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TOWNS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 



Population of the City of Charksion, as shown by the United States Census from 

 1790 to 1880, with the Decennial Rate of Increase compared ivith that of 

 the State, and the Number of Dioellings. 



In 1870, Charleston ranked twenty-sixth among the cities of the United 

 States as to population; in 1880 it ranks thirty-sixth. In 1870 it ranked 

 twenty-sixth as to the number of persons engaged m useful and remune- 

 rative occupations, in 1880 it ranks as thirty-fifth in this regard. In 

 1870 it was twenty-eighth as to the number of families, in 1880 it is twenty- 

 ninth in this respect. In 1870 it was twenty-ninth as to the number of 

 dwellings, in 1880 it is forty-fourth in this respect. In 1870 eighty-eight 

 per cent, of the population were natives of the State, nine per cent, foreign 

 and three per cent, were born in other States of the Union. In 1880, 

 eighty-eight per cent remain natives, eight per cent, are foreign and four 

 \)QY cent, are from other States. 



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is deep, spacious, land-locked, and perfectly safe. The deep water beyond 

 the bar is only six miles from the city. The present wharves, furnish- 

 ing as much as forty feet depth of water, have accommodations for about 

 two hundred vessels, and the wide and deep waters of the Ashley [Kca- 

 wah, Indian name) and Cooper (Elitvau) rivers extend for six miles aloi^g 

 the peninsula on which the city stands. The depth of water on the bar 

 is at present about eighteen* feet. Since 1878 the United States govern- 



* Mills gives the depth, in 1827. as twenty to twenty-two feet. 



