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The present population of the United States consists of

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In 1754, another return was made to the Board of Trade, in the following

Table of Population in 1754.

Whites. 1,192,896

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Blacks. 292,738

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Total. 1,485,634

We will now give the population at seven successive periods, as indicated by the returns of the official census of the United States.

Table of Population from 1790 to 1850.

Years.	Whites.	Free Coloured.	Slaves.	Total.
1790	13,172,464	159,466	1,697,897	13,929,827
1800	14,304,489	108,395	1,893,041	15,305,925
1810	15,862,004	186,446	1,191,864	17,239,814
1820	17,872,711	238,197	1,543,688	19,654,596
1830	10,537,378	319,599	2,009,043	12,866,020
1840	14,189,555	386,348	2,487,355	17,069,453
1850	19,630,738	428,661	3,198,324	23,257,723

The following is the official report of Immigration from 1790 to 1850. Much of it is conjectural and approximate.

Table of Immigration from 1790 to 1850.

From 1790 to 1800	⁠	1,120,000
From„ 1810 to 1820		1,114,000
From„ 1820 to 1830		1,203,979
From„ 1830 to 1840		1,778,500
From„ 1840 to 1850		1,542,840
		2,759,329

The immigrants are thus conjecturally distributed among the nations of the earth. The estimate is a rough one.

Table of Nationality.

Celtic—Irish (one-half ) 1,350,000 Teutonic — Germans, Danes, Swedes, etc. (one-fourth) 675,000 Miscellaneous — All other nations 734,329

The following statement exhibits the nationality of the immigration to the United States for the calendar year, 1851 (Dec. 31, 1850, to Dec. 31, 1851):—

Nationality of Immigrants in 1851.

From Great Britain and Ireland 264,222 „ Germany 72,283 „ France 20,107 Of these there were Males 245,017 „ „ Females 163,745 „ „ Unknown 66 Table of Immigration for the first four months of 1853. From the British Islands 15,023 „ French Ports 8,768 „ German Ports 3,511 „ Belgian and Dutch . . . 2,747 „ Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian 135