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er 4thly, In order to calculate the actual increase, we must 

 include, not only the acquisition of Lousiana, but also the 

 emigrations from Europe. With respect to the white popula- 

 tion, we may, I think, assert, that the annual mean of the 

 emigrants arriving in the United States is nearly 10,000, or ra- 

 ther between 7,000 and 14,000 ; for although there have been 

 years of 22,000 and of 5,000, the average of the emigration 

 from Europe is not above 14,000, nor below 7000. The 

 increase of the black population is entirely natural, with 

 the exception of the period from 1800 to 1810, during which 

 we must include, not only the number of blacks found in 

 Louisiana, but also nearly 39,000 Africans, imported during 

 the years 1804 to 1807, the period to which South Carolina 

 permitted the importation of slaves. We should always 

 consider in these calculations the whole of the black popula- 

 tion, free and enslaved. 



e f Although we have not yet sufficient statements to obtain 

 definitive results on the annual births and deaths, it may be 

 affirmed that for the white population, the former are below 

 five, and the latter below two, in an hundred. The natural 

 annual difference or increase is 29 in an hundred." 



I shall add to the above information given by Mr. Galla- 

 tin, some other numerical statements : 



The total population in 1810, was 7,239,903 ; in 1820 it 

 was 9,637,999 ; increase 33 p. cent. 



The white population, in 1810, was 5,862,093 ; in 1820 it 

 was 7,856,082 j increase 34 p. cent. 



The slave population, in 1810, was 1,191,364; in 1820 it 

 was 1,537,568 ; increase 28 p. cent. 



The population of free coloured people, in 1810, was 

 186,443 ; in 1820 it was 238,149, increase of 27 J p. cent. 



The calculation of the area of the United States, which 1 

 gave above, in Chapter xxvi, supposes the astronomical 

 verification of five great lines j those of the coast of the 



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