In the following list, after the original States, of which Vermont, Maine, and West Virginia were parts later separated, the others are given in the order of their having been admitted as States to the Union, and finally the eight Territories. The States maintaining slavery up to the time of the civil war are printed in italics. The large proportion of insane persons in the District of Columbia is due to the fact that the {112} government hospital contains so many officers and privates who really belong to the several States; and in California the insane hospitals have been used to a considerable extent by the adjoining States and Territories. By the United States census of 1880 there was 1 person of unsound mind (insane and idiotic) in the United States to each 297 of the population; in the _District of Columbia_, 1 in 169; Connecticut, 1 in 245; _Delaware_, 313; _Georgia_, 373; _Maryland_, 294; Massachusetts, 249; New Hampshire, 197; New Jersey, 326; New York, 251; _North Carolina_, 270; Pennsylvania, 289; Rhode Island, 301; _South Carolina_, 368; _Virginia_, 290; Vermont, 182; _Kentucky_, 261; _Tennessee_, 259; Ohio, 232; _Louisiana_, 457, Indiana, 239; _Mississippi_, 415; Illinois, 330; _Alabama_, 337; Maine, 226; _Missouri_, 324; _Arkansas_, 371; Michigan, 328; _Florida_, 433; _Texas_, 414; Iowa, 334; Wisconsin, 305; California, 286; Minnesota, 416; Oregon, 312; Kansas, 478; _West Virginia_, 263; Nevada, 1270; Nebraska, 561; Colorado, 1104; Arizona, 1263; Dakota, 839; Idaho, 836; Montana, 529; New Mexico, 434; Utah, 481; Washington, 412; Wyoming, 3464. The proportion of the enumerated insane in asylums was—District of Columbia, 90.6 per cent.; Connecticut, 39; Georgia, 36.8; Maryland, 49.1; Massachusetts, 60.1; New Hampshire, 27.1; New Jersey, 67.8; New York, 57.2; North Carolina, 13.2; Pennsylvania, 36.1; Rhode Island, 57.3; South Carolina, 38.2; Virginia, 45.5; Vermont, 44.7; Kentucky, 50.7; Tennessee, 16; Ohio, 48; Louisiana, 44.9; Indiana, 26; Mississippi, 33.7; Illinois, 42.7; Alabama, 24.5; Maine, 26.1; Missouri, 40.7; Michigan, 41.5; Florida, 30; Texas, 22.3; Iowa, 37.8; Wisconsin, 48.6; California, 80.3; Minnesota, 61.8; Oregon, 65.5; Kansas, 31.9; West Virginia, 40.1; Nebraska, 38; Colorado, 34.3. In Arkansas and in Nevada there was no insane asylum in 1880, and in Delaware the insane were sent to a Pennsylvania asylum or to the almshouse. In the Territories the provisions for the insane are very incomplete. The statistics just given indicate an enormous increase in the numbers of the insane who become a public charge, and the figures gathered from all countries prove conclusively that more insane people are known to be in existence proportionately to the population from decade to decade. The question naturally arises, Is insanity increasing as fast as appears at first sight to be the case, or is the increase apparent rather than real?