Tables Appended to Chapter XXV.

TABLE 21 CONSISTING OF ORIGINAL TABLES 21 – A AND 21 – B.

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TABLE NO. 21 – A.

POPULATION OF DIVISIONS I and II.

COUNTY.

1810.

1814.

1820.

1825.

1830.

1835.

1840.

1900.

Area in square miles.

Division I. *

Kings	8,303	7,655	11,187	14,679	20,537	32,057	47,613	1,166,582	72
New York	96,373	95,519	123,706	166,086	207,021	270,089	312,710	a 2,050,600	39
Total Population	104,676	103,174	134,893	180,765	227,558	302,146	360,323	3,217,182	111
Periodic gain in population		-1,502	31,719	45,872	46,793	74,588	58,177	c 238,071

Division II. †

Suffolk	21,113	21,368	24,272	23,695	26,780	28,274	32,469	77,582	1,200
Queens	19,336	19,269	21,519	20,331	22,275	25,130	30,324	b 208,447	b58
Richmond	5,347	5,502	6,135	5,932	7,084	7,691	10,965	67,021	59
Westchester	30,272	26,367	32,638	33,131	38,456	38,790	48,686	a 184,257	a506
Rockland	7.758	7,817	8,837	8,016	9,388	9,696	11,975	38,298	208
Putnam	-----	9,353	11,268	11,865	12,701	11,551	12,825	13,787	234
Orange	34,347	31,284	41,213	41,732	45,372	45,096	50,739	103,859	838
Dutchess	51,363	43,707	46,615	46,898	50,926	50,704	52,398	81,670	810
Ulster	26,576	26,328	30,934	32,015	36,559	39,960	45,822	88,422	1,204
Columbia	32,390	33,979	38,330	37,970	39,970	40,746	43,252	43,211	688
Greene	19,536	20,200	22,996	26,229	29,525	30,173	30,446	31,478	686
Rensselaer	36,309	36,833	40,153	44,065	49,472	55,515	60,259	121,697	690
Albany	34,661	33,885	38,116	42,821	53,537	59,762	68,593	165,571	514
Saratoga	33,147	31,139	36,052	36,295	38,616	38,012	40,553	61,089	862
Schenectady	10,201	10,896	13,081	12,876	12,334	16,230	17,387	46,852	221
Montgomery	41,214	40,074	37,569	39,706	43,594	48,359	35,818	47,488	214
Fulton	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	18,049	42,842	544
Herkimer	22,046	20,837	31,017	33,040	35,869	36,201	37,477	51,049	1,745
Oneida	33,792	40,233	50,997	57,847	71,326	77,518	85,310	132,800	1,215
Total population	459,408	459,071	531,742	554,264	621,784	659,408	733,347	1,607,320	12,496
Periodic gain in population		-337	72,671	22,522	67,520	37,624	73,939	c 72,831

* Containing 0.22 per cent of the area of the state.

† Containing 24.9 per cent of the area of the state.

a Part of Westchester annexed to New York in period 1890-1900.

b Nassau, organized from part of Queens in 1899, is here included with Queens.

c These figures show the average quintennial increase between 1840 and 1900.

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TABLE NO. 21 – B.

POPULATION OF DIVISIONS III and IV.

COUNTY.

1810.

1814.

1820.

1825.

1830.

1835.

1840.

1900.

Area in square miles from 1875 census.

Division III. *

Madison	25,144	26,276	32,208	35,646	39,037	41,741	40,008	40,545	670
Onondaga	25,987	30,021	41,467	48,432	58,974	60,908	67,911	168,735	812
Cayuga	29,483	29,830	38,897	42,743	47,947	49,202	50,338	66,234	756
Seneca	16,609	15,045	23,619	20,169	21,031	22,627	24,874	28,114	420
Wayne	-----	-----	-----	26,761	33,555	37,788	42,057	48,660	624
Ontario	42,032	42,257	64,363	37,422	40,170	40,870	43,501	49,605	640
Monroe	-----	c 5,349	c 12,819	39,108	49,920	58,085	64,902	217,854	682
Orleans	-----	7,477	22,990	13,262	16,509	26,490	31,132	74,961	558
Niagara	8,971	7,477	22,990	13,262	16,509	26,490	31,132	74,961	558
Erie	-----	-----	-----	24,316	35,710	57,594	62,465	433,686	1,071
Chautauqua	2,381	4,259	12,568	20,639	34,687	44,869	47,975	88,314	1,099
Total Population	150,967	162,038	256,047	322,958	396,313	463,067	500,290	1,246,872	7,737
Periodic gain in population		11,071	94,009	66,911	73,355	66,754	37,223	e 62,215

Division IV. †

Sullivan	6,108	6,233	8,900	10,373	12,372	13,755	15,629	32,306	1,082
Delaware	20,203	a19,239	26,587	29,565	32,933	34,192	35,396	46,413	1,580
Broome	8,130	a8,482	14,343	13,893	17,582	20,190	22,338	69,149	706
Tioga	7,899	10,438	16,971	19,951	27,706	33,999	20,527	27,951	542
Chemung	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	20,732	54,063	406
Steuben	7,246	11,121	21,989	25,004	33,975	41,435	46,138	82,822	1,425
Allegany	1,942	3,834	9,330	18,164	26,218	35,214	40,975	41,501	1,033
Cattaraugus	458	b1,500	4,090	8,643	16,726	24,896	28,872	65,643	1,334
Schoharie	18,945	19,323	23,154	25,926	27,904	28,508	32,358	26,854	675
Otsego	38,802	40,587	44,856	47,898	51,372	50,428	49,628	48,939	1,038
Chenango	21,704	24,221	31,215	34,215	27,404	40,762	40,785	36,568	898
Cortland	8,869	10,993	16,507	20,271	23,693	24,168	24,607	27,576	485
Tompkins	-----	13,844	20,681	32,908	36,545	38,008	37,948	33,830	506
Schuyler	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	15,811	352
Yates	-----	5,764	11,025	17,455	19,019	19,796	20,444	20,318	320
Livingston	-----	d 8,871	d 12,879	23,860	27,719	31,092	35,140	37,059	655
Wyoming	-----	-----	-----	-----	----	-----	-----	30,143	590
Genesee	12,588	17,100	38,158	40,906	51,992	58,588	59,587	34,561	507
Total population	152,894	201,550	300,685	369,032	443,160	495,121	531,104	731,677	14,134
Periodic gain in population		48,656	99,135	68,347	74,128	21,961	35,983	e 16,714

New York State.

Total population	959,049	a 1,026,612	1,372,812	1,616,458	1,923,522	2,174,517	2,428,921	7,268,894	50,203
Periodic gain in population		67,563	346,200	243,646	307,064	250,995	254,404	e 453,331

* Containing 1.54 per cent of the area of the state.

† Containing 28.2 per cent of the area of the state.

NOTE: – Figures in these tables not copied directly from the census, but estimated, or compiled to allow for changes in geographical boundaries, etc., are printed in italics.

NOTE: – The Township data for the 1810 census not being available, no allowance has been made for changes in county boundaries; therefore the figures shown are not wholly reliable for that year.

a Returns slightly deficient.

b Cattaraugus county omitted in Census of 1814 and estimated here.

c Towns taken from Genesee county only.

d Towns taken from Ontario county only.

e These figures show the average quintennial increase between 1840 and 1900.

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