Chap. 10. 



STATE OF SOCTETY. 



211 



POPULATION BY COUNTIES. 



CENSUS OF 1S4U. 



The following table contains tlie popu- 

 lation of the state by counties at the sev- 

 eral enumerations ; or, rather, since some 

 of the counties are of recent formation, it 

 exhibits t!ie population of the several por- 

 tions of tlie state now embraced in the re- 

 spective counties, together with the in- 

 crease between the several censuses. The 

 sign — before several numbers in the last 

 column, denotes that those counties di- 

 minished in population between 1830 and 

 ld40 : 



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According to the returns of the census 

 of 1340, the agirregate population of the 

 state was 2!U,8()0, and their classification 

 by ages, occupations, &c., is exhibited in 

 the followinir tables. 



FREE WHITE PERSONS. 



Under 5 years of age, 

 Of -5 and under 10, 

 Of 10 and under l."), 

 Of l-j and under 20, 

 Of -JO and under 3(1, 

 Of 30 and under 40, 

 Of 40 and under .50, 

 Of .50 and under 60, 

 Of 60 and under 70, 

 Of 70 and under SO, 

 Of 80 and under 90, 

 Of 90 and under 100, 

 Of 100 and upwards, 



Total, 



Malea. i Females. 



'20,379 



18,877 



16,677 



15,744 



24,225 



18,163 



12,807 



8,612 



5,423 



2,875 



951 



100 



21,796 

 19,069 

 17,551 



16,999 



23,006 



17,.596 



12,817 



7,982 



5,454 



3, J 37 



884 



84 



13 



146,378 144,840 



FIIEE COLORED PERSONS. 



Under 10 years of age, 

 Of 10 and under 24,^ 

 Of 24 and under 36, 

 Of 36 and under 55, 

 Of .55 and under 100, 

 Of 100 and upwards, 



Total, 



Included in the foregoing are the foUoicing 



101 



White persons, Jeafand dumb under 14, 



" " " from 14 to 25, 



" " " over 23, 



Colored pcirsnn.s, deaf and dumb, 



Wlute persons %vho are blind, 



Colorrid person.^ vvho are blinrl, 2 



White persons, insaile & idiots, at pub. charge, 144 



Colored persons, " " 4 



VV'hite pers., insane & idiots, at priv. charge, 254 



Colored persons, " " 9 



Persons emjiloj'ed in mining, 77 



Persons employed in agricidture, 73,150 



Persons employed in Commerce, 1,303 



" 111 manufactures and trades, 13,1'74 



" in navigation of the ocean, 41 



" in nav. canals, lakes, & rivers, 143 



" in the learned professions, 1,563 



Pensioners for revolutionary or iinlitary ser. 1,320 



Universities or Colleges, 3 



Students in Universities or Colleges, 233 



.Academies anil grammar schools, 46 



Students in academies & grammar schools, 4,113 



Primary and common schools, 2,402 



Scholars in Primary schools, 97,518 



White persons over 20 years of ago vvho 



cannot read and write 2,270 



Section III. 



Character and Employments of the People. 



The first civilized inhabitants of Ver- 

 mont were emigrants from the older parts 



