Population and Apportionment in the Beginning

[Online Professor]

The population of Delaware was 45,385 and  2,996 slaves.  For the purpose of apportionment 1,778 would have been counted. If Delaware had been assigned more  than one delegate, that would have provided  Delaware with more than one representative for every 30,000. This would have violated the provisions of Article 1 Section 2 Clause 3. This in one of the reasons that  George Washington vetoed the Apportinment Bill of 1792.

At the census of 1790 the state of Virginia was estimatede to have a population of 508,004, There were 317,422 white people and 220,582 slaves and  a combined population of 449,771 for the purpose of apportionment. If the number of representatives had been based on the actual population Virginia would have been entitled to 15 representative, but in order to comply with Article 1 Section 2 Clause 3, Congress dellibereately underestimated the population to be certain that no state would have more than one representatives for evrey 30,000.

Virgina had  initially 10 representatives in the House and 9 additional seats were added due to the Census of 1790.

, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1792_and_1793_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections#Virginia

 

Slave, Free Black, and White Population, 1780-1830
Estimated Population 1780
State	Population	Black	Pct. Black	White	Pct. White
North
New York	210,701	21,054	10.0	189,647	90.0
New Jersey	139,627	10,460	7.5	129,167	92.5
Pennsylvania	327,805	7,855	2.4	319,950	97.6
Connecticut	206,701	5,885	2.8	200,816	97.2
Rhode Island	52,946	2,671	5.0	50,275	95.0
New Hampshire	87,802	541	0.6	87,261	99.4
Massachusetts	268,627	4,822	1.8	263,805	98.2
Total	1,294,209	53,288	4.1	1,240,921	95.9
South
Virginia	538,004	220,582	41.0	317,422	59.0
South Carolina	180,000	97,000	53.9	83,000	46.1
Maryland	245,474	80,515	32.8	164,959	67.2
North Carolina	270,138	91,000	33.7	179,138	66.3
Georgia	56,071	20,831	37.2	35,240	62.8
Delaware	45,385	2,996	6.6	42,389	93.4
Total	1,335,072	512,924	38.4	822,148	61.6

 

[Online Professor]

Georgia had a total population of 35,420 white people and 20,831 slaves. When 3/5 of the slaves of which equaled 12,498 the population of Georgia for the purpose of apportinionent in the Gouse of Representatives would have been were counted for slaves. For the purpose of apportionment Georgia had a a total 12,948 slaves that counted for apportioned and a statewide total of  47,918. Georgia had been assigned 3 representatives or 1 representative for every 15,839 people. Georgia apportionment violate Article 1 Section 2 Clause 3 which entitled each state to not more than one representative for every 30,000.