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Table continued. 
Proportion of Ten 
Thousand Persons chiefly employed in 
Agriculture, 
Commerce, 
Manufactures. 
Vermont, 
2161 
New Jersey, 
66 
Ohio, 
326 
New Hampshire. 2145 
Georgia, 
63 
Virginia, 
304 
Missouri, 
2140 
Arkansas, 
55 
Missouri, 
293 
Maryland, 
1943 
South Carolina, 
53 
Maine, 
Michigan, 
256 
Ohio, 
1909 
New Hampshire, 
44 
220 
Maine, 
1844 
Virginia, 
42 
Indiana, 
Kentucky, 
219 
Connecticut, 
1835 
Illinois, 
42 
209 
Delaware, 
1823 
North Carolina, 
40 
Tennessee, 
186 
New- York, - 
1804 
Missisippi, 
39 
North Carolina, 
185 
Michigan, 
1650 
Alabama, 
35 
Illinois, 
182 
Rhode Island, 
1512 
Vermont, 
33 
South Carolina, 
132 
New Jersey, - 
1470 
Kentucky, 
29 
Arkansas, 
125 
Pennsylvania, 
1342 
Indiana, 
29 
Alabama, 
110 
Massachusetts, 
1213 
Ohio, 
25 
Georgia, 
104 
Columbia, 
258 
Tennessee, 
21 
Missisippi, 
86 
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At the summit of the agricultural column will be found In- 
diana, and at the bottom of the same Columbia ; because, in the 
former state, agriculture abounds in a maximum degree, in pro- 
portion to its population ; and in the latter, the least of the whole 
series. In the first line also of the commercial column will be 
found Michigan, and in the last Tennessee ; and in the column 
for manufactures Rhode Island appears to enjoy their advan- 
tage the most, and Missisippi the least. The order in which 
the provinces are arranged, in conformity to the value of the 
representative numbers, although a little at variance with their 
geographical positions, will not only enable us to trace with ease 
the gradations in the influence of those arts, subservient to the 
existence and well-being of man, through all the different States, 
but likewise, if necessary, to ascertain the comparative relations 
and importance of agriculture, commerce, and manufactures in 
each State ; and also, in the great mass of the provinces at large. 
If we wish, for example, to compare the condition of agricul- 
ture in Kentucky with that of Maryland, we shall find, that 
they are to each other as 2342 to 1943 ; or that this necessary 
art prevails in the former State above the latter, in nearly the 
ratio of 23 to 19- In like manner, if it be required to compare 
the commerce of New York with that of New Jersey, we shall 
ftnd, that because each is denoted by 66, they are in a ratio of 
