TABLE NO. 19.

SHOWING RELATIVE PROGRESS OF THE STATES OF THE UNION AND THE SEVERAL DIVISIONS OF NEW YORK STATE, 1820-1840, ON THE BASIS OF AVERAGE DENSITY TIME PERCENTAGE-INCREASE. (ILLUSTRATED GRAPHICALLY ON PLATE NO. V.)

 

State.

Population 1820.*

Population 1840.*

Per cent gain.

Density 1820.

Density 1840.

Average density.

Area sq. mi. †

Average density

X percentage-

gain.

Alabama

144,317

590,756

309.3

2.7

11.2

6.95

52,960

2,149.64

Arkansas

14,273

97,574

583.6

0.3

1.8

1.05

54,655

612.78

District of Columbia

33,039

43,712

32.3

472.0

624.5

548.25

70

17,708.48

Connecticut

275,202

309,378

12.6

55.2

62.1

58.65

4,990

738.99

Delaware

72,749

78,085

7.3

35.5

38.1

36.80

2,050

268.64

Georgia

340,987

691,932

102.7

5.7

11.6

8.65

59,475

888.35

Illinois

55,211

476,183

762.5

1.0

8.5

4.75

56,000

3,621.87

Indiana

147,178

685,866

366.0

4.0

18.8

11.40

36.790

4,172.40

Kentucky

564,317

779,828

38.2

13.9

19.3

16.60

40,400

634.12

Louisiana

153,407

352,411

129.7

0.3

0.8

0.55

448,720

71.34

Maine

298,335

501,793

68.2

9.0

15.2

12.10

33,040

825.22

Maryland

407,350

470,019

15.4

33.4

38.5

35.95

12,210

553.63

Massachusetts

523,287

737,699

40.9

62.9

88.7

75.80

8,315

3,100.22

Michigan

8,896

212,267

2,286.2

0.2

3.6

1.90

58,900

4,343.78

Mississippi

75,448

375,651

397.9

1.5

7.7

4.65

48,610

1,850.24

Missouri

66,586

383,702

476.3

1.0

5.5

3.25

69,415

1,592.48

New Hampshire

244,161

284,574

16.6

26.2

30.5

28.35

9,336

170.61

New Jersey

277,575

373,306

34.5

33.8

45.4

39.60

8,224

1,366.20

North Carolina

638,829

753,419

17.9

12.2

14.4

13.30

52,286

238.07

Ohio

581,434

1,519,467

161.3

14.2

37.0

25.60

41,060

4,129.28

Pennsylvania

1,049,458

1,724,033

64.2

22.8

37.5

30.15

46,000

1,935.63

Rhode Island

83,059

108,830

31.0

66.4

87.1

79.95

1,250

2,478.45

South Carolina

502,741

594,398

18.2

15.5

17.8

16.65

33,393

303.03

Tennessee

422,813

829,210

96.1

10.1

19.7

14.90

42,050

1,431.89

Vermont

235,764

291,948

23.8

24.7

30.5

27.60

9,565

656.88

Virginia

1,065,379

1,239,797

16.4

25.1

29.2

27.15

42,450

445.20

New York

1,372,812

2,428,921

76.9

27.3

48.3

37.80

50,203

2,905.82

Division III

256,047

500,290

95.4

33.1

64.7

48.90

7,737

4,665.06

Division IV

300,685

531,104

76.6

21.3

37.6

29.45

14,134

2,456.87

Division I

134,893

360,323

167.2

121.5

324.6

223.05

111

37,293.56

Division II

531,742

733,347

39.7

42.6

58.7

50.65

12,496

1,919.64

 

* Population figures from Statistical View of the U. S., by J. D. De Bois, 1854.

† Area includes land and water, taken from the Encyclopedia Americana.

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