 1088 | |
| Camden | 5343 | 2940 | 276 | 2127 | |
| Carteret | 8186 | 6064 | 152 | 1969 | |
| Caswell | 16215 | 6581 | 279 | 9356 | |
| Catwaba | 10729 | 9088 | 28 | 1664 | |
| Chatham | 19101 | 12555 | 304 | 6246 | |
| Cherokee | 9166 | 8609 | 38 | 519 | |
| Chowan | 6842 | 2978 | 151 | 3713 | |
| Cleveland | 12348 | 10108 | 100 | 2181 | |
| Columbus | 8597 | 5779 | 355 | 2463 | |
| Craven | 16268 | 8795 | 1286 | 9190 | |
| Cumberland | 16369 | 9561 | 978 | 6830 | |
| Currituck | 7415 | 4671 | 221 | 2524 | |
| Davidson | 16601 | 13378 | 147 | 3076 | |
| Davie | 8494 | 6001 | 101 | 2392 | |
| Duplin | 15784 | 8286 | 374 | 7126 | |
| Edgecombe | 17376 | 6830 | 388 | 10106 | |
| Forsyth | 12692 | 10716 | 211 | 1784 | |
| Franklin | 14107 | 6490 | 541 | 7079 | |
| Gaston | 9310 | 7009 | 102 | 2199 | |
| Gates | 8443 | 4180 | 282 | 3902 | |
| Granville | 23396 | 11189 | 1121 | 11086 | |
| Greene | 7925 | 2826 | 152 | 3947 | |
| Guilford | 29056 | 15788 | 693 | 3625 | |
| Halifax | 19442 | 6642 | 2450 | 10349 | |
| Harnett | 8039 | 5351 | 104 | 2584 | |
| Haywood | 5801 | 5488 | 0 | 313 | |
| Henderson | 10448 | 8981 | 55 | 1382 | |
| Hertford | 9504 | 3948 | 1111 | 4445 | |
| Hyde | 7732 | 4682 | 259 | 2793 | |
| Iredell | 15347 | 11141 | 29 | 4177 | |
| Jackson | 5515 | 5241 | 6 | 281 | |
| Johnston | 15656 | 10548 | 193 | 4918 | |
| Jones | 5730 | 2210 | 107 | 3415 | |
| Lenoir | 10220 | 4903 | 177 | 5131 | |
| Lincoln | 8195 | 6000 | 80 | 2115 | |
| Macon | 6004 | 5370 | 115 | 519 | |
| Madison | 5908 | 5693 | 2 | 213 | |
| Martin | 10195 | 7435 | 451 | 3303 | |
| McDowell | 7120 | 5542 | 273 | 1305 | |
| Mecklenburg | 17374 | 10543 | 290 | 6541 | |
| Montgomery | 7649 | 6781 | 35 | 1823 | |
| Moore | 11427 | 8725 | 184 | 2513 | |
| Nash | 11687 | 6319 | 688 | 4681 | |
| New Hanover | 21715 | 10617 | 766 | 10332 | |
| Northampton | 13372 | 5912 | 656 | 6806 | |
| Onslow | 8856 | 4196 | 159 | 3499 | |
| Orange | 16947 | 11313 | 522 | 5109 | |
| Pasquotank | 8940 | 4463 | 1484 | 2983 | |
| Perquimans | 7238 | 3287 | 392 | 3569 | |
| Person | 11221 | 5708 | 313 | 5195 | |
| Pitt | 16080 | 7480 | 127 | 3473 | |
| Polk | 4043 | 3317 | 106 | 620 | |
| Randolph | 16793 | 14968 | 380 | 1645 | |
| Richmond | 11009 | 6211 | 345 | 5453 | |
| Robeson | 15489 | 8584 | 1450 | 5456 | |
| Rockingham | 16746 | 10021 | 407 | 6318 | |
| Rowan | 14589 | 10522 | 135 | 3929 | |
| Rutherford | 11573 | 9060 | 122 | 2391 | |
| Sampson | 16624 | 9106 | 489 | 9028 | |
| Stanly | 7801 | 6590 | 42 | 1169 | |
| Stokes | 10402 | 7847 | 86 | 2469 | |
| Surry | 10380 | 8949 | 134 | 1246 | |
| Tyrell | 4944 | 3203 | 143 | 1597 | |
| Union | 11202 | 8908 | 53 | 2246 | |
| Wake | 28627 | 16470 | 1494 | 10738 | |
| Warren | 15726 | 4923 | 402 | 10401 | |
| Washington | 6357 | 3596 | 296 | 2465 | |
| Watauga | 4957 | 4771 | 32 | 104 | |
| Wayne | 14906 | 8721 | 734 | 5451 | |
| Wilkes | 15749 | 13280 | 261 | 1298 | |
| Wilson | 8720 | 3944 | 280 | 3494 | |
| Yadkin | 10711 | 9110 | 168 | 1438 | |
| Yancey | 8654 | 8229 | 64 | 262 | |
| Total | 992667 | 631489 | 30097 | 331081 | |