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CHAPTER XVII. 



DISTRIBUTION OF THE INDUSTRIOUS CLASSES. 



In 1820, for the first time, the census took an account of the 

 number of persons who were severally employed in agriculture, 

 commerce, and manufactures. In the succeeding census, no notice 

 was taken of the occupations of the people ; but that of 1840 gave 

 a fuller enumeration of the industrious classes, distinguishing them 

 under the several heads of mining, agriculture, commerce, manufac- 

 tures, navigating the ocean, internal navigation, and the learned 

 professions. The result of each census may be seen in the follow- 

 ing tables : 



Table I. — Showing the number of persons engaged in Agriculture, Commerce, and 

 Manufactures in the several States, according to the census of 1820. 



Vermont, 

 Massachusetts,.. . 

 Rhode Island,.... 

 Connecticut, 



States and Agricul- 



Territories. ture- 



Maine, 55,031 



New Hampshire,. 1 52,384 



50,951 

 63,460 

 12,559 

 50,518 



New England S., 284,903 



New York,.. 

 New Jersey,. 

 Pennsylvania 



Delaware, 



Maryland,.... 

 Dist. of Columbia, 



247,648 

 40,812 



140,801 



13,259 



79,135 



853 



Middle States,.... 522,508 



Virginia, 1276,122 



North Carolina,.. | 174,196 



Com- Manufac- 

 merce. tures. 



4,2971 

 1,068 

 776j 

 13,301! 

 1,162 ! 

 3,581' 



States and 

 Territories. 



South Carolina, 

 Georgia 



7,643 



8,699 



8,484.) 

 33,464 Southern States 



6,091 1 



17,541 



I Alabama,... 



I Mississippi, . 



24,185; 81,922 'Louisiana 

 1 Tennessee 



i Arkansas, 



9,113. 



1,830! 



7,083! 



533; 



4,771 

 312 



60,038 

 15,941 [ 



60,215 .Southwestern S 

 2,821 :i 



18,640 

 2,184 



23,842 159,839 



4,509' 

 2,551 1 



32,336 



11,844 



Kentucky,. 



Ohio, 



Indiana,.... 



Illinois, 



Missouri,... 

 Michigan, . 



Northwestern S 



Total of United States, 2,070,646172,493,349,506 



Agricul- 

 ture. 



166,707 

 101,185 



718,510 



212,148 



132,161 

 110,991 

 61,315 

 12,395 

 14,247 

 1.468 



Com- 

 merce. 



2,684 

 2,139 



11,883 



Manufiic 

 tures. 



452 



294 



6,251 



882 

 79 



7,958 



1,617 

 l,459i 



429 



233! 



495! 



392 



6,74 

 3,557 



54,484 



1,412 



650 



6,041 



7,860 



179 



16,142 



11,779 



18,956 



3,229 



1,007 



1,952 



196 



332,577 4,625 37,110 



