104 



Progress of Population and Wealth 



Table showing the Number of White Females, of White Children under 10 years of 

 age, and of Persons to a Square Mile, in twenty States, in 1800 and 1840 ; the Pro- 

 portion of Children to Females, at the same periods ; the Increase in the number of 

 persons, and the Decrease in the proportion of children during the 40 years; and the 

 average Decrease in 10 years. 



Children 



under 10. 



Persons 



to a 

 sq. mile, 



Increase 

 of 



persons 



Propor- 

 tion of 

 chilur'n 



Maine, 



New Hampshire,. 



Vermont, 



Massachusetts,.... 



Rhode Island, 



Connecticut, 



New York, 



New Jersey, 



Pennsylvania, .... 



Delaware, 



Maryland, 



Virginia, 



North Carolina,... 

 South Carolina,... 



Georgia, 



Mississippi, 



Tennessee, \ 



Kentucky, ; ) 



Ohio, \ 



Indiana, \ 



1800 

 1840 

 1800 

 1840 

 1800 

 1840 

 1800 

 1840 

 1800 

 1840 

 1800 

 1840 

 1800 

 1840 

 1800 

 1840 

 1800 

 1840 

 1800 

 1840 

 1800 

 1840 

 1800 

 1840 

 1800 

 1840 

 1800 

 1840 

 1800 

 1840 

 1800 

 1840 

 1800 

 1840 

 1800 

 1840 

 1800 

 1840 

 1800 

 1840 



74,069 

 247,449 



91,740 

 145,032 



74,580 

 144,840 

 211,299 

 368,351 



33,579 



54,225 



123,528 



153,556 



258,587 



1,171,533 



95,600 

 174,533 

 284,627 

 831,345 



24,819 



29,302 

 105,676 

 159,400 

 252,151 

 369,745 

 166,116 

 244,833 



95,339 



^588 



.& .4,293 



197,161 



2,262 



81,818 



44,529 

 315,193 



85,915 

 250,664 



20,595 

 720, 



. 2,003 

 325,925 



54,869 



148,846 



60,465 



70,387 



57,692 



80,111 



124,566 



173,037 



19,466 



25,384 



73,682 



71,783 



195,840 



681,091 



67,402 



103,302 



270,233 



524,189 



15,878 



17,406 



69,648 



93,072 



179,761 



240,343 



122,191 



162,282 



72,0 



86,566 



38,248 



150,317 



1,962 



65,269 



37,677 



234,700 



72,234 



204,978 



18,276 



509,088 



1,645 



248,12 



5. 



16.7 ( 

 19.9 ; 

 30.9 I 

 15.7 ) 

 29.7 ( 

 48.3) 

 84.3? 



53.1 ) 

 83.7 \ 



49.2 ) 



60.7 \ 

 11.9 ) 

 47.6^ 

 28.2 ) 

 49.2 I 

 12.6 ) 



36.5 \ 

 29.2 ) 

 35.4 ( 



30.6 t 



42.1 \ 

 11.7 



18.6 < 

 9.6 ) 



15.2 \ 



10.8 ) 



18.7 \ 

 2.6 ) 



11.2 I 



.18) 



6.1 



2.6 ) 

 20.6 \ 



5.4) 

 19.2 \ 



1.1 

 38.2 \ 



.13) 



18.8 ( 



11.7: 



36. ■ 

 30.6! 



23. 



6.2; 

 11.5! 



6.9. 

 5.6 ! 



7.9: 



5.9: 



18. 

 13.8! 



74* 



60.1 



65.9 



48.5 



77.3 



55.3 



58.9 



46.9 



57.9 



46.8 



59.6 



46.7 



75.7 



58.1 



70.5 



59.1 



71.2 



63. 



63.9 



59.4 



65.9 



58.4 



71.3 



65. 



73.5 



66.2 



75.6 



67.3 



81.1 



76.2 



86.7 



79.7 



84.6 



74.4 



83.9 



71.9 



88.7 



73.3 



82.1 



76.1 



The following table gives the same comparative view of the pre- 

 ceding twenty States when comprehended under five divisions, viz : 



* As the number of females is very nearly one-half of the population, one-half the 

 numbers in this column may be taken as the several proportions of the children to the 

 whole population in each State. 



