| STATES. | POPULATION AS RETURNED BY THE CENSUS OF 1870. | Aggregate population, including tribal Indians. | |||||||||||
| White. | Rank in white population. |
Colored. | Rank in colored population. |
Born in the United States. |
Rank in native population. |
Born in foreign countries. |
Rank in foreign population. |
Total, including Chinese and non-tribal Indians. |
Rank in total population. |
Population per square mile. |
Rank in density of population. | ||
| Alabama | 521,384 | 21 | 475,510 | 3 | 987,030 | 14 | 9,962 | 32 | 996,992 | 16 | 19.66 | 23 | 996,992 |
| Arkansas | 362,115 | 26 | 122,169 | 12 | 479,445 | 24 | 5,026 | 35 | 484,471 | 26 | 9.30 | 29 | 484,471 |
| California | 499,424 | 22 | 4,272 | 29 | 350,416 | 27 | 209,831 | 9 | 560,247 | 24 | 2.96 | 34 | 582,031 |
| Connecticut | 527,549 | 20 | 9,668 | 26 | 423,815 | 26 | 113,639 | 14 | 537,454 | 25 | 113.15 | 3 | 537,454 |
| Delaware | 102,221 | 34 | 22,794 | 21 | 115,879 | 34 | 9,136 | 33 | 125,015 | 34 | 58.97 | 9 | 125,015 |
| Florida | 96,057 | 35 | 91,689 | 14 | 182,781 | 32 | 4,967 | 36 | 187,748 | 33 | 3.17 | 32 | 188,248 |
| Georgia | 638,926 | 16 | 545,142 | 1 | 1,172,982 | 10 | 11,127 | 31 | 1,184,109 | 12 | 20.42 | 22 | 1,184,109 |
| Illinois | 2,511,096 | 4 | 28,762 | 19 | 2,024,693 | 4 | 515,198 | 3 | 2,539,891 | 4 | 45.84 | 11 | 2,539,891 |
| Indiana | 1,655,837 | 5 | 24,560 | 20 | 1,539,163 | 5 | 141,474 | 13 | 1,680,637 | 6 | 49.71 | 10 | 1,680,637 |
| Iowa | 1,188,207 | 8 | 5,762 | 27 | 989,328 | 13 | 204,692 | 10 | 1,194,020 | 11 | 21.69 | 21 | 1,192,092 |
| Kansas | 346,377 | 28 | 17,108 | 23 | 316,007 | 28 | 48,392 | 21 | 364,399 | 29 | 4.48 | 31 | 373,299 |
| Kentucky | 1,098,692 | 10 | 222,210 | 10 | 1,257,613 | 7 | 63,398 | 16 | 1,321,011 | 8 | 35.33 | 12 | 1,321,011 |
| Louisiana | 362,065 | 27 | 364,210 | 7 | 665,088 | 22 | 61,827 | 18 | 726,915 | 21 | 17.58 | 27 | 726,915 |
| Maine | 624,809 | 17 | 1,606 | 31 | 578,034 | 23 | 48,881 | 20 | 626,915 | 23 | 17.91 | 26 | 626,915 |
| Maryland | 605,497 | 18 | 175,391 | 11 | 697,482 | 20 | 83,412 | 15 | 780,894 | 20 | 70.20 | 7 | 780,894 |
| Massachusetts | 1,443,156 | 7 | 13,947 | 24 | 1,104,032 | 11 | 353,319 | 6 | 1,457,351 | 7 | 186.84 | 1 | 1,457,351 |
| Michigan | 1,167,282 | 9 | 11,849 | 25 | 916,049 | 15 | 268,010 | 7 | 1,184,059 | 13 | 20.97 | 19 | 1,187,234 |
| Minnesota | 438,257 | 23 | 759 | 34 | 279,009 | 31 | 160,697 | 12 | 439,706 | 28 | 5.26 | 30 | 446,056 |
| Mississippi | 382,896 | 25 | 444,201 | 4 | 816,731 | 16 | 11,191 | 30 | 827,922 | 18 | 17.56 | 28 | 827,322 |
| Missouri | 1,603,146 | 6 | 118,071 | 13 | 1,499,028 | 6 | 222,267 | 8 | 1,721,295 | 5 | 26.34 | 17 | 1,721,295 |
| Nebraska | 122,117 | 33 | 789 | 33 | 92,245 | 35 | 30,748 | 23 | 122,993 | 35 | 1.62 | 35 | 129,322 |
| Nevada | 38,959 | 37 | 357 | 36 | 23,690 | 37 | 18,801 | 26 | 42,491 | 37 | 0.41 | 37 | 58,711 |
| New Hampshire | 317,697 | 30 | 580 | 35 | 288,689 | 29 | 29,611 | 24 | 318,300 | 31 | 34.30 | 13 | 318,300 |
| New Jersey | 875,407 | 13 | 30,658 | 18 | 717,153 | 18 | 188,943 | 11 | 906,096 | 17 | 108.91 | 4 | 906,096 |
| New York | 4,330,210 | 1 | 52,081 | 17 | 3,244,406 | 1 | 1,138,353 | 1 | 4,382,759 | 1 | 93.25 | 5 | 4,387,464 |
| North Carolina | 678,470 | 15 | 391,650 | 6 | 1,068,332 | 12 | 3,029 | 37 | 1,071,361 | 14 | 21.13 | 18 | 1,071,361 |
| Ohio | 2,601,946 | 3 | 63,213 | 16 | 2,292,767 | 3 | 372,493 | 4 | 2,665,260 | 3 | 66.69 | 8 | 2,665,260 |
| Oregon | 86,929 | 36 | 346 | 37 | 79,323 | 36 | 11,600 | 29 | 90,923 | 36 | 0.95 | 36 | 101,883 |
| Pennsylvania | 3,456,609 | 2 | 65,294 | 15 | 2,976,642 | 2 | 545,309 | 2 | 3,521,951 | 2 | 76.56 | 6 | 3,521,890 |
| Rhode Island | 212,219 | 32 | 4,980 | 28 | 161,957 | 33 | 55,396 | 19 | 217,353 | 32 | 166.43 | 2 | 217,353 |
| South Carolina | 289,667 | 31 | 415,814 | 5 | 697,532 | 19 | 8,074 | 34 | 705,606 | 22 | 20.75 | 20 | 705,606 |
| Tennessee | 936,119 | 12 | 322,331 | 8 | 1,239,204 | 8 | 19,316 | 25 | 1,258,520 | 9 | 27.60 | 16 | 1,258,520 |
| Texas | 564,700 | 19 | 258,475 | 9 | 756,168 | 17 | 62,411 | 17 | 818,579 | 19 | 2.98 | 33 | 818,899 |
| Vermont | 329,613 | 29 | 924 | 32 | 283,396 | 30 | 47,155 | 22 | 330,551 | 30 | 32.37 | 14 | 330,551 |
| Virginia | 712,089 | 14 | 512,841 | 2 | 1,211,409 | 9 | 13,754 | 28 | 1,225,163 | 10 | 31.95 | 15 | 1,225,163 |
| West Virginia | 424,033 | 24 | 17,980 | 22 | 424,923 | 25 | 17,091 | 27 | 442,014 | 27 | 19.22 | 25 | 442,014 |
| Wisconsin | 1,051,351 | 11 | 2,113 | 30 | 690,171 | 21 | 364,499 | 5 | 1,054,670 | 15 | 19.56 | 24 | 1,064,985 |
| Total states | 33,203,128 | . . | 4,835,106 | . . | 32,642,612 | . . | 5,473,029 | . . | 38,115,641 | . . | 19.21 | . . | 38,203,210 |
| TERRITORIES. | |||||||||||||
| Arizona | 9,581 | 9 | 26 | 9 | 3,849 | 10 | 5,809 | 6 | 9,658 | 9 | 0.08 | 10 | 41,710 |
| Colorado | 39,221 | 4 | 456 | 2 | 33,265 | 4 | 6,599 | 5 | 39,864 | 4 | 0.38 | 4 | 47,164 |
| Dakota | 12,887 | 7 | 94 | 7 | 9,366 | 7 | 4,815 | 9 | 14,181 | 8 | 0.09 | 8 | 40,501 |
| Dist. of Columbia | 88,278 | 2 | 43,404 | 1 | 115,446 | 1 | 16,254 | 2 | 131,700 | 1 | 2,057.81 | 1 | 131,700 |
| Idaho | 10,618 | 8 | 60 | 8 | 7,114 | 8 | 7,885 | 4 | 14,999 | 7 | 0.17 | 6 | 20,583 |
| Indian Territory | . . . . . . | . . | . . . . . . | . . | . . . . . . | . . | . . . . . . | . . | . . . . . . | . . | . . . . . . . . | . . | 68,152 |
| Montana | 18,306 | 6 | 183 | 4 | 12,616 | 6 | 7,979 | 3 | 20,595 | 6 | 0.14 | 7 | 39,895 |
| New Mexico | 90,393 | 1 | 172 | 5 | 86,254 | 2 | 5,620 | 7 | 91,874 | 2 | 0.76 | 3 | 111,303 |
| Utah | 86,049 | 3 | 118 | 6 | 56,084 | 3 | 30,702 | 1 | 86,786 | 3 | 1.03 | 2 | 99,581 |
| Washington | 22,195 | 5 | 207 | 3 | 18,931 | 5 | 5,024 | 8 | 23,955 | 5 | 0.34 | 5 | 37,432 |
| Wyoming | 8,726 | 10 | 183 | 4 | 5,605 | 9 | 3,513 | 10 | 9,118 | 10 | 0.09 | 9 | 11,518 |
| Total territories | 386,249 | . . | 44,903 | . . | 348,530 | . . | 94,200 | . . | 442,730 | . . | 0.42 | . . | 649,539 |
| Total U. S., exclusive of Alaska | 33,589,377 | . . | 4,880,009 | . . | 32,991,142 | . . | 5,567,229 | . . | 38,558,371 | . . | 12.74 | . . | 38,852,749 |
| Alaska | . . . . . . | . . | . . . . . . | . . | . . . . . . | . . | . . . . . . | . . | . . . . . . | . . | . . . . . . . . | . . | 70,461 |
| Total United States | 33,589,871 | . . | 4,880,009 | . . | 32,991,142 | . . | 5,567,229 | . . | 38,558,371 | . . | 10.70 | . . | 38,923,210 |
A state census was taken in Michigan in 1874, and censuses were taken by 14 states in 1875. The population according to these enumerations, except in Florida, from which the returns have not (June 1, 1876) been received, was as follows: Iowa, 1,350,544; Kansas, 528,437; Louisiana, 857,039 (404,916 white and 452,123 colored); Massachusetts, 1,651,652; Michigan, 1,334,031; Minnesota, 597,407; Nebraska, 246,280; Nevada, 52,540; New Jersey, 1,019,413; New York, 4,705,208; Oregon, 104,920; Rhode Island, 258,239; South Carolina, 925,145 (350,754 white and 574,391 colored); Wisconsin, 1,236,729. According to the census of 1870, there were 52 cities with more than 25,000 inhabitants each, of which 8 had upward of 200,000, 6 from 100,000 to 200,000, 11 from 50,000 to 100,000, and 27 from 25,000 to 50,000. Besides these there are 9 cities which, according to the state censuses named above, contained upward of 25,000 inhabitants each in 1874 or 1875. The table on the next page contains a list of these 61 cities with their population as returned by the United States census in 1870, and the population in 1874 or 1875 of such as are contained in the state censuses.
