_Subdivisions._ The states and territories included, are a small section of New York watered by the heads of the Alleghany river, western Pennsylvania, western Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Michigan, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Territory of Arkansas, Indian Territory, the vast unsettled regions lying to the west and north of this Territory, the Wisconsin Territory including an extensive country west of the Mississippi and north of the state of Missouri, with the vast regions that lie towards the heads of the Mississippi, and around lake Superior.[1] _Population._ The following table, gives a comparative view of the population of the Valley of the Mississippi, and shows the proportional increase of the several States, parts of States, and Territories, from 1790 to the close of 1835, a period of 45 years. The column for 1835 is made up partly from the census taken in several states and territories, and partly by estimation. It is sufficiently accurate for general purposes. States, parts of | 1790 | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1835 States and | | | | | | Territories. | | | | | | ====================+=======+=======+=========+=========+=========+========== Western Pennsylvania| 75,000|130,000| 240,000 | 290,000| 380,000| 490,000 and a fraction of | | | | | | New York.} | | | | | | Western Virginia | 45,000| 75,000| 100,000| 147,178| 204,175| 230,000 Ohio | [_a_]45,000| 230,760| 581,434| 937,679|1,375,000 Indiana | | | 24,520| 147,178| 341,582| 600,000 Illinois | | | 12,282| 55,211| 157,575| 272,427 Missouri | | [_b_]20,845| 66,586| 140,074| 210,000 Michigan | | | 4,762| 8,896| 31,000| 83,000 Kentucky | 73,677|220,959| 406,511| 564,317| 688,844| 748,844 Tennessee | 35,691|105,602| 261,727| 422,813| 684,822| 735,000 Mississippi | [_c_]8,850| 40,352| 75,448| 136,806| 300,000 Louisiana | | | 76,556| 153,407| 214,693| 270,000 Arkansas Territory | | | | 14,273| 30,608| 51,809 [_e_]Wisconsin Ter. | | | | | | and New purchase | | | | [_d_]3,608| 15,000 --------------------+-------+-------+---------+---------+---------+--------- Total |229,368|585,411|1,418,315|2,526,741|3,951,466|5,381,080 ====================+=======+=======+=========+=========+=========+========= _a_ Including Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan. _b_ Including Arkansas. _c_ Including Alabama. _d_ Included with Michigan in the census of 1830.