Per the 1860 census, the percentage of slaveholding families was as follows:

• 26% in the 15 Slave states (AL, AR, DE, FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MS, MO, NC, SC, TN, TX, VA)
• 16% in the 4 Border states (DE, KY, MD, MO)
• 31% in the 11 Confederate states (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, VA)
• 37% in the first 7 Confederate states (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, SC, TX)
• 25% in the second 4 Confederate states (AR, NC, TN, VA)