1830 Census Notes from newspapers of the day:

From the Star, (Gettysburg, PA), December 6, 1831: 

  "The number of inhabitants in the United States according to
this census is as follows:
   Free white persons,   10,526,368
   Free colored persons,    319,467
   Slaves,                2,010,572
                         ----------
             Total,      12,856,407
                         ----------
  "South Carolina and Louisiana have more slaves than free per-
sons.  South Carolina has 31 slaves to 26 free persons, Louisiana
11 slaves to 10 free.  Georgia 21 slaves to 30 free.  North Caro-
lina 1 slave to 2 free.  Alabama 12 slaves to 19 free.  Virginia 
46 slaves to 74 free, & c.
  "The population of the six New England states is 1,964,605; of
New York 1,913,603; of Pennsylvania 1,347,572; Virginia 1,211,266;
Ohio 937,679.  New York contains more free persons than these four
states united - Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and 
Georgia."

From the Republican Compiler, (Gettysburg, PA), April 26, 1831: 

  "The Census - The whole population of the United States, accord-
ing to the recent census, is 12,821,181 souls.  Of this number there
are upwards of 2,000,000 slaves."

From the Adams Sentinel, (Gettysburg, PA), September 20, 1831: 

  "The American census for 1830 has been completed, and the result
published.  The population of the United States, which was 
9,637,000 in 1820, was last year 12,976,000, or in round numbers
thirteen millions.

From the Adams Sentinel, (Gettysburg, PA), March 15, 1831: 

  "Population of Cities and Towns. - Under the new census the cities
and towns of the United States, which contain a population exceeding
5000, will rank in the following order:

 1 New York               213,170
 2 Philadelphia           161,412
 3 Baltimore               80,519
 4 Boston and Charleston   70,164
 5 New Orleans             48,467
 6 Charleton, S.C.         30,289
 7 Cincinnati and suburbs  26,513
 8 Albany                  24,516
 9 Washington              18,823
10 Providence              17,832
11 Pittsburg               17,365
12 Richmond                16,085
13 Rochester
14 Salem                   13,826
15 Portland                12,601
16 Brooklyn                12,403
17 Troy, N.Y.              11,405
18 Newark, N.J.            10,900
19 New Haven               10,663
20 Louisville              10,126

From the Huron Reflector, (Norwalk, OH), May 23, 1831: 

  "From the Pennsylvania Intelligencer.  UNITED STATES CENSUS.  We have
at length been able to obtain the whole census of the United States, as 
returned by the Marshal.

EASTERN STATES.
                 1820.       1830.
Maine           298,355     299,462
N. Hampshire    244,141     260,533
Vermont         235,764     280,665
Massachusetts   523,287     610,100
Connecticut     275,248     297,711
Rhode Island     83,059      97,211
               --------     -------
              1,659,854   1,954,682

MIDDLE STATES.
New York       1,372,812  1,934,496
New Jersey       277,575    320,779
Penn.          1,049,458  1,330,034
Delaware          72,749     76,737
Maryland         407,350    446,913
               --------     -------
              3,179,944   4,108,959

SOUTHERN STATES.
Virginia      1,065,366   1,186,297
N. Carolina     638,829     738,470
S. Carolina     502,741     581,478
Georgia         310,989     516,567
               --------     -------
              2,547,925   3,022,812

WESTERN STATES.
Ohio            581,434     937,679
Kentucky        564,317     688,844
Indiana         147,178     311,585
Illinois         55,211     157,575
Missouri         66,586     137,127
               --------     -------
              1,414,726   2,263,107

SOUTHWESTERN STATES.
Tennessee       422,813     584,822
Louisiana       153,407     215,275
Alabama         127,901     309,216
Mississippi      75,448      97,865
               --------     -------
                779,569   1,307,188

TERRITORIES.
D. of Columbia   33,039      39,858
Michigan          8,896      31,696
Arkansas         14,216      30,380
Florida, not taken  ---      34,735
               --------     -------
                 56,181     136,611

RECAPITULATION.
E.  States    1,659,854   1,954,682
Middle do.    3,179,944   4,108,939
Southern do.  2,547,925   3,022,812
Western do.   1,414,726   2,263,107
S. W. do.       779,569   1,307,478
Territories      56,181     136,611
               --------     -------
              9,637,299  12,796,649

  "The colored population of the United States is upwards of two
millions."

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