TABLE NO. 23.

OCCUPATIONS IN DIVISIONS I, II AND III, AND NEW YORK STATE.

 

 

NUMBER OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN –
 

AGRICULTURE.

MANUFACTURES AND HAND TRADES.

COMMERCE.

NAVIGATION.

COUNTY.

1820.

1840.

1820.

1840.

1820.

1840.

1840.

Division I.

Kings

840

3,234

713

6,160

81

1,770

1,443

New York

386

2,773

9,523

43,390

3,142

11,365

3,502

Total

1,226

6,007

10,236

49,550

3,223

13,135

4,945

Periodic Gain

  

4,781

  

39,314

  

9,912

14,857

Division II.

Suffolk

4,642

7,959

1,099

1,727

342

376

1,736

Queens

4,130

6,138

1,119

1,612

102

263

202

Richmond

480

844

294

786

209

346

651

Westchester

4,993

8,297

1,614

3,583

251

200

347

Rockland

1,474

2,545

755

1,154

52

100

170

Putnam

1,996

3,128

655

916

35

100

39

Orange

6,689

17,883

2,362

3,363

294

167

162

Dutchess

7,306

16,034

2,826

4,801

319

540

169

Ulster

3,351

7,774

9

3,220

16

343

590

Columbia

7,604

7,224

2,175

2,347

271

576

226

Greene

4,627

6,071

996

2,236

155

3

199

Rensselaer

7,382

7,840

2,314

4,787

534

1,093

271

Albany

4,985

8,275

1,820

3,791

555

421

340

Saratoga

6,368

10,075

1,479

2,638

107

249

194

Schenectady

1,875

3,337

687

1,280

85

223

76

Montgomery

7,047

6,216

1,668

3,948

125

411

315

Fulton

-----

8,037

-----

1,281

-----

99

25

Herkimer

5,661

12,596

1,365

2,866

70

353

220

Oneida

10,111

16,297

2,575

6,229

184

675

557

Total

90,271

156,570

25,812

52,565

3,706

6,538

6,489

Periodic gain

  

65,849

  

26,753

  

2,832

9,321

Division III.

Madison

5,884

9,631

1,085

2,382

77

158

88

Onondaga

6,968

11,741

1,640

4,930

120

681

528

Cayuga

7,695

10,995

1,773

2,942

127

478

193

Seneca

5,182

4,808

1,087

1,224

71

149

149

Wayne

-----

7,563

-----

2,203

-----

160

192

Ontario

14,058

10,137

1,326

2,507

134

438

95

Monroe

3,809

10,041

569

5,164

29

745

453

Orleans

2,178

6,835

121

1,046

5

238

59

Niagara

4,015

10,016

340

1,657

90

289

78

Erie

-----

11,022

-----

3,622

-----

893

426

Chautauqua

1,892

12,195

207

2,088

16

344

104

Total

51,681

104,984

8,148

29,765

669

4,573

2,365

Periodic gain

  

53,303

  

21,617

  

3,904

6,269

New York State.

Total

247,648

455,954

60,038

173,193

9,113

28,468

15,678

Periodic gain

  

208,306

  

113,155

  

19,355

35,033

 

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