Statement of the White Population of each county of the State'

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STATEMENT

Of the

WHITE POPULATION

Of

EACH COUNTY OF THE STATE,

Arranged According to Their Districts,

In 1840 and 1846,

Calculated from the Titheables in 1846.

[January 5, 1848-Referred to Select Committee.]

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Counties in the Second District

Population.

Counties in the Third District

Population.

1840

1846

1840

1846

Appomattox

0

4,340

Alleghany

2,142

2,671

Albemarle

10,512

10,264

Augusta

15,072

17,443

Amelia

3,074

2,922

Bath

3,170

3,804

Amherst

6,426

5,873

Berkeley

8,760

8,036

Bedford

11,016

12,149

Botetourt

8,377

9,319

Brunswick

4,978

4,896

Clarke

2,867

3,250

Buckingham

7,323

5,087

Frederick

11,119

11,814

Campbell

10,213

11,946

Hardy

6,100

6,857

Charlotte

5,030

5,066

Hampshire

10,703

11,638

Culpeper

4,933

5,185

Jefferson

9,323

9,436

Cumberland

3,263

3,278

Morgan

4,113

3,506

Dinwiddle

4,482

4,374

Page

5,197

5,809

Fluvanna

4,445

4,590

Pendleton

6,445

7,654

Fauquier

10,501

10,285

Roanoke

3,845

4,584

Franklin

10,500

11,109

Rockingham

14,944

15,988

Goochland

3,570

3,767

Rockbridge

10,448

11,068

Greene

2,447

2,629

Shenandoah

10,320

12,192

Halifax

11,145

11,228

Warren

3,851

3,779

Henry

4,243

4,841

136,796

148,848

Loudoun

13,840

15,415

Louisa

6,047

6,778

Lunenburg

4,132

4,263

Madison

3,729

4,000

Mecklenburg

7,754

7,542

Nelson

6,168

5,674

Nottoway

2,490

2,659

Orange

3,575

4,077

Patrick

6,087

6,548

Pittsylvania

14,283

14,111

Powhatan

2,432

2,654

Prince Edward

4,923

4,438

Rappahannock

5,307

5,487

198,868

207,465

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Counties in the Fourth District

Population.

Counties in the First District

Population.

1840

1846

1840

1846

Barbour

0

7,233

Accomack

9,618

9,663

Braxton

2,509

3,591

Charles City

1,671

1,701

Brooke

7,780

8,472

Caroline

6,725

6,639

Cabell

7,574

5,959

Chesterfield

7,859

7,790

Carroll

0

5,288

Essex

3,955

3,043

Doddridge

0

2,054

Elizabeth City

1,954

1,785

Fayette

3,773

5,147

Fairfax

5,469

6,373

Floyd

4,123

5,161

Greeneville

1,928

1,966

Giles

4,684

5,759

Gloucester

4,412

4,057

Gilmer

0

2,314

Hanover

6,262

7,250

Grayson

8,542

5,220

Henrico

6,182

6,926

Greenbrier

7,287

9,342

Isle of Wight

4,918

5,217

Harrison

16,850

9,968

James City

1,325

1,714

Jackson

4,803

5,560

King George

2,269

2,312

Kanawha

10,910

13,242

King & Qreen

4,426

3,906

Lee

7,829

8,249

King William

3,150

2,914

Lewis

7,989

7,170

Lancaster

1,903

1,918

Logan

4,159

5,020

Mathews

3,969

3,574

Marion

0

8,818

Middlesex

2,041

1,913

Marshall

6,854

8,978

Nansemond

4,858

5,735

Mason

5,923

7,632

Norfolk County

9,259

9,079

Monroe

7,457

9,052

New Kent

2,472

2,431

Mercer

2,127

3,261

Northumberland

4,034

3,410

Monongalia

16,962

11,841

Northampton

3,341

3,313

Montgomery

5,825

6,639

Princess Anne

3,996

4,526

Nicholas

2,440

3,351

Prince George

2,692

3,609

Ohio

12,842

13,459

Prince William

4,867

5,332

Pocahontas

2,684

3,505

Richmond

3,092

3,499

Preston

6,743

8,235

Southampton

6,171

6,063

Pulaski

2,768

3,324

Spottsylvania

6,786

6,661

Randolph

5,799

4,335

Surry

2,557

2,582

Ritchie

0

2,898

Sussex

3,584

3,618

Russell

7,152

8,462

Stafford

4,489

4,592

Scott

6,911

7,660

Warwick

604

704

Smyth

5,539

5,995

Westmoreland

3,466

3,127

Tazewell

5,466

7,011

York

1,958

1,971

Tyler

6,864

4,930

Norfolk City

6,185

6,643

Taylor

0

4,249

Petersburg

5,365

6,320

Washington

10,731

11,628

Richmond City

10,718

16,722

Wayne

0

3,909

170,530

180,598

Wood

7,243

8,158

Wythe

7,632

8,743

Wetzel

0

3,252

234,774

284,074

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RECAPITULATION.

TABLE shewing the White Population at three different periods, and the proportion of Representation of each of the Districts of the State, for each of the years 1830, 1840 and 1846.

Districts

First District, from the sea coast to the head of tide,

Second District, from the head of tide water to the Blue Ridge

Third District, between the Blue Ridge and Alleghany

Fourth District, west of the Alleghany

Apportionment Heading Descriptions

A

Apportionment by the Constitution.

B

Apportionment according to Population

C

Apportionment according to Property and Population

D

Apportionment according to Population, based upon 150 Members

E

Apportionment according to Property and Qualifications, based upon 150 Members

F

Members in House of Delegates in 1846, if the same rule is adopted as fixed by the Constitution.

G

Apportionment according to Population, 36 Members

H

Apportionment according to Property and Population, 36 Members

White Population

House of Delegates

By Census

By Census

By Tithables

------------1830------------

------1840-----

---------------------1846---------------------

Districts

1830

1840

1846

A

B

C

B

C

B

C

D

E

F

First

167001

170530

180598

36

32

36

31

35

30

35

33

39

34

Second

208656

198868

207465

42

40

45

36

40

34

38

38

43

36

Third

134791

136796

148848

25

27

25

25

24

24

24

27

26

22

Fourth

183854

234774

284074

31

35

28

42

35

46

37

52

42

42

694302

740968

820985

134

134

134

134

134

134

134

150

150

134

White Population

Senate

By Census

By Census

By Tithables

------------1830------------

------1840-----

-----------------1846----------------

Districts

1830

1840

1846

A

B

C

B

C

B

C

G

H

First

167001

170530

180598

19

8

8

7

8

7

8

8

9

Second

208656

198868

207465

10

11

9

9

8

9

10

10

Third

134791

136796

148848

13

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

7

Fourth

183854

234774

284074

8

7

10

9

11

9

12

10

694302

740968

820985

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

36

36