TABLE NO. 8.

SHOWING PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES CONTAINED IN EACH OF THE THIRTEEN ORIGINAL STATES IN THE SEVERAL CENSUS YEARS. *

 

STATE.

1790.

1800.

1810.

1820.

1830.

1840.

1850.

New Hampshire

3.61

3.46

2.96

2.53

2.09

1.67

1.37

Massachusetts

9.64

7.98

6.52

5.43

4.75

4.32

4.29

Rhode Island

1.76

1.30

1.07

0.86

0.76

0.64

0.64

Connecticut

6.06

4.73

3.62

2.86

2.31

1.82

1.60

New York

8.65

11.05

13.25

14.24

14.91

14.23

13.36

New Jersey

4.69

4.00

3.39

2.88

2.49

2.19

2.11

Pennsylvania

11.05

11.35

11.19

10.89

10.48

10.10

9.97

Delaware

1.50

1.21

1.00

0.75

0.60

0.46

0.39

Maryland

8.14

6.44

5.26

4.23

3.48

2.75

2.51

Virginia

19.04

16.59

13.46

11.05

9.42

7.26

6.13

North Carolina

10.02

9.01

7.67

6.63

5.74

4.41

3.75

South Carolina

6.34

6.51

5.73

5.22

4.52

3.48

2.88

Georgia

2.10

3.06

3.49

3.54

4.02

4.06

3.91

* Abstracted from Statistical View of the United States, 1854, Table XCV, page 97.

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