TABLE NO. 1.
SHOWING RELATIVE RANK OF STATES OPENED BY THE ERIE CANAL COMPARED WITH OTHER STATES OF THE U.S. ON BASIS OF POPULATION.
|
STATE. |
1790. |
1800. |
1810. |
1820. |
1830. |
1840. |
1900. |
|
New York |
5 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Ohio |
----- |
17 |
13 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
|
Indiana |
----- |
20 |
20 |
18 |
13 |
10 |
8 |
|
Illinois |
----- |
----- |
23 |
24 |
20 |
14 |
3 |
|
Michigan |
----- |
----- |
24 |
27 |
27 |
23 |
9 |
Abstracted from Table XCIV, page 97, Statistical View of the United States, by the Supt. Of the 7th Census. 1900 columns from the 12th Census; States and Territories in 1840 = 30; in 1900 = 52.
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