Editing Indiana Territory (section)

== Population ==
In 1800 the Indiana Territory's total white population was 5,641, but its Native American population was estimated to be near 20,000, possibly as high as 75,000.<ref>{{cite book |author=Judge Law |url=https://archive.org/details/colonialhistory00lawgoog |title=The Colonial History of Vincennes |publisher=Harvey, Mason and Company |year=1858 |page=[https://archive.org/details/colonialhistory00lawgoog/page/n71 57]}} Reproduced 2006.</ref><ref name="Madison34">Madison, p. 34.</ref> In the [[1800 United States census]], 4 counties in the Indiana Territory (2 of which were located in contemporary Illinois and 1 in contemporary Michigan) reported the following counts:<ref name="Forstall pp. 47–49" /><ref name="Forstall pp. 51–53" /><ref name="Forstall pp. 81–83" />
{| class=wikitable
! Rank
! County
! Population
|-
|1
|[[Knox County, Indiana|Knox]]
|2,517
|-
|2
|[[Randolph County, Illinois|Randolph]]
|1,355
|-
|3
|[[St. Clair County, Illinois|St. Clair]]
|1,103
|-
|4
|[[Mackinac County, Michigan|Michilimackinac]]
|551
|-
|
|[[Unincorporated area|Unincorporated]]
|115
|-
|
|Indiana Territory
|5,641
|-
|}

In the [[1810 United States census]], following the passage of [[organic act]]s by the [[9th United States Congress|9th U.S. Congress]] to create the Michigan Territory in 1805 and by the [[10th United States Congress|10th U.S. Congress]] to create the Illinois Territory in 1809, [[List of counties in Indiana|4 counties in the Indiana Territory located within contemporary Indiana]] reported the following population counts:<ref name="Forstall pp. 47–49" />
{| class=wikitable
! Rank
! County
! Population
|-
|1
|[[Knox County, Indiana|Knox]]
|7,945
|-
|2
|[[Dearborn County, Indiana|Dearborn]]
|7,310
|-
|3
|[[Clark County, Indiana|Clark]]
|5,670
|-
|4
|[[Harrison County, Indiana|Harrison]]
|4,699
|-
|
|Indiana Territory
|24,520
|-
|}