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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