ANNUAL REPORT—INCREASE OF POPULATED. 
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there is a growing indisposition toward the work of the farm and 
the quietness of life in the country, or that a larger proportion 
of those who come to us from other parts of the country and 
from the old world have been attracted hither by certain supe¬ 
rior advantages our state presents over many others for pursuits 
other than agriculture. 
For the purpose of settling this question approximately,* 
we have ascertained the population of some thirty-six of the 
leading towns and villages in 1850, 1860 and 1870. Others 
might have been included in our calculation, but these were 
deemed sufficient. They were taken at random, except that 
we have intended that they should represent all sections of the 
state. 
Table shotting the Population, at different periods, of several leading Cities 
and Villages of Wisconsin. 
Appleton. 
Beloit. 
Beaver Dam.... 
Boscobel. 
Berlin. 
Chippewa Falls 
Columbus. 
Del avail. 
Dodge ville. 
Eau Claire 
Fort Howard. ., 
Fond du Lac... 
Fox Lake. 
Green Bay. 
Hudson. 
Janesville. 
Jefferson. 
Kenosha. 
La Crosse. 
Madison. 
Monroe. 
Mineral Point... 
Milwaukee. 
Oshkosh . 
Prescott. 
Portage. 
Prairie du Chien 
Place. 
1850. 
2, 782 
1,499 
1,061 
672 
2,117 
2, 014 
1,923 
3,335 
550 
3,455 
1,525 
1,146 
2,584 
20,361 
702 
1,175 
I860. 
2,345 
• 4,098 
2,765 
665 
1.449 
753 
1,188 
1,549 
2,181 
1,264 
694 
5.450 
1,461 
2,275 
1,560 
7,703 
1,466 
3,990 
3,860 
6,611 
2,170 
2,289 
45, 246 
6,086 
1,031 
2,879 
2,398 
1870. 
4, 521 
4, 398 
3,264 
1.509 
2, 778 
2.510 
1,888 
1,688 
1,407 
5,062 
2,461 
12,765 
1,086 
4,666 
1,748 
8, 789 
2,177 
4,308 
9,280 
9,173 
3,404 
3,276 
71,461 
12,673 
1,145 
3,985 
3,661 
* From the census of 1850 it is sometimes quite impossible, where the name of a village 
or city is identical with that of the township in which it is located to decide whether the 
figures are intended to represent the population of the city merely, or that of the township 
tne city included. 
