Alabama 909 Arizona 41,505 Arkansas 460 California 16,513 Colorado 870 Connecticut 152 Delaware 5 District of Columbia 68 Florida 600 Georgia 95 Idaho 4,089 Illinois 188 Indiana 279 Iowa 365 Kansas 1,345 Kentucky 231 Louisiana 780 Maine 892 Maryland 55 Massachusetts 688 Michigan 7,512 Minnesota 11,338 Mississippi 1,253 Missouri 313 Montana 11,331 Nebraska 3,890 Nevada 7,756 New Hampshire 34 New Jersey 168 New York 6,029 New Mexico 21,725 North Carolina 7,945 North Dakota 8,538 Ohio 127 Oklahoma 117,274[4] Oregon 6,414 Rhode Island 284 South Carolina 20,555 South Dakota 20,555 Tennessee 216 Texas 702 Utah 3,231 Vermont 26 Virginia 539 Washington 11,335 West Virginia 36 Wisconsin 9,930 Wyoming 1,715 It will be observed that between 1850 and 1887 there is wide difference of opinion as to the number of Indians. In 1886 there were 334,000 Indians, whereas in ’87 the number is given as 243,000. This must be due to faulty enumeration, or to estimating rather than counting. The gradual increase from 1898 to 1913 is for the reason assigned, page 21.