2 BULLETIN lTi, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 1. — Population, improved land, dairy cows, and production of butter and cheese, 
by geographic divisions for 1870, 1880, 1890, 1900, and 1910. 
Year and geographic division. 
Population. 
Number of 
dairy cows. 
Improved 
land. 
Production for calendar f 
year preceding date of j ■ 
census. 
Butter. 
Cheese. 
1910. 
New England 
Middle Atlantic 
East North Central 
West North Central 
South Atlantic 
East South Central 
West South Central 
Mountain 
Pacific 
Total, United States 
1900. 
New England 
Middle Atlantic 
East North Central 
West North Central 
South Atlantic 
East South Central 
West South Central 
Mountain 
Pacific 
Total, United States 
1890. 
New England 
Middle Atlantic 
East North Central 
West North Central 
South Atlantic 
East South Central 
West South Central 
Mountain 
Pacific 
Total, United States 
1880. 
New England 
Middle Atlantic 
East North Central 
West North Central 
South Atlantic 
East South Central 
West South Central 
Mountain 
Pacific , 
Total, United States 
1870. 
New England 
Middle Atlantic 
East North Central 
West North Central 
South Atlantic 
East South Central 
West South Central , 
Mountain 
Pacific 
Total, United States 
6, 552, 681 
19,315,892 
18,250,621 
11,637,921 
12, 194, 895 
8, 409, 901 
8, 784, 534 
2,633,517 
4,192,304 
841,698 
2, 597, 652 
4, 829, 527 
5,327,606 
1,810,754 
1,628,061 
2, 249, 553 
514,466 
826,115 
Acres. 
7, 254, 904 
29, 320, 894 
88,947,228 
164, 284, 862 
48, 479, 733 
43, 946, 846 
58, 264, 273 
15,915,002 
22,038.008 
Pounds. 
68,699,379 
165, 392, 518 
424, 137, 997 
444, 724, 204 
125,256,293 
136,791,873 
134,876,201 
34,756,687 
84,780,111 
91,972,266 
20, 625, 432 
478,451,750 
1,619,415,263 
5,592,017 
15,454.678 
15, 985, 581 
10,347,423 
10,443,480 
7, 547, 757 
.6, 532, 290 
1,674,657 
2, 416, 692 
893,478 
2, 602, 788 
3, 962, 481 
4. 527, 803 
1,383,319 
1, 264, 282 
1,634,954 
329,604 
536, 924 
30, 
86, 
135, 
46, 
40, 
39, 
8, 
18, 
134,403 
786,211 
670, 271 
643, 828 
100, 226 
237,337 
770, 530 
402,576 
753, 105 
r 5, 994, 575 
17, 135, 633 
92, 032, 196 
233, 986, 350 
403,208,930 
407, 632; 767 
92,883,312 
97, 999, 645 
88, 856, 542 
20, 499, 029 
54, 653, 831 
414,498,487 1,491,752,602 
i, 700, 749 
12,706,220 
13,478,305 
8,932,112- 
8,857,32% 
6,429,154 
4, 740, 983 
1,213,935 
1, 888, 334 
822, 001 
2,529,060 
t752, 237 
488, 762 
^^69,4«g 
1,?12,0*£ 
1,517,583 
218, 689 
502, 078 
10, 738, 930 
31,599,-094 
774*647 
517,479 
617,371 
729, 170 
559, 654 
460, 739 
559, 671 
105, 
41, 
35, 
30, 
5, 
17, 
62,947,714 
16,511,950 
357,616,755 
4,010,529 
10, 496, 878 
11,206,668 
6, 157, 443 
7,597,197 
5, 585, 151 
3,334,220 
653, 119 
1,114,578 
746, 656 
2, 444, 089 
2,990,852 
2,411,229 
1,280,761 
1,145,403 
1,002,037 
124,844 
297, 249 
13,148,466 
33,237,166 
75,589,373 
61,252,946 
36,170,331 
30, 820, 882 
18, 985, 889 
2,213,300 
13,352,689 
50,155,783 
12,443,120 
284,771,042 
3,487,924 
8, 810, 806 
9, 124, 517 
3, 856, 594 
5,853,610 
4, 404, 445 
2, 029, 965 
315,385 
675, 125 
642, 593 
2,190,429 
2, 247, 683 
1,046,324 
1,001,094 
835, 351 
659, 083 
83, 419 
229,356 
11,997,540 
29. 119. 645 
54. 899. 646 
23, 509, 863 
30,202,991 
24,218,478 
6, 870, 297 
576, 200 
7, 526, 439 
38,558,371 
5,935,332 
188,921,099 
77,240,024 
217.|93,692 
32' 051, 265 
323,491,323 
80,401,070 
84,'955;g55 
50,347,087 
8, 709, 349 
35, 456, 941 
1,205,446, 
65, 934, 782 
211,073,290 
240,351,236 
143, 103, 863 
48, 703, 330 
51,603,349 
22, 605, 422 
3, 205, 759 
20,091,040 
3,672,071 
49,662,325 
176, 248, 193 
156.138,383 
58,262,042 
28,575,306 
27,273,321 
6, 789, 083 
1,348,607 
9, 795, 423 
514,092,683 
Pounds. 
3,676,609 
118,339,484 
180, 423, 449 
5, 286, 968 
514, 137 
93, 971 
441,697 
2,546,935 
9, 208, 931 
320, 532, 181 
6, 958, 700 
141,259,571 
120,279,089 
13,667,004 
593,308 
181,528 
473,381 
4,709,314 
10, 222, 744 
298, 344, 639 
9,107,032 
130,131,662 
93, 779, 808 
16, 446, 053 
CU5, 291 
177,070 
172,597 
739, 976 
5, 779, 894 
256, 749, 383 
12,202,042 
138, 700, 187 
78,950,611 
7,581,959 
640, 065 
184, 538 
92,385 
606, 392 
4,199,671 
243,157,850 
16,316,016 
104,047,024 
35, 889, 749 
2, 151, 998 
252, 190 
509, 290 
48, 208 
181,035 
3,531,872 
162,927,382 
i The geographic divisions are as follows: New England: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachu- 
setts, Rhode Island, Connecticut; Middle Atlantic: New York, New jersey, and Pennsvlvania; East 
North. Central: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin; West North Central: Minnesota, Iowa, 
Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas; South Atlantic: Delaware, Maryland, 
District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida; 
East South Central: Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi; West South Central: Arkansas, 
Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; Mountain: Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, 
Utah, and Nevada; Pacific: Washington, Oregon, and California. 
New England and Middle Atlantic divisions combined comprise the North Atlantic geographic division 
and the Mountain and Pacific divisions, the Western. 
