291 



Soutla America, _ 5 



West Indies, 34 



Sandwich Islands, 2 



Other countries, 66 



Unknown, 1,211 



Deaf and Dumb, 122 



Biin^, ■ 122 



Insane, ]36 



Idiots, 190 



Acres improved land, (1850)1,929,110; unimproved land in farms, 

 2,454,780 acres. Cash value of farms, $51,872,446; average cash 

 value per acre, $11 83; ditto in Louisiana, $13 71. 



The southern half of the State is now planted with fine farms, con- 

 taining houses, out buildings and barns, not inferior to those of any 

 portion of the United States; and beautiful villages of from 500 to 

 6,000 inhabitants, laid out and built with the taste and neatness that 

 chaiacterize the New Englanders, while schools and churches every- 

 where abound. In the year 1850 Michigan contained 362 places of 

 worship, being in a ratio of one church to every 1,098 souls; and the 

 total value of church property was $723,200. This, however, does not 

 fairly represent the church accommodation, as school houses are exten- 

 sively used as places of worship, where the denomination is not yet 

 suflaciently numerous or Avealthy to erect a building for itself. 



The following table shows the statistics of the leading denominations 

 in 1850: 



Number of Total 



Names. Churches. value. 



Baptists, _.. 58 $ 84,050 



Congregational, 29 59,550 



Episcopal, 25 . 82,800 



Methodists, 103 *142,650 



Presbyterians, 67 *142,650 



Roman Catholics, 42 159,775 



Detroit is the principal city, and until of late years contained the cap- 

 ital of the State. This is now located at Lansing. The population of 

 Detroit is a little over 30,000. j- It has not grown with the rapidity of 



•This is so in the C'-nsus tahlos, nu'l I do not suppose it to be a mistake. C. F. 



+Iu 181'J, 1,010: in 1821, 1,325, aud396 buildinb'S. 



