The Press.
London, England, 1853-12-03 00:00:00

Total area of the United States and their territories in

2.951,1ki
lu a subsequent page the aggregate area of the l'uion,
given by states and territories, is stated at 3,:I043,000 rquan,

Mr. I►e Bow remarks upon the foregoing table as
follows :—" The territorial extent of the republic is
therefore, nearly ten times as huge as that of Great
Britain and France combined ; three times as large a..
France, Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, Spain, Portugal,
Belgium, Holland, and Dennuirk together; one and one•
half times as large as the Itussiim empire iu Europe ;
one•sixth leas only than the area covered by the fitty•tiine
or sixty empires, states, and republics of Europe ; of equal
extent with the Roman empire, or that of Alexander,
neither of which is said to have exceeded 3,00(000 square

The area of all the Mates of Europe is given as 3,684,h1:12
square miles. The areas of the different countries ou the
American continent are given as follows :

Square miles.
United States, by detailed estimate 3,3011.5466
British America 3,01n,39#1

Mexico

Central America
Rietttian America
Danish America (Greenland)

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203,551
$94,000
3+40,101*

Total area of North America 8,373,8411
The estimated population of the United States at cer.ain
periods since the commencement of the last century is
given as follows :-
1701
1749 1 0104,1100
1775 (including 500,000 slaves) 2,ti03,090

The most interesting table of the series is the following
abstract of the population as distributed among the Thirty.
nine States of the Union

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STATES AND
W kite. El t 22
TEIIII ITORIES. U 1 a
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C., ..
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Alabama 416514 2.165 342844 771621
Arkansas
l'alifornia
Carolina, North
Carolina, South
Columbia, Dia
Connecticut
1/elaware
Florida
Georgia
Ill' is
holism*
Indian Territory
lowa
Kentucky
I.4naisiana
Maine 6611613 1356 583169
Maryland . . 417943 74723 90368 5003034
Massachusetts 985450 9064 994614
Michigan
Minnesota Territory
Mississippi
Missouri
Nebraska Territory —
New llatnpollirs
New Mexico Territory
New York
New Jersey
North-west Territory —
Ohio
Oregon Territory 130,47 207 13294
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Teni.esseo
Texas 154034 197 58161 211591
Utah Territory 11334) 24 26 11380
Virginia
Vermont 313401 718 314120
Wisconsin 504756 635 305391

Total United States .

..:19383008 434496 3204313 23101071

REMARKS.

Alabiuna—Formed out of territory ceded to United States
by Sonth Carolina and Ueorgia. Admitted into the Union
I►ee. 14,11419.

Arkansas—Formed from territory ceded to United States
by France. Admitted into the Union dune 15, Wit
California—Formed of territory ceded by Mexico. Ad-
mitted into the Union Sept. 9, ISW.
Carolina, North—One of the thirteen original states.
Ratified the constitution of the United States Nov. 11,
17811.

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('amtina, South—One of the thirteen original states.
Ratified the constitution of the United States May V,
17HH.
Columbia, I►i4trict of—Formed from territory ceded
by Maryland and Virginia. Established as seat of llovein•
went July 19, 1790. Alesandria retroceded, July, 11ti.
('onnecticut—t►ne of the thirteen original states. Matt•
fled the constitution of the United States Jan 9, 17H0.
Delaware—One of the thirteen original states. Ratified
the constitution of the United States l►ec. 7, 1767.