Census of the United States. 873 
To estimate aright the progress of the population since 
1840, there must be deducted from the aggregate number 
of inhabitants shown under this census the population of 
Texas in 1840, and the number contained within the limits 
of California and the new territories at the time of their 
acquisition. Texas, it is believed, in 1840, numbered 
75,000 inhabitants; and California, New Mexico, and 
Oregon in 1846, when they became subject to America, 
had a population of 97,000. Thus, with the accessions of 
territory, there was an accession of 172,000 to the American 
population. 
Assuming the population of California to be 165,000, the 
total number of inhabitants in the United States, on the 
Ist June, 1850, was 23,246,801.* The absolute increase 
since Ist June, 1840, has been 6,176,848, or 86°18 per 
cent. But the population acquired by additions of territory 
must be deducted in making a comparison between the 
results of the present and last census. These reductions 
diminish the total population of the country, as a basis of 
comparison, to 23,074,301, and the increase to 6,004,848. 
The relative increase, after this allowance, is found to be 
35°17 per cent. 
* The entire population of the Australasiatic Broth at the date of the 
census of 1851 may be estimated at about half a million, in the following 
proportions ; viz.— 
New South Walés.............ccccssesseeese 189,951 
Victoria 77,3845 
‘Tasmania 70,130 
South Australia 60,000 
Western Australia 5,500 
