Date. | Pop. of U.S. | No. of | Pop. of Cities. | % of | | Cities | |of Urban Pop. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1790 | 3,929,214 | 6 | 131,472 | 3.33 1800 | 5,308,483 | 6 | 210,873 | 3.9 1810 | 7,239,881 | 11 | 356,920 | 4.9 1820 | 9,633,822 | 13 | 474,135 | 4.9 1830 | 12,866,020 | 26 | 864,509 | 6.7 1840 | 17,069,453 | 44 | 1,453,994 | 8.5 1850 | 23,191,876 | 85 | 2,897,586 | 12.5 1860 | 31,443,321 | 141 | 5,072,256 | 16.1 1870 | 38,558,371 | 226 | 8,071,875 | 20.9 1880 | 50,155,783 | 286 | 11,318,597 | 22.5 1890 | 62,622,250 | 443 | 18,235,670 | 29.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- APPENDIX I. AN EXAMINATION PAPER FOR CUSTOMS CLERKS. Applicant's No.. APPLICANT'S DECLARATION. DIRECTIONS.--1. The number above is _your examination number_. Write it at the top of every sheet given you in this examination. 2. Fill promptly all the blanks in this sheet. Any omission may lead to the rejection of your papers. 3. Write all answers and exercises in ink. 4. Write your name on no other sheet but this. Place this sheet in the envelope. Write your number on the envelope and seal the same. DECLARATION. I declare upon my honour as follows: 1. My true and full name is (if female, please say whether Mrs. or Miss) 2. Since my application was made I have been living at (give all the places) 3. My post-office address in full is 4. If examined within twelve months for the civil service--for any post-office, custom-house, or Department at Washington--state the time, place, and result. 5. If you have ever been in the civil service, state where and in what position, and when you left it and the reasons therefor. 6. Are you now under enlistment in the army or navy? 7. If you have been in the military or naval service of the United States, state which, and whether you were honourably discharged, when, and for what cause. 8. Since my application no change has occurred in my health or physical capacity except the following: 9. I was born at ----, on the ---- day of ----, 188. 10. My present business or employment is 11. I swore to my application for this examination as near as I can remember at (town or city of) ----, on the ---- day of ----, 188. All the above statements are true, to the best of my knowledge and belief. (_Signature in usual form_.)------------ Dated at the city of ----, State of ----, this ---- day of ----, 188_. FIRST SUBJECT. _Question 1._ One of the examiners will distinctly read (at a rate reasonable for copying) fifteen lines from the Civil-Service Law or Rules, and each applicant will copy the same below from the reading as it proceeds.