GEOGRAPHY. Ill 



a. The Individual States. 



In the following table of statistics, the population, unless otherwise 

 expressed, is given according to the census of 1840 : 



1. Maine (since 1820), 32,400 square statute miles, with 501,793 inhabit- 

 ants, capital Augusta. 2. New Hampshire (since 1623), 9500 sq. st> m., 

 with 284,574 inhabs., cap. Concord. 3. Vermont (since 1791), 9700 sq. st. 

 m., with 291,948 inhabs., cap. Montpelier. 4. Massachusetts (since 1628), 

 7800 sq. St. m., with 737,699 inhabs., cap. Boston, wdth 114,000 inhabs. 5. 

 Rhode Island (since 1638), 1251 sq. st. m., with 108,830 inhabs., cap. 

 Providence, with 23,000 inhabs., and Newport. 6. Connecticut (since 

 1635), 4789 sq. st. m., with 309,978 inhabs., cap. Hartford, with 1300 inhabs., 

 and New Haven. 7. New York (since 1614), 46,220 sq. st. m., with 

 2,428,921 inhabs., cap. Albany with 34,000 inhabs. ; the first commercial 

 and most populous city of the whole union is New York, with 370,000 

 inhabs. 8. New Jersey (since 1624), 7948 sq. st. m., with 373,306 inhabs., 

 cap. Trenton, with 4000 inhabs. 9. Pennsylvania (since 1682), 42,215 sq. 

 st. m., with 1,724,023 inhabs., cap. Harrisburg, w^ith 6000- inhabs. ; the 

 second city of the union in population is Philadelphia, with 260,000 inhabs. 

 10. Delaware (since 1627), 2068 sq. st. m., with 78,085 inhabs., cap. Dover, 

 with 6600 inhabs. 11. Maryland (since 1633), 10,755 sq, st. m., with 

 470,019 inhabs., cap. Annapolis, with' 3000 inhabs. ; here belongs the third 

 city of the union, Baltimore, with 134,000 inhabs. 12. Virginia (since 1607), 

 65,700 sq. st. m., with 1,239,797 inhabs., cap. Richmond, with 20,000 inhabs. 

 13. North Carolina (since 1650), 51,632 sq. st. m., with 753,419 inhabs., 

 cap. Raleigh, w^ith 2000 inhabs. 14. South Carohna (since 1670), 31,565 

 sq. st. m., with 594,398 inhabs., cap. Columbia, with 4300 inhabs. 15. 

 Georgia (since 1733), 61,683 sq. st. m., with 691,392 inhabs., cap. Milledge- 

 ville. 16. Florida (since 1845), 56,336 sq. st. m., with 54,447 inhabs., cap. 

 Tallahasse. 17. Alabama (since 1819), 54,084 sq. st. m., with 590,756 

 inhabs., cap. Montgomery. 18. Mississippi (since 1817), 49,356 sq. st. m., 

 with 375,651 inhabs., cap. Jackson. 19. Louisiana (since 1812), 47,413 sq. 

 St. m,, with 352,411 inhabs.. cap. Baton Rouge. 20. Tennessee (since 

 1796), 41,752 sq. st. m., with &29,210 inhabs., cap. Nashville. 21. Kentucky 

 (since 1792), 40,023 sq. st. m., with 779,828 inhabs., cap. Frankfort. 22. 

 Ohio (since 1802), 40,500 sq. st. m., with 1,519,464 inhabs., cap. Columbus; 

 far more important is Cincinnati, with more than 100,000 inhabs. 23. 

 Indiana (since 1816), 35,626 sq. st. m., with 685,866 inhabs., cap. Indiana- 

 polis. 24. Illinois (since 1818), 56,506 sq. st. m., with 476,183 inhabs., cap. 

 Springfield. 25. Michigan (since 1836), 60,537 sq. st. m., with 212,267 

 inhabs., cap. Lansing. 26. Missouri (since 1820), 70,050 sq. st. m., with 

 383,702 inhabs., cap. Jefferson city ; the most important city is St. Louis, 

 with 40,000 inhabs. 27. Arkansas (since 1835), 54,617 sq. st. m., with 

 97,574 inhabs., cap. Arkopolis or Little-Rock. 28. Wisconsin (since 1846), 

 92,930 sq. st. m., with 30,945 inhabs., cap. Madison. 29. Iowa (since 1845)^ 

 173,786 sq. st. m., with 43,112 inhabs., cap. Iowa city. 30. Texas (since 



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