According to the 1970s census, where did enslaved people live within the United States

According to the 1790 census, enslaved people lived in the following states:

South Carolina (42% of the state's population)

Virginia (39%)

Georgia (35%)

Maryland (32%)

North Carolina (26%)

Delaware (15%)

Connecticut (6%)

New Jersey (6%)

New York (6%)

Rhode Island (1%)

Pennsylvania (0.8%)

New Hampshire (0.1%)

Massachusetts (no slaves - 0%)

The South mostly.

Small portion of the North

Only in the far West