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Chapter IV. 



DENSITY OE POPULATION^ VALUATION PER CAPITA AND 



OCCUPATION. 



Taking up first the subject of population, it will be observed 

 from Table 3 that the population per square mile from 1850 to 

 1900 for the entire county, including the city of Kenosha, has 

 steadily increased, but with considerable variation. Between 



Table 3. — Density of Population. 



Area in 

 square 

 miles. 



Population Pee Square Mile. 



18.^0. 



1860. 



1870, 



1880. 



1890. 1900. 



Kenosha county 



City of Kenosha 



Co. of Ken. (exclud'g city) 



Brighton 



Bristol 



Paris 



Pike-Somers 



Pleasant Prairie 



Randall 



Salem 



Wheatland 



80.9 

 9284.8 

 37.8 

 23.8 

 32.3 

 22.4 



50.1 



40.9 

 36.3 



60.2 



38.5 



Note.— The area of Pike before changed to Somers was 35.42 sq. miles. The 

 area of Pleasant Prairie before the northern part of SoTithport was set off was 

 35.93 sq. miles, and the area of Wheatland before Randall was set off was 45.15 

 SQ. miles. 



1860 and 1890 there was only a very small increase of popula- 

 tion, but from 1880 to 1900 there was an increase of 30.2 to 

 the square mile. The largest and most consistent growth of 

 population took place in the city of Kenosha. The population 

 to the square mile for the county, not including the city of 



