Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1882 — Growth of the United States in Ten Years. [ARTICLE]

Growth of the United States in Ten Years.

The following table presents the final official figures of the population of the United States at the tenth census, with a column showing, sot comparative purposes, the population of 1870. The figures for Indian Territory and Alaska are omitted, as their inhabitants Are hot considered citizens. All Indians not subject to taxation are also omitted, in conformity with the Census law: ~ 1880. 1870. Alabama 1,262,505 996,992 Arkansas 802,525 484,471 California. 864,694 560,247 Colorado 194,327 39,864 Connecticut. 622,700 537,454 Delaware. 146,608 125,015 Florida 269,493 187,748 Georgia 1,542,180 1,184,109 Illinois 3,077,871 2,539,891 Indiana 1,978,301 1,680,637 lowa. 1,624,615 1,194,u2j Kansas 996,09' 364,399 Kentucky 1,648,690 1,321,011 Louisiana. 939,946 726,915 Maine 648,936 626,915 Maryland 934,943 780,894 Massachusetts 1,783,085 1,457,351 Michigan 1,630,937 1,184,059 Minnesota 780,773 439,706. Mississippi 1,131,57 V 827,922 Missouri 2,168,380 1,721,295 Nebraska 452,402 122,993 Nevada..' 62,260 42,491 New Hampshire. 346,991 318,306 New Jersey 1,131,111. 906,096 New York 5,'82,871 4,382,759 North Carolina. 1,399,75' 1,071,361 Ohio. 3,198,06'. 2,665,260 Oregon 174,761- 90,928 Pennsylvania 4,282,891 3,521,951 Rhode Island 276,531 217,353 South Carolina. 995,577 705,606 Tennessee 1,542,359 1,258,520 Texas 1,591,749 818,579 Vermont 332,286 330,551 Virginia. 1,512,565 1 225,163 West Virginia 618,547 442,014 Wisconsin 1,315,497 1,054,670 Arizona 40,440 9,658 Dakota 135,177 14,181 District of Columbia 177,624 131,700 Idaho 32,610 14,999 Montana 39,152 20,595 New Mexico. 119,560 91,874 Utah 143,960 86,78 f Washington 75,110 23,95{ Wyoming 20,’80 9,11 f Total population 50,155,783 38,558,37’ E. L. Loweree, Esq., Cashier of the Cincinnati Southern railroad, says the Cincinnati Enquirer, was cured by St. Jacobs Oil of a stubborn case of rheumatism, which wouldn’t yield to physicians’ treatment.—Brooklyn Eaftle.