population of the united states and territories from 1790 to 1870.

transcriber’s note: some of the figures in this table are unreadable and are represented by x. several copies of the book were checked and all have the same printing error. later editions use different figures in that column and can’t be relied on to fill in the missing data.

states. where settled. 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 slaves

in 1790 slaves

in 1860

alabama mobile —— —— —— 127901 309527 590756 771623 964201 996988 —— 435132

arkansas arkansas post —— —— —— 14255 30388 97574 209897 435450 483179 —— 111104

california monterey —— —— —— —— —— —— 92597 379994 560285 —— ——

connecticut windsor 238141 251202 262042 275102 297675 309978 370792 460147 537418 2759 ——

delaware cape henlopen 59096 64273 72674 72749 76748 78085 91532 112215 125015 8887 1798

florida st. augustine —— —— —— —— 34730 54477 87445 140425 187756 —— 61753

georgia savannah 82548 162101 252433 340983 516823 691392 906185 1057286 1200609 29264 462232

illinois kaskaskia —— —— 12282 55102 157445 476183 851470 1711951 2539638 —— ——

indiana vincennes —— 4875 24520 147178 343031 685866 988416 1350428 1673046 —— ——

iowa dubuque —— —— —— —— —— 43112 192214 674913 1191802 —— ——

kansas fort leavenworth —— —— —— —— —— —— —— 107206 362872 —— ——

kentucky boonesboro 73077 220955 406511 564135 687917 779828 982405 1155684 1321001 11830 225490

louisiana iberville —— —— 76556 152923 215739 352411 517762 708002 xxxx731 —— 333010

maine york 96540 151719 228705 98269 399455 501793 583169 628279 xxxx463 —— ——

maryland st. marys 319728 341584 380546 407350 447040 470019 583034 687049 xxxx806 103036 87188

massachusetts plymouth 378718 423245 472040 523159 610408 737699 994514 1231066 1xxxx351 —— ——

michigan detroit —— —— 4762 8765 31639 212267 397654 749113 1184296 —— ——

minnesota fort snelling —— —— —— —— —— —— 6077 172173 435511 —— ——

mississippi natchez —— 8850 40352 75448 136621 375651 606526 791305 834170 —— 436696

missouri st. genevieve —— —— 20845 66577 140455 383702 682044 1182012 1715000 —— 114965

nebraska —— —— —— —— —— —— —— —— 28841 123000 —— ——

nevada —— —— —— —— —— —— —— —— 6857 42491 —— ——

new hampshire dover 141899 183762 214360 244022 269328 284574 317976 326073 318300 158 ——

new jersey bergen 184139 211949 245555 277426 320823 373306 489555 672035 905794 11423 ——

new york albany 340120 586756 959049 1372111 1918608 2428921 3097394 3880735 4364411 21324 ——

north carolina roanoke river 393751 478103 555500 638829 737987 753419 869039 992622 1069614 100572 331081

ohio marietta —— 45365 230760 581295 937903 1519467 1980329 2339511 2662214 —— ——

oregon astoria —— —— —— —— —— —— 13294 52465 90922 —— ——

pennsylvania delaware co. 434373 602361 810091 1047507 1348233 1724033 2311786 2906115 3515993 3787 ——

rhode island providence 69110 69122 77031 83015 97199 108830 147545 174620 217356 952 ——

south carolina port royal 249073 245591 415115 402741 581185 594398 668507 703708 728000 107194 402541

tennessee fort loudon 35791 105602 261727 422761 681904 829210 1002717 1109801 1257983 3417 275784

texas matagorda —— —— —— —— —— —— 212592 604215 797500 —— 180682

vermont brattleboro 85416 154465 217713 235749 280652 291948 314120 315098 330552 —— ——

virginia jamestown 748308 880200 974622 1065129 1211405 1239797 1421661 1246690 1224830 }293427{ 472516

west virginia —— —— —— —— —— —— —— —— 349628 445616 18371

[557]wisconsin pr. du chien —— —— —— —— —— 30945 305391 775881 1055167 —— ——

territories.

arizona —— —— —— —— —— —— —— —— —— 9,658 —— ——

colorado —— —— —— —— —— —— —— —— 36,538 39,706 —— ——

dakota —— —— —— —— —— —— —— —— 2,576 14,181 —— ——

idaho —— —— —— —— —— —— —— —— —— 14,998 —— ——

montana —— —— —— —— —— —— —— —— —— 20,594 —— ——

new mexico —— —— —— —— —— —— —— 61,547 83,009 91,852 —— ——

utah —— —— —— —— —— —— —— 11,380 40,699 86,786 —— ——

washington —— —— —— —— —— —— —— —— 11,168 23,901 —— ——

wyoming —— —— —— —— —— —— —— —— —— 9,118 —— ——

dist. of columbia —— —— 14,093 24,023 33,039 39,834 43,712 51,687 75,080 131,706 —— ——

total population in 1790 3,929,827

” 1800 5,305,937

” 1810 7,239,814

” 1820 9,638,131

” 1830 12,866,020

” 1840 17,069,453

” 1850 23,191,876

” 1860 31,747,514

” 1870 38,538,180

to which add indians and

others in indian territory,

not included in census 304,192

grand total in 1870 38,842,372

note.—returns of the colored population of the united states received at the census office show a total in all the states and territories of 4,857,000, being an increase of 9.35-100 per cent. since 1860. the state of georgia has the largest colored population; virginia, alabama, mississippi, south carolina, north carolina and louisiana follow next in order.

as shown in the last census (1870), the seven leading states rank, according to population, as follows: (1) new york; (2) pennsylvania; (3) ohio; (4) illinois; (5) missouri; (6) indiana; (7) massachusetts. thus four out of the seven most populous states are “new states;” that is, they were not included in the original “thirteen.” in 1789, the four states at the head of the list were: (1) virginia; (2) pennsylvania; (3) north carolina; (4) massachusetts. at present, virginia (if the state had not been divided) would have ranked in the seventh place, or next after indiana. in absolute increase of inhabitants, pennsylvania heads the list of the old states in the last decade: and the total population of said state is about equal to that of the thirteen states of connecticut, arkansas, west virginia, minnesota, kansas, vermont, new hampshire, rhode island, florida, delaware, nebraska, oregon and nevada. the aggregate population of the six new england states of massachusetts, maine, connecticut, new hampshire, vermont and rhode island falls considerably short of that of pennsylvania. the states west of the mississippi, including the pacific states, have about one-sixth of the whole population of the united states.

the ratio of increase in population from 1790 to 1800 was 35.02 per cent.; from 1800 to 1810, 36.45 per cent.; from 1810 to 1820, 33.13 per cent.; from 1820 to 1830, 33.49 per cent.; from 1830 to 1840, 32.67 per cent.; from 1840 to 1850, 38.57 per cent.; from 1850 to 1860, 37.75 per cent.; from 1860 to 1870, 22.34 per cent. supposing the increase during this decade (since 1870) to be 30 per cent. there would be in 1875 nearly 45,000,000 inhabitants. we have reason to suppose it to be at least 35 per cent. this, in 1880, would give 52,437,192.