Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1843-01-03
NoTEs ON THE CENSUS

NOTES ON THE CENsUS.-OfI
those employed in the navigation Of the
ocean, we find the proportion unequal in
the several states s. territories: in Mass,
achuseIls, to 81 Of the population, which
is the greatest, and the number amount.
ing 10 nearly one-halfof those in all the
states and territori es. The next greats
est is in Maine: the next in Rhode Is
land; the next in Connecticut; next iD
Kentucky; next in Tennessee; next in
Mississippi; next in Missouri; next in
Michigan; next in Indiana; the next H.
linois; the next in Ohio; states which are
removed from the ocean; and next in
Vermont, which is also some distance
from the ocean. The proportion is
to l9l in the free states, which is much
larger than ! to 1884 in the slave states
The number depends very much upon
the situation ofthe different named states
as they border upon the ocean. II will
be perceived that more than one-ninth
part Of the population of Boston are reg.
istered as employed in the navigation OF
the ocean that they constitute nearly fifth
part OF the whole number of this class,
and that one sixty.second part of the pop.
ulatiOn of the sixteen cities containing l.
l64, $50 Inhabitants, are composed Ofths
class.
OF those employed in the navigation
Of canals, lakes, and rivers, the number
in New York is the largest, being nearly
a third part of the whole number, but the
proportion is greatest in Wisconsin Ter.
ritOIy. All the states and territories fur.
nish some, and the free states a greater
proportion than the slave states.
In regard to the learned professions and
engineers, the proportion is larger in the
free than in the slave states; and, singu-
lar as it may seem, the proportion is the
largest in iowa; next in Wisconsin, next
in Vermont; next ia New York, mex! in
New Hampshire; next in Connecticut; ;and
next in the district of Columbia; while
the smallest is in North Carolina; next in
Georgia; next in Tennessee; next in
South Carolina; next in Delaware, and
the next in Alabama. We find in Hano.
yer N. Hampshire, where there is col
iege and medical school, there are $50
ofthis class, or nearly seventh part Of
the whole population Of 2,6l3; OfwhOm
only ] are eolOred persons; and that they
constitute nearly one half Of $50,
the number Of free white males over
twenty years Of age. The number en-
gagged in four other employmenls speci>
fed ia the census, is 1925 in this town.
| All the students in the college we're
probably counted-while at other places,
as at Cambridge, they were not coun-
ted. Also, at Schenectady, N. Y, the
number was 362, or nearly l to Is inhab-
itants, where all the students may have
been counted. We apprehend that no
uniform rules we're followed through the
several states; and therefore,, though the
general result may be correct in respect
to states and to the Union, thele may he
important errors in respect to particular
places. This remark, we believe, is also
applicable to those employed in com.
meTce in the several towns, for we find
that in some Of the tewns in which we
know there are persons employed under
the name Of Cftraders, or country merchants,
none are counted as emplOyedin com.
merce.