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STATISTICAL TABLES.

CHAPTER XXXV.

Statistical Tables constructed from the Census of 1850.

Territory — Area of Free States; area of Slave States. — Population — Free colored in Free States; Free colored in Slave States; Slaves. — Amalgamation; Mulattoes of Free States; Mulattoes of Slave States; Proportion to Whites. — Manumitted Slaves; Fugitive Slaves; Occupation of Slaves; Number of Slave Holders; Proportion to Non-Slave Holders. — Representation — Number of Representatives from Slave States. — Number of Representatives from Free States; Basis in numbers and classes. — Moral and Social — Churches, Church Property, Colleges, Public Schools, Private Schools; Number of Pupils; Annual Expenditure; Persons who cannot read and write; Lands appropriated by General Government for Education; Periodical Press; Libraries. — Charities — Pauperism in Free States; in Slave States. — Criminals — Number of Prisoners. — Agriculture — Value of Farms and Implements in Free and Slave States. — Manufactures, Mining, Mechanic Arts — Capital invested; Annual Product. — Rail Roads and Canals — Number of Miles; Cost. — Total Real and Personal Estate. — Value of Real Estate in Free States; in Slave States; value of Personal in Free States; in Slave States, including and excluding Slaves. — Miscellaneous.

The United States consist at the present time of thirty-one independent states, and eight organized territories, including the District of Columbia.

TERRITORY.
Area in Square Miles of the Free States.
California 155,980 New Hampshire 9,280
Connecticut 4,614 New York 47,000
Illinois 55,405 New Jersey 8,320
Indiana 33,809 Ohio 39,964
Iowa 50,914 Pennsylvania 46,000
Maine 31,766 Rhode Island 1,306
Massachusetts 7,800 Vermont 10,212
Michigan 56,243 Wisconsin 53,924
Total area of the Free States612,597
Area in Square Miles of the Slave States.
Alabama 50,722 Maryland 11,124
Arkansas 52,198 Mississippi 47,156
District of Columbia 60 Missouri 67,380
Delaware 2,120 North Carolina 50,704
Florida 59,268 South Carolina 29,385
Georgia 58,000 Tennessee 45,600
Kentucky 37,680 Texas 237,504
Louisiana 41,255 Virginia 61,352
Total area of the Slave States851,500
Area of the thirty-one states in square miles 1,464,105
Area of the territories in square miles. 1,472,061