Nebraska Territory: 136,700 square miles. Indian Territory: 187,171 square miles. Northwest Territory: 587,564 square miles. The following is a comparative table of the population of each State and Territory in 1850, and 1840: Free States. Pop. 1850. Pop. 1840. Maine 583,188 501,793 New Hampshire 317,964 284,574 Vermont 313,611 291,948 Massachusetts 994,499 737,699 Rhode Island 147,544 108,830 Connecticut 370,791 309,978 New York 3,097,394 2,428,921 New Jersey 489,555 373,306 Pennsylvania 2,311,786 1,724,033 Ohio 1,980,408 1,519,467 Indiana 988,416 685,866 Illinois 851,470 476,183 Iowa 192,214 43,112 Wisconsin 305,191 30,945 Michigan 397,654 212,367 California 165,000 Minnesota Territory 6,077 Oregon Territory 13,293 New Mexico Territory 61,505 Utah Territory 11,380 Total 13,419,190 9,978,922 Increase of population, 3,440,268, or exclusive of California and Territories, 3,183,013—equal to 31.8 per cent. Slaveholding States. Pop. 1850. Pop. 1840 Delaware 91,536 78,085 Maryland 583,035 470,019 District of Columbia(9) 51,687 43,712 Virginia 1,421,661 1,239,797 North Carolina 868,903 753,419 South Carolina 668,507 594,398 Georgia 905,990 691,392 Florida 87,401 54,477 Alabama 771,671 590,756 Mississippi 606,555 375,651 Louisiana 511,974 352,411 Texas 212,592 (est. 75,000) Arkansas 209,639 97,574 Tennessee 1,002,625 829,210 Kentucky 982,405 779,828 Missouri 682,043 383,702 Total 9,658,224 7,409,431 Total increase of population 2,248,793, equal to 30.3 per cent. Comparative population of the United States, from 1790 to 1850.