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Progress of Population and Wealth 



Table shoioing in u-hnt proportions the several products of industry are distributed, 

 and the proportional value of each product to each person in the gi eat divisions of 

 the Slates. 



It appears from the preceding tables, that, notwithstanding the 

 great inequality in the five geographical divisions of the Union, 

 both as to population and extent, there is no considerable difference 

 in the total proportionate value of their annual products, with the 

 exception of those of the Middle States, which are more than one- 

 third of the whole. Of the other four divisions, the New England 

 States, though somewhat the smallest in population, and much the 

 smallest in extent, exceed the other divisions in the value of their 

 annual products. 



The agricultural products of the States may be compared in 

 various ways. 1st. As to the proportion which they bear to the 

 agricultural products of the whole Union. 2d. As to the propor- 

 tion which this branch of their industry bears to the other branches. 

 3d. As to the average value to each inhabitant. 4th. As to the 

 average value for each one of its territory. 5th. As to the quanti- 

 ties produced. 



The three first comparisons are exhibited in the first and third 

 tables. They show that nearly one-third of the agricultural pro- 

 ducts of the Union are furnished by the Middle States, one-ninth by 

 the New England States, and from about a fifth to a sixth by each 

 of the other three divisions. Thus, four-fifths of the products of 

 the Southern and Southwestern States are agricultural, two-thirds 

 of those of the Northwestern States, more than half of those of 

 the Middle States, and but two-fifths of those of the New England 

 States ; that the value of this class of products to each inhabitant is 

 the greatest in the Southwestern States, and the lowest in the 

 Northwestern. 



But the greatest diversity is in the average value per acre of 

 their agricultural products, which is principally owing to the great 



