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CHAP. XIV.— Table of the Western States, 120 



Summary of the popula'n and deeen'l increase in the four divisions, 120 



The rate of their future relative increase, 121 



CHAP. XV. — Distribution of Political Power, 123 



Table of the representatives to each State at each apportionment, 123 



Comparison of the political power of different States, . . 123 



Security against the danger arising from the inequality of power, 124 



Comparison of political power in the election of President, . 124 



Time will lessen the inequality 124 



The inequality less in the great divisions than the separate States, 125 

 Diagram showing the inequality of the States, . . . .126 



CHAP. XVI.— Cities and Towns, 127 



The importance of the ratio between town and country popula'n, 127 



Table of the population of the towns of 10,000 inhabitants, . 128 



Proportion of the population in those towns, .... 128 



Table of the towns containing betw'n 10,000 and 2,000 inhab'ts, 129 



Table of the aggregate town population, 132 



Provincial use of the word " town" in some States, . . 133 



Circumstances which determine the proportion of town popula'n, 133 



The effect of railroads in stimulating the growth of towns, . 134 



CHAP. XVII. — Distribution of the Industrious Classes, . . . .135 



Table showing the number of persons empl'd in agricul'e in 1820, 135 



Table showing the number employed in 1840, .... 136 



Showing the number of the indust'us clas's in the five great divis'ns, 137 



Showing the distribution of each class in centesimal proportions, 137 



Showing the prop'tion of persons in each class to the whole pop'n, 137 



Comparison of the distribution in the U. States and Great Britain, 138 



The proportion of the unproductive classes nearly the same, . 140 



Comparison of the distributions in 1820 and in 1840, . . 140 



Diversity in the five great divisions, 140 



Difference in the proportion of agricultural labour in this country, 141 



Diversity of industrious pursuits in the five great divisions, . 141 



Diversities among the individual States, 141 



Ratio of the number employed in each branch of industry, . 142 



CHAP. XVIII.— Education 143 



Peculiar importance of education in the United States, . . 143 



Table of the schools, scholars, and illiterate in each State, . 144 



Table showing the ratio of each class of scholars to the whites, 145 



Summary of each class in centesimal proportions, . . . 145 



Diversities among the States as to the proportion of schools, . 146 



Causes of these diversities, 146 



Peculiar policy of New England, 146 



Number of scholars at public charge, 147 



The peculiar functions of each class of schools, . . . 147 



The ministers of religion, 147 



The periodical press, 148 



Number of periodicals, 148 



CHAP. XIX. — The Annual Products of Industry, 150 



Classification of those products by the census of 1840, . . 151 



Table of the several products, &c, in each State, . . . 151 



