CONTENTS. 



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 CHAP. I. — Introduction — The Census of 1790, ..... 13 

 Origin of the decennial census in the United States, ... 13 



Its many recommendations, 14 



Of peculiar value in the United States, 14 



Table of the census of 1790, 15 



The population at the Revolution overrated, 16 



Distribution of the population in 1790, 16 



The number of white males and females compared, ... 16 



The number under and over sixteen, 16 



Distribution in the slaveholding States, 17 



CHAP. II.— The Census of 1800— Its plan, 18 



Number of white males and females, 18 



Number of free coloured and slaves, 18 



Increase of each class in 10 years, 18 



Table of the census of 1800, 19 



Accessions from immigration, 20 



The census of 1790 compared with that of 1800, ... 20 



The number of white males and females under sixteen, . . 20 



The number of white males and females over sixteen, . . 20 



The white population distributed according to ages, ... 20 



The proportion of males to females at different ages, ... 21 



Local diversities explained, 21 



Number of white females between sixteen and forty-five, . . 22 



Different rates of increase in different States, .... 22 



Distribution in the slaveholding States, 22 



CHAP. III.— The Census of 1810, 23 



The acquisition of Louisiana, 23 



The number of white males and females, 23 



The number of free coloured and slaves, 23 



The decennial increase of each class in 1800 and 1810 compared, . 23 



Table of the census of 1810, 24 



The different rates of increase in 1800 and 1810 explained, . . 25 



Centesimal proportion of the three classes in 1790, 1800, &c, . 25 



Number of white males and females under sixteen, ... 25 



Number of white males and females over sixteen, ... 26 



Distribution of the white population, according to age, ... 26 



Increase of each class in 20 years, 26 



Proportion of males to females, 26 



