American Pocket Library of Useful Knowledge/Tables of Population
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
TABLES OF POPULATION.
| STATES AND TERRITORIES. |
Length. | Breadth. | Square |
POPULATION AT DIFFERENT PERIODS. | ||||
| 1790. | 1800. | 1810. | 1820. | 1830. | ||||
| Maine | 235 | 136 | 31,960 | 96,540 | 151,719 | 228,705 | 298,335 | 399,462 |
| New Hampshire | 160 | 58 | 9,280 | 141,885 | 183,858 | 214,460 | 244,161 | 269,533 |
| Vermont | 157 | 65 | 10,205 | 85,539 | 154,465 | 217,895 | 235,764 | 280,679 |
| Massachusetts | 130 | 60 | 7,800 | 378,787 | 422,845 | 472,040 | 523,287 | 610,014 |
| Rhode Island | 47 | 29 | 1,363 | 68,825 | 69,122 | 76,931 | 83,059 | 97,210 |
| Connecticut | 90 | 53 | 4,770 | 237,946 | 251,002 | 261,942 | 275,248 | 297,711 |
| New York | 280 | 165 | 46,200 | 340,120 | 586,050 | 959,049 | 1,372,812 | 1,913,508 |
| New Jersey | 138 | 50 | 6,900 | 184,139 | 211,149 | 245,562 | 277,575 | 320,779 |
| Pennsylvania | 280 | 157 | 43,960 | 434,373 | 602,548 | 810,091 | 1,049,458 | 1,347,672 |
| Delaware | 94 | 22 | 2,068 | 59,094 | 64,273 | 72,674 | 72,749 | 76,739 |
| Maryland | 119 | 91 | 10,829 | 319,728 | 349,692 | 380,546 | 407,350 | 446,913 |
| Virginia | 320 | 200 | 64,000 | 747,610 | 886,149 | 974,622 | 1,065,366 | 1,211,272 |
| North Carolina | 362 | 121 | 43,802 | 393,751 | 478,103 | 555,500 | 638,829 | 738,470 |
| South Carolina | 188 | 160 | 30,080 | 240,073 | 345,591 | 415,115 | 502,741 | 581,458 |
| Georgia | 300 | 194 | 58,200 | 82,548 | 162,686 | 252,433 | 340,989 | 516,567 |
| Alabama | 275 | 185 | 50,875 | — | 8,850 | 31,502 | 127,901 | 308,997 |
| Mississippi | 275 | 165 | 45,375 | 75,448 | 136,806 | |||
| Louisiana | 240 | 200 | 48,00 | — | — | 76,556 | 153,407 | 215,575 |
| Tennessee | 430 | 104 | 44,720 | 35,691 | 105,602 | 261,727 | 422,813 | 684,822 |
| Kentucky | 289 | 135 | 39,015 | 73,677 | 220,959 | 406,511 | 564,317 | 688,844 |
| Ohio | 210 | 185 | 38,850 | 3,000 | 45,365 | 230,760 | 581,434 | 937,679 |
| Indiana | 240 | 145 | 34,800 | — | 4,875 | 24,520 | 147,178 | 341,582 |
| Illinois | 365 | 162 | 59,130 | — | 215 | 12,282 | 55,211 | 157,575 |
| Missouri | 272 | 222 | 60,384 | — | — | 19,783 | 66,586 | 140,074 |
| Michigan | 640 | 505 | 177,750 | — | 551 | 4,762 | 8,896 | 31,260 |
| Arkansas | 500 | 242 | 121,000 | — | — | 1,062 | 14,273 | 30,383 |
| Florida Territory | 385 | 150 | 57,750 | — | — | — | — | 34,723 |
| Missouri Territory | ||||||||
| District of Colombia | 10 | 10 | 100 | — | 14,093 | 24,023 | 33,039 | 39,858 |
CENSUS OF 1840.
| STATES AND TERRITORIES. |
White persons. |
Free coloured persons. |
Slaves. |
| Maine, | 500,443 | 1,353 | |
| New Hampshire, | 283,951 | 529 | 1 |
| Massachusetts, | 728,932 | 8,534 | |
| Connecticut, | 301,858 | 8,111 | 54 |
| Rhode Island, | 105,593 | 3,239 | 5 |
| Vermont, | 291,130 | 718 | |
| New York, | 2,382,571 | 50,261 | 3 |
| New Jersey, | 350,724 | 20,970 | 658 |
| Pennsylvania, | 1,619,115 | 50,571 | 31 |
| Delaware, | 58,581 | 16,926 | 2,613 |
| Maryland, | 431,441 | 52,000 | 105,000 |
| Virginia, | 735,812 | 48,425 | 447,207 |
| North Carolina, | 484,172 | 22,752 | 246,186 |
| South Carolina, | 259,002 | 8,279 | 327,158 |
| Georgia, | 363,303 | 2,353 | 253,508 |
| Alabama, | 288,947 | 1,833 | 188,664 |
| Mississippi, | 178,967 | 1,367 | 195,765 |
| Louisiana, | 112,149 | 22,197 | 115,292 |
| Tennessee, | 629,492 | 5,407 | 188,168 |
| Kentucky, | 591,658 | 7,302 | 183,040 |
| Ohio, | 1,498,593 | 17,102 | |
| Indiana, | 676,296 | 7,018 | |
| Illinois, | 423,330 | 31,20 | 184 |
| Missouri, | 277,357 | 1,433 | 48,941 |
| Arkansas, | 77,815 | — | 7,000 |
| Michigan, | 211,001 | 703 | 1 |
| Florida, | 8,147 | 521 | 5,334 |
| Wisconsin, | 30,506 | 178 | 8 |
| Iowa, | 42,864 | 153 | 18 |
| Dist. of Colombia, | 30,657 | 8,361 | 4,694 |
Slaves in 1830, 2,000,990—in 1840, 2,369,953. Free coloured in 1840, 371,606.
POPULATION OF OUR CITIES
AND VILLAGES.
| 1840. | 1830. | Increase. | |
| New York | 312,234 | 202,589 | 109,645 |
| Philadelphia | 258,832 | 188,797 | 70,135 |
| Baltimore | 101,378 | 80,625 | 21,753 |
| Boston | 84,401 | 61,392 | 23,019 |
| Brooklyn | 36,283 | 12,903 | 24,830 |
| Cincinnati | 46,382 | 24,831 | 21,551 |
| St. Louis | 24,585 | 5,852 | 18,783 |
| Washington | 22,777 | 18,827 | 3,950 |
| Pittsburg | 21,296 | 12,542 | 8,754 |
| Wilmington, Del. | 8,367 | 6,663 | 1,704 |
| Middleton | 7,210 | 6,892 | 313 |
| Bridgeport | 4,570 | 2,800 | 1,770 |
| Norwich | 7,239 | 5,179 | 2,060 |
| New London | 5,528 | 4,356 | 1,172 |
| New Haven | 14,390 | 10,678 | 3,712 |
| Hartford | 12,793 | 9,789 | 3,004 |
| New Orleans | 102,191 | 50,103 | 52,088 |
| Savannah | 11,214 | 7,303 | 3,911 |
| Newburyport | 7,161 | 6,388 | 773 |
| Wilmington, N. C. | 4,268 | 2,700 | 1,568 |
| Natchez | 4,826 | 2,790 | 2,036 |
| Newport | 8,321 | 8,010 | 311 |
| Buffalo | 18,356 | 6,321 | 12,035 |
| Portland | 15,218 | 12,601 | 2,617 |
| Gardiner | 5,044 | 3,709 | 1,335 |
| Canandaigua | 5,653 | 5,162 | 491 |
| Troy | 19,372 | 11,405 | 7,967 |
| Dover, N. H. | 6,438 | 5,449 | 989 |
| Providence | 22,042 | 16,832 | 5,210 |
| Decrease. | |||
| Portsmouth, N. H. | 7,884 | 8,082 | 198 |
| Charleston | 29,253 | 30,289 | 1,036 |
THE POPULATION IN
| 1790 | was | 3,729,326 | 1820 | was | 9,638,166 |
| 1800 | was„ | 5,309,753 | 1830 | was„ | 12,856,407 |
| 1810 | was„ | 7,239,903 | 1840 | was„ | 17,141,876 |