Population Statistics

	A	B	C	D	E	G	H	I	J
1	CENSUS DATA AND COMPARISONS BETWEEN SPECIFIC WARDS
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3		1838 PAS Census https://www.loc.gov/resource/rbaapc.22520/?sp=5	1840 US Census https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1840/1840v3/1840c-03.pdf		1847 PAS Census https://www.loc.gov/item/12014690/	1850	1850 US Census https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1850/1850a/1850a-24.pdf
4	Year	1838	1840	1840	1847		1850	1850
5		Black	White	Black	Black		White	Black	%
6	Philadelphia Center City Wards	8462	83158	10507	9076	Philadelphia (City)
7						Lombard Ward	5874	327	6%
8	Locust Ward					Locust Ward	8949	1722	19%
9	Newmarket Ward					Newmarket Ward	6224	2032	33%
10	Pine ward					Pine ward	4866	1283	26%
11	Spruce Ward					Spruce Ward	4172	2614	63%
12	Chestnut					Chestnut	2348	95	4%
13	Dock					Dock	5481	253	5%
14	Walnut					Walnut	2356	188	8%
15	People Residing in White familes + alms/prison	5177			4180
16	TOTAL PHILADELPHIA	13639
17	Spring Garden	507	26282	1367	853	Spring Garden	57538	1356	2%
18	Northern Liberties/Kensington	878			1285	Northern Liberties/Kensington	92387	1610	2%
19	Northern Liberties		38711	1739		Northern Liberties	46154	1069	2%
20	Kensington	359	21677	412		Kensington	46233	541	1%
21	Southwark	931	34905	4143	1117	Southwark	37800	999	3%
22	Moyamensing	2454			3391	Moyamensing	23997	2982	12%
23	West Philadelphia				338	West Philadelphia	5109	462	9%
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25	TOTAL	18,768	204,733	18,168	20,240		349,488	17,533	5%
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27								*lower number than 1847 (two years earlier) most likely due to the Fugitive Slave Act, where people may have left, and also the lack of trust in the government census takers, where people may not have given true numbers
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