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Progress of Population and Wealth 



It must be recollected that the white population was increased by 

 immigration, and the free coloured by emancipation. The increase 

 from the first source was estimated by Dr. Seybert, on such imper- 

 fect data as he possessed, at 60,000 in the ten years from 1790 to 

 1800. But since an account has been taken of the foreign emi- 

 grants who arrive in our sea-ports, as well as from the intrinsic 

 evidence afforded by the enumerations themselves, we must regard 

 his estimate as much too low. The number of refugees from St. 

 Domingo was known to make a considerable addition, at that pe- 

 riod, to the steady stream of European emigration. The acces- 

 sion to our numbers from this source, instead of about 1| per cent, 

 as Dr. Seybert supposed, was probably not short of 3 per cent. 



The distribution of the three classes of our population, compared 

 with that of the preceding census, may be seen in the following 

 table : 



The age of sixteen divided the white population, as at the pre- 

 ceding census, into two nearly equal parts, and the excess of those 

 under sixteen was yet less than in 1790. Thus, 

 The number of white males under sixteen was 1,117,109 



females 



1,038,845 



2,156,014 



The number of white males over sixteen 

 " " females " 



2,126,097 



The white population is thus distributed according to ages, viz : 



Those under the age of ten .... 34.6 per cent. 

 " between ten and sixteen . . . 15.5 " 

 " between sixteen and twenty-six . . 18.4 " 

 " between twenty-six and forty-five . 19.6 " 

 " forty-five and upwards . . . 11.9 " 



which shows the numbers under and above sixteen to be yet nearer 



than 50. 1 to 49.9. 



