RELATIVE DIVISION OF RACES. 



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Departments. 



Durango, 

 Chihuahua, 

 Sinaloa, . 

 Chiapas, 

 Sonora, . 

 Queretaro, . 

 Nuevo Leon, . 

 Tamaulipas, 

 Coahuila, 

 Aguas Calientes. 

 Tabasco, . 

 Nuevo Mexico, 

 Californias, 



Population 



162,618 

 147,600 

 147,000 

 141,206 

 124,000 

 120,560 

 101,108 

 100,068 

 75,340 

 69,698 

 63,580 

 57,026 

 33,439 



7,015,509 



57,026 

 25,000 



82,026 — 82,026 



Estimated actual population in 1842, . . 6,933,483 

 Add 10 per cent, for the probable increase in 7 years 693,348 



Proximate actual population in 1850, . 7,626,831 



This population may be relatively classed among races and castes 

 as follows : 



4,354,886 . Indians. 

 1,100,000 . . Whites. 



2,165,345 . Meztizos, Zambos, Mulattoes, &c. 

 6,600 . . Negroes. 



7,626,831 



As Mexico, since the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, in 1848, 

 possesses 798,402 square miles, this will give nine inhabitants and 

 a fraction, to the square mile. 



From these calculations we deduce some very important facts as 

 to the physical and intellectual condition of Mexico, which are very 

 significant in the illustration of history. It appears that the total 

 number of pure whites in the republic, is, in all probability, not 

 more than 1,100,000; while the Indians, Negroes, Zambos, Mulat- 

 toes, Meztizos, and all the mixed bloods, amount to 6,526,831. 

 During our residence in Mexico we ascertained from reliable au- 

 thority that among the Indians and negroes but two per cent, could 



New Mexico, 

 pper Cc 

 added i 

 States. 



i . r ) Upper California, since 

 Deduct for <> ^ dded to the United 



