The following list is taken from the 1860 Federal Census Slave Schedules for Missouri and list the total number of slaveholders, the total number of slaves, and the percent of total found in each county of the state during that census year.

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COUNTY TOTAL SLAVEHOLDERS TOTAL SLAVES    % Adair 33 86 0.08 Andrews 240 880 0.76 Atchison 29 59 0.05 Audrain 327 1,166 1.01 Barry 54 247 0.21 Barton 11 21 0.02 Bates 112 442 0.38 Benton 123 599 0.52 Bollinger 55 245 0.21 Boone 885 5,034 4.38 Buchanan 468 2,011 1.75 Butler 15 52 0.04 Caldwell 72 222 1.93 Callaway 855 4,523 3.94 Camden 66 266 0.23 Cape Girardeau 302 1,533 1.33 Carroll 262 1,068 0.93 Cass 307 1010 0.88 Carter 8 20 0.02 Cedar 72 111 0.10 Chariton 410 2,839 2.47 Christian 66 229 0.20 Clark 122 455 0.40 Clay 651 3,455 3.01 Clinton 283 1144 1.00 Cole 169 987 0.86 Cooper 732 3,800 3.31 Crawford 52 182 0.16 Dade 107 346 0.30 Dallas 40 114 0.10 Davies 116 358 0.31 DeKalb 52 137 0.12 Dent 45 156 0.14 Dunklin 44 171 0.15 Franklin 293 1,601 1.39 Gasconade 28 76 0.07 Gentry 44 118 0.10 Greene 338 1,668 1.45 Grundy 97 285 0.25 Harrison 13 25 0.02 Henry 298 1,245 1.08 Hickory 69 195 0.17 Holt 88 309 0.27 Howard 801 5,886 5.12 Howell 67 136 0.12 Iron 67 313 0.27 Jackson 898 3,944 3.43 Jasper 107 335 0.29 Jefferson 137 564 0.50 Johnson 465 1,896 1.65 Knox 94 1,895 1.65 Laclede 67 305 0.26 Lafayette 909 6,374 5.54 Lawrence 76 284 0.25 Lewis 350 1,279 1.11 Lincoln 573 2,840 2.47

COUNTY TOTAL SLAVEHOLDERS TOTAL SLAVES    % Linn 143 577 0.50 Livingston 139 605 0.52 Macon 200 660 0.57 Madison 197 467 0.41 Maries 26 64 0.06 Marion 817 3,017 2.62 McDonald 25 72 0.06 Mercer 12 24 0.02 Miller 71 238 0.21 Mississippi 160 1,010 0.88 Moniteau 137 745 0.65 Monroe 733 3,022 2.63 Montgomery 373 1,647 1.43 Morgan 138 649 0.56 New Madrid 238 1,777 1.55 Newton 141 426 0.37 Nodaway 35 127 0.11 Oregon 13 26 0.02 Osage 71 256 0.22 Ozark 11 43 0.04 Pemiscot 74 268 0.23 Perry 187 739 0.67 Pettis 393 1,882 1.64 Phelps 24 84 0.07 Pike 871 4,055 3.53 Platte 674 3,313 2.88 Polk 145 512 0.44 Pulaski 20 56 0.05 Putnam 12 31 0.03 Ralls 378 1,791 1.56 Randolph 504 2,619 2.28 Ray 475 2,047 1.78 Reynolds 14 38 0.03 Ripley 30 78 0.07 St. Charles 379 2,181 1.90 St. Clair 133 574 0.50 St. Francois 195 877 0.76 Ste. Genevieve 119 618 0.54 St. Louis 1,156 3,346 2.91 Saline 693 4,876 4.24 Schuyler 16 39 0.03 Scotland 51 131 0.11 Scott 91 503 0.44 Shannon 3 13 0.01 Shelby 234 724 0.63 Stoddard 83 215 0.19 Stone 8 16 0.01 Sullivan 28 102 0.09 Taney 24 82 0.07 Texas 21 57 0.05 Vernon 54 136 0.12 Warren 229 1,034 0.90 Washington 188 1,028 0.89 Wayne 71 261 0.23 Webster 73 220 0.19 Wright 29 66 0.06 Total 24,320 114,931

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