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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



State of New York. In 1900 there were eight hundred and forty 

 industrial establishments in Troy, with a capital of over 

 124,000,000. The chief industries of Troy are men's furnishing 

 goods, iron and steel, foundry and machine products, liquors, 

 hosiery and knit goods, paper and wood pulp, printing and pub- 

 lishing newspapers and periodicals, flouring and gristmill 

 products, etc. 



Statistical comparisons 



Relation of population to capital invested in manufacturing. 

 Let us see what is the relation, based on unit area, of population 

 to capital invested in manufacturing in Connecticut, Massachu- 

 setts, Rhode Island and New York. 



Percentage increase of population. The following tabulation 

 shows land area as per the Twelfth Census ; population in 1900 and 

 1890; percentage increase from 1890 to 1900, and population per 

 square mile in 1900, for the aforesaid states : 



Name of State 



Land 

 area in 

 square 



miles 



Population 

 in 1900 



Population 

 in 1890 



Percent- 

 age 

 increase 



Popula- 

 tion per 

 square 

 mile in 

 1900 



(1) 



Connecticut 



(2) 



(3) 



(4) 



(5) 



(0) 



4,845 

 8,040 

 1,053 

 47. 620 



908, 420 

 2, 805, 346 



428,556 

 7, 268, 894 



746. 258 

 2. -288, 943 



345, 506 

 5, 997, 853 



21.7% 

 25.3% 

 24.0% 

 21.1% 



188 

 349 

 407 

 153 



Massachusetts 



Rhode Island 



New York 





The following tabulation as taken from the Twelfth Census 

 shows the population in 1900, the capital invested in manufactur- 

 ing, the value of the annual manufactured product, the assessed 

 value of real estate, value of lands and buildings used in manu- 

 factures, the percentage which the value of the lands and build- 

 ings used in manufacture is of the total assessed value of real 

 estate, the manufactured product per capita, and the real estate 

 per capita, for the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode 

 Island and New York: 



