Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1881 — WHITES, NEGROES AND CHINESE. [ARTICLE]

WHITES, NEGROES AND CHINESE.

According to the tables of the Census Department, the white population of the United States has increased, since 1870, from 33,692,245 to 43,402,408, or nearly 29 per ceut; the colored population from 4,886,387 to 6,577,497, or nearly 35 per cent, and the Chinese population from 63,254 to 105,679, or about 67 per cent The following table shows the number of whites, hegroes and Chinese in each State and Territory: State). Whites. Colored. Chinese. Alabama 661,986 600,141 4 Arizona 35,178 138 1,632 Arkansas 591,611 210,622 134 California 767,266 6,168 75,122 Colorado 191,452 2,459 610 Connecticut 610,884 11,422 130 Dakota 133,177 381 238 Delaware 120,198 26,4 6 .... District of Columbia... 118,236 69,378 18 Florida 141,249 125,262 18 Georgia 814,218 724,654 17 Idaho 82,611 29,011 3,378 Illinois 3,032,174 46,248 214 Indiana.. 1,939,044 38,998 37 lowa 1,614,510 9,442 47 Kansas 952,056 43,096 22 Kentucky 1,377,077 271,402 10 Louisiana 455,063 483,898 483 Maine 646,903 1,427 8 Maryland 724,718 209,897 6 Massachusetts 1,704,082 18,644 256 Michigan 1,614,078 14,986 29 Minnesota 776,940 1,558 64 Mississippi 479,371 650,337 62 Missouri 2,023,568 145,046 94 Montana 35,463 202 1,737 Nebrußka 449,805 2,376 18 Nevada 63,571 405 5,423 New Hampshire 346,264 646 14 New Jersey 1,091,856 38,796 182 Mew Mexico 107,188 907 55 New York .....5,017,142 64,943 942 North Carolina 867,467 631,316 • 1 Ohio 3,118,344 . 79,665 117 Oregon 163,087 493 9,508 Pennsylvania 4,197,106 85,342 170 Rhode Island 269,933 6,503 27 South Carolina 891,258 604,325 9 Tennessee 1,139,120 402,992 26 Texas 1,197,493 894,007 142 Utah 142,381 204 618 Vermont 831,243 1,032 Virginia 880,739 631,996 6 Washington 67,349 587 3,227 West Virginia 592,433 25,729 14 Wisconsin 1,309,622 2,724 16 Wyoming 19,486 279 914 Total :.. .43,402,408 7,577,497 105,679 In California, the Chinese population has increased in ten years from 49,310 to 75,122; in Arizona, from 20 to 1,632; in Oregon, from 3,330 to 9.508; in AVashington Territory, from 234 to 3,227. In Idaho, the Chinese numbered 4,274 in 1870, and 3,378 in 1880. “What is the difference between cameos and intaglios ? ” asked a successful broker of one of his lambs. “ Simply this,” replied the lamb ; “ since we became acquainted my fortune is in intaglio, and your cheek in cameo. That is to say, my fortune is sunk and your cheek stands out in relief.” —Boston Transcript.