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to past progress, viewed in connection with that of Euro- 
pean nations, the population of the United States in forty 
years will exceed that of England, France, Spain, Portugal, 
Sweden, and Switzerland combined. 
The relative progress of the several races and classes of 
the population is shown in the following tabular state- 
ment :-— 
INCREASE per cent. of each Class of Inhabitants in the United States 
for Sixty Years. 
1790 | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 |1830 | 4 
to to to to to ze 
COKSEEE- 1800. | 1810.| 1820.| 1830. |1840.| 1850, 
———EE—— ss 
a teeter retreat 35°7 | 862 | 34:19] 33°95] 34-7| 38-28 
Free Coloured ..+.sssscrseeeesseere | 82°2 | 72°2 | 25°25] 36:85! 20:9] 10-9 
Slaves.eeseresereesssereseecseseeseese | 27°9 | 33-4 | 29-1 | 80-61] 28-8] 99:58 
Total Coloured ........+44 secseeeee | 82°2 | 37°6 | 28-58] 81-44] 23-4] 26-22 
Total Population .....++ssssee00s. 35-01 | 86°45 | 33:12] 33-48| 32-6] 36-25 
The following Table shows the increase from 1790 to 
1850 without reference to intervening periods :— 
Absolute Increase 
Increase per cent. 
in 60 Years. lin 60Years, 
1790. 1850. 
Whites .c.ssssssseeeesese | 3,172,464 | 19,638,019 
Free Coloured ......... 59,466 | 428,637 
16,457,555 | 527-97 
869,171 -| 617-44 
Slaves ssecseeveeeeses | 697,897 | 3,184,262 | 2,486,365 | 350-18 
Total Free, Coloured, : 
~ and Slaves sss. 757,363 | 3,612,899 
Total Population ...... | 3,929,827 | 23,246,301 
2,855,536 | 377-00 
19,316,444 | 491-59 
