The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864: Devoted To Literature And National PolicyVarious
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The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864: Devoted To Literature And National Policy
Various
Literature, Modern -- 19th century -- Periodicals; United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century -- Periodicals
Population, 1790, none 35,791.
" 1800, 4,875 105,602.
" 1860, 1,350,428 1,109,801.
Product of 1859, $175,690,628 $99,894,070.
Agricultural, $132,440,682 $82,792,070.
Total product, per capita, $130.10 $90.01.
Product of agriculture, per capita, $90.68 $74.60.
Population per square mile in 1800, 0.14 2.31.
Population per square mile, 1860, 39.63 24.34.
Absolute increase of population, from 1850
to 1860, per square mile, 10.72 2.35.
Relative rank in 1800, 20 15.
" " 1860, 6 10.
Farm lands improved and unimproved,
16,315,776 acres 20,355,934 acres.
Improved do., 8,161,717 acres 6,897,974 acres.
Value of farm lands, $344,903,776 $272,555,054.
Ditto, per acre, $21.13 $13.39.
Value of product per acre of improved and
unimproved farm lands, $8.17 $4.06.
Ditto, of Improved farm lands, $16.26 $12.
Volumes in public libraries, 68,403 22,896.
Pupils at public schools and colleges,
168,754 115,750.
FREE STATES OF 1790. SLAVE STATES OF 1790.
Namely: Massachusetts (then including Namely: Delaware, Maryland,
Maine), Rhode Island, Connecticut, Virginia, North Carolina,
New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, South Carolina, Georgia,
New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Kentucky, and Tennessee.
Area, 169,668 square miles 300,580 square miles.
Population in 1790, 1,968,459 1,961,372.
" 1860, 10,594,168 7,414,684.
Population per square mile in 1790, 11.60 6.50.
" " " 1860, 62.44 24.66.
Increase of population per square mile,
from 1790 to 1860, 50.84 18.14.
FREE STATES OF 1860. SLAVE STATES OF 1860.
Area, 835,631 square miles 888,591 square miles.
Farm lands, 161,462,000 acres 248,721,062 acres.
Value, $4,067,947,286 $2,570,466,935.
Value per acre, $25.19 $10.46.
Total product of 1859, namely: of
agriculture, manufactures, mines, and
fisheries, $4,150,000,000 $1,140,000,000.
Per capita, $217 $93.
Copies of press issued in 1860, 760,034,360 167,917,188.
By Table 157 (Census of 1850), ratio of
native white adults who cannot read or
write, 4.12 per cent. 17.23 per cent. (more than
4 to 1).
Same Tables for Census of 1860, partially
estimated, 3.21 per cent 17.03 percent. (more than
5 to 1).
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