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Ninth Census of the United States,
Population
June, 1870
Exact
Approximate
Estimated
Territories : —
Arizona ....
9,658
—
.
Colorado
39,681
— .
—
Dakota
14.181
—
Idaho
14,886
—
—
Montana
20,594
— .
—
New Mexico
—
86,245
—
Utah .
—
—
100,000
Washington
23,271
—
—
Wyoming .
9,118
_
—
District of Columbia
131,706
—
—
Total, States and Territories
4,792,757
8,207,595
25,271,760
Grand total
38,272,112
The ninth census of the United States did not embrace the Territory of Alaska, purchased from the Russian government by treaty of June 20, 1867.
The area, population, and number of inhabitants to the square mile in various groups of states, in the year 1860, and the increase, in percentage, over the preceding decennial period, is given in the following table, in which the States are arranged in groups:—
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States
Area in sq. miles
1860
1850
Number of
Number of
Population
inhabitants
inhabitants
to sq. mile
to sq. mile
Six New England States
63,272
3,135,283
4955
4311
Six Middle States, including
Maryland, Delaware, and
Ohio
151,760
10,597,661
69-83
56-36
Six Coast Planting States, in-
cluding South Carolina.
Georgia, Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi, and Louisiana .
286,077
4,364,927
15-25
12-43
Six Central States, namely,
Virginia, North Carolina.
Tennessee, Kentucky, Mis-
souri, and Arkansas
309,210
6,471,887
2093
1671
Seven North-western States,
namely, Indiana, Illinois,
Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa,
Minnesota, and Kansas
250,295
5,543,382
22-14
1092
Texas .....
237,321
604,215
2-55
0-89
California ....
188,982
379,994
2-01
0-87
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