Representation in Congress.—Free States.
| States. | Colored. | White. | No. of Reps. |
| California | 962 | 91,635 | 2 |
| Connecticut | 7,693 | 363,099 | 4 |
| Illinois | 5,436 | 846,034 | 9 |
| Indiana | 11,262 | 977,154 | 11 |
| Iowa | 333 | 191,881 | 2 |
| Maine | 1,356 | 581,813 | 6 |
| Massachusetts | 9,064 | 985,450 | 11 |
| Michigan | 2,583 | 395,071 | 4 |
| New Hampshire | 520 | 317,456 | 3 |
| New York | 49,069 | 3,048,325 | 33 |
| New Jersey | 23,816 | 465,509 | 5 |
| Ohio | 25,279 | 1,955,050 | 21 |
| Pennsylvania | 53,626 | 2,258,160 | 25 |
| Rhode Island | 3,670 | 143,875 | 2 |
| Vermont | 718 | 313,402 | 3 |
| Wisconsin | 635 | 304,756 | 3 |
| 196,016 | 13,330,650 | 144 |
| Northern Representatives based on White Population | 42 |
| Northern Representatives based on Colored Population | 2 |
| Southern Representatives based on White Population | 68 |
| Southern Representatives based on Free Colored Population | 2 |
| Southern Representatives based on Slave Population | 20 |
| Ratio of Representation for 1853, 93,420 | |
