VI 



CONTEXTS. 



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CHAP. III. — Number of white females between sixteen and forty-five, . 26 



Distribution of population in the slaveholding States, ... 27 



CHAP. IV.— The Census of 1820— its plan, 28 



The decennial increase of each class, 28 



The increase in the last term compared with the preceding, . 28 



Table of the white population, .29 



Table of the free coloured, 30 



Table of the slaves, 31 



Table of the aggregate population, 32 



The proportions of each class in 1810 and 1820, .... 33 



The proportions of males and females in each class, . . 33 

 Excess of females in the free coloured class, . . . .33 



Excess of females in five of the New England States, . . 33 



General excess of males, 33 



Distribution of the three classes according to age, ... 34 



Distribution of the population in the slaveholding States, . . 35 



CHAP. V.— The Census of 1830, 36 



The time of taking the census changed from August to June, . 36 



The plan of the census of 1830, 36 



Table of the white males, 37 



Table of the white females, 38 



Table of the free coloured persons, 39 



Table of the slaves, 40 



Table of the aggregate population, 41 



The decennial increase of the several classes, .... 42 



Their increase by the census of 1820 and 1830 compared, . , 42 



The number of males and females compared, .... 42 



Gain in the proportion of females in the slave population, . . 42 



Distribution of males and females at different ages, ... 43 



The number of children under ten, and of females compared, . 44 



Decrease in the proportion of children, 44 



Distribution of the population in the slaveholding States, . . 45 



CHAP. VI.— The Census of 1840, . 46 



The decennial increase of the different classes, .... 46 



Centesimal distribution of those classes, 46 



Table of the white males, 47 



Table of the white females, 48 



Table of the free coloured persons, 49 



Table of the slaves, 50 



Table of the aggregate population, 51 



Variances in the rates of increase explained, .... 52 



Proportions between the sexes, in the different classes, . . 53 



Distribution of the different classes, according to age, . . 53 



The same distribution compared with that of 1830, ... 54 



Distribution of the population in the slaveholding States, . . 55 



CHAP. VII. — Aggregate Increase in fifty years, 56 



Heads of inquiry, 56 



Table of the population of each State, at each census, ... 57 



Increase of whole population in each geographical division, . 58 



The disparity of increase explained, 58 



