880 Observations on the | 
From the location, climate, and productions, and the 
habits and pursuits of their inhabitants, the States of the 
Union may be properly arranged into the following groups :*+— 
- No. of 
Area in Inhabitants 
s Population. ' 
Pele ‘opulation. | t Square 
New England States, (6) ........+-12ee00+ 63,226 | 2,727,597 | 43°07 
Middle States, including Maryland, Dela- 
ware, and Ohio, (6) ..-seseeeeseeeeeeenee 151,760 | 8,653,713 | 57°02 
Coast Planting States, including South 
Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, 
Mississippi, and Louisiana, (6) ........ 286,077 | 3,537,089 | 12°36 
Central Slave States :— Virginia, North 
Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mis- 
souri, Arkansas, (6) ......scssesssceeeeses 308,210 | 5,168,000} 16°75 
North-western States :—Indiana, Illinois, 
Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa, (5)... | 250,000 | 2,737,000] 10:92 
A Was et Pi ere ytiarr ee Hy oye tose: 237,000 212,000 0:89 
California tint 3 See eens aoe ara 189,000 | 165,000] 0:87 
Taking the thirty-one States together, their area is 
1,485,870 square miles; and the average number of their 
inhabitants is 15°48 to the square mile. ‘The total area of 
the United States is 3,220,000 square miles; and the 
average density of population is 7°219 to the square mile. 
% The corresponding Australasiatic groups will be as under :—- 
Area in Population, Number of 
Inhabitants to 
Square Miles. (1852,) Square Mile, 
New South Wales.......:01s0e000+ 400,000 250,000 0°62 
Victoria (Aborigines, estimat- 
ed at about 2500, not in- 100,000 150,000 150 
Cluded) ..s.sssseeseeeeseeesene 
South Australia ....ssscsseee eee 300,000 60,000 0:20 
Western Australia 900,000 8,000 0-08 
Northern Australia ... Lie 1,000,000 | Uncolonised. 
Tasmania ..... Diets ea peteeaeeeseees 24,000 72,900 3° 
New Zealand (inclnding Abo-}) 195,000 | 175,000 14 
TIQINES) s..+..+0sse+-vonseres «- 
By the census of 1851 it appears that in Great Britain the mean ratio 
of population to the square mile was in towns 3337, and in the country 120 
—England and Wales showing similarly 161, and Scotland 49, to the 
square mile in the rural districts. 
