diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/env/actions/infer_schema.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/env/actions/infer_schema.go
index 4ba6527d24..42f7739204 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/env/actions/infer_schema.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/env/actions/infer_schema.go
@@ -224,6 +224,12 @@ func leastPermissiveNumericType(strVal string, floatThreshold float64) (ti typei
 		if err != nil {
 			return typeinfo.UnknownType
 		}
+
+		// handle leading zero case
+		if len(strVal) > 1 && strVal[0] == '0' {
+			return typeinfo.StringDefaultType
+		}
+
 		if ui <= math.MaxUint32 {
 			return typeinfo.Uint32Type
 		} else {
diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/env/actions/infer_schema_test.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/env/actions/infer_schema_test.go
index b38d4b52d0..26031dfd56 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/env/actions/infer_schema_test.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/env/actions/infer_schema_test.go
@@ -80,9 +80,10 @@ func TestLeastPermissiveNumericType(t *testing.T) {
 		{"zero float with floatThreshold of 0.1", "0.0", 0.1, typeinfo.Int32Type},
 		{"negative float", "-1.3451234", 0.0, typeinfo.Float32Type},
 		{"double decimal point", "0.00.0", 0.0, typeinfo.UnknownType},
+		{"leading zero floats", "05.78", 0.0, typeinfo.Float32Type},
 		{"zero float with high precision", "0.0000", 0.0, typeinfo.Float32Type},
-		{"all zeroes", "0000", 0.0, typeinfo.Uint32Type},
-		{"leading zeroes", "01", 0.0, typeinfo.Uint32Type},
+		{"all zeroes", "0000", 0.0, typeinfo.StringDefaultType},
+		{"leading zeroes", "01", 0.0, typeinfo.StringDefaultType},
 		{"negative int", "-1234", 0.0, typeinfo.Int32Type},
 		{"fits in uint64 but not int64", strconv.FormatUint(math.MaxUint64, 10), 0.0, typeinfo.Uint64Type},
 		{"negative less than math.MinInt64", "-" + strconv.FormatUint(math.MaxUint64, 10), 0.0, typeinfo.UnknownType},
diff --git a/integration-tests/bats/import-create-tables.bats b/integration-tests/bats/import-create-tables.bats
index cfe41cd8ce..1f69342339 100755
--- a/integration-tests/bats/import-create-tables.bats
+++ b/integration-tests/bats/import-create-tables.bats
@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@ CREATE TABLE test (
 );
 SQL
 
+    cat <<DELIM > people.csv
+pk,first,last,age,street,city,state,zip,dollar,color,date
+1,Oscar,Rodgers,38,Zapib View,Vervutce,OH,03020,$1200.09,RED,11/12/1928
+2,Estella,Cannon,33,Kubta Manor,Tocunuz,OH,04943,$1296.25,YELLOW,03/05/2016
+3,Dora,Stanley,27,Bidohe Boulevard,Siguhazep,CA,53768,$9744.06,WHITE,07/31/1993
+4,Brian,Newman,41,Koef Court,Abemivu,OH,44534,$3808.15,YELLOW,03/29/2064
+DELIM
+
 }
 
 teardown() {
@@ -99,6 +107,15 @@ teardown() {
     [ "${#lines[@]}" -eq 6 ]
 }
 
+@test "import-create-tables: import data from csv and create the table different types" {
+    run dolt table import -c --pk=pk test people.csv
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [[ "$output" =~ "Import completed successfully." ]] || false
+    run dolt sql -q "select * from test"
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [ "${#lines[@]}" -eq 8 ]
+}
+
 @test "import-create-tables: use -f to overwrite data in existing table" {
     cat <<DELIM > other.csv
 pk,c1,c2,c3,c4,c5