File submitted for the US GenWeb Archives by Karen Rice ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Data Compiled by Geospatial and Statistical Data Center at University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, VA, directly from historical volumes of the US Center of Population and Housing. Louisiana 1850 TOTAL FREE COLORED POPULATION - 17, 462. By Parish: ASCENSION 146 ASSUMPTION 27 AVOYELLES 106 BIENVILLE 21 BOSSIER 0 CADDO 42 CALCASIEU 239 CALDWELL 0 CARROLL 10 CATAHOULA 19 CLAIBORNE 0 CONCORDIA 1 DE SOTO 24 EAST BATON ROUGE 279 EAST FELICIANA 24 FRANKLIN 14 IBERVILLE 104 JACKSON 2 JEFFERSON 851 LAFAYETTE 160 LAFOURCHE 22 LIVINGSTON 19 Louisiana STATE TOTALS 17,462 MADISON 4 MOREHOUSE 30 NATCHITOCHES 881 ORLEANS 9,961 OUACHITA 8 PLAQUEMINES 390 POINTE COUPEE 560 RAPIDES 184 County TOTAL FREE COLORED POPULATION SABINE 0 ST BERNARD 73 ST CHARLES 121 ST HELENA 11 ST JAMES 62 ST JOHN THE BAPTI 191 ST LANDRY 1,242 ST MARTIN 529 ST MARY 424 ST TAMMANY 359 TENSAS 2 TERREBONNE 91 UNION 0 VERMILLION 14 WASHINGTON 4 WEST BATON ROUGE 105 WEST FELICIANA 106