Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-12-27
CENSUS STATISTICS.

By favor of the obliging superintendent, Mr.. KEN
NEDY, we have already, from time to time, publish
ed the population returns of the late Census of
nearly all the States. We give to-day portion of
the full and able report just made for Congress by
the same indefatigable officer, and communica-
ted by the Secretary of the Interior. We select
this extract for present use, as embracing variety
Of STATISTICS of the Industrial slltp and agrcultu-
xral and manufacturing productions Qf the country,
which win, are sure, possess interest for all our
readers
TExTRAcT.1
The seventh enumeration of the inhabitants Of the Uni
ted States exhibits results which every citizen Of the
country may contemplate with qualification and pride.
Since the of 1910 there have been added to the
territory of the republic by annexation conquest and
purchase 824 969 square miles, and title to region
covering 463 square miles, which before properly be-
longed u.s. but claimed and partially occupied by
foreign Power has been established by negotiation, and
it has been brought within acknowledged boundaries
BY such the of the United States has extend
ed during the past ten years from 055 1853 595
square miles, without including the great lakes which lie
upon our northern border the bays which ndentate
Atlantic and Pacific shores. All which has come
within the scope of the seventh census
In the endeavor to ascertain the progress of popu
lation 1840 it will be proper to deduct from the ag
gregate number of inhabitants shown by the present
census the population Of Texas in 840 and the numbers
embraced within the limits Of California and the Ter
rtores at the time Of their acquisition From the best
information which has to hand it is believed that
IeXdS contained III lS7U anu uet
when California, New Mexico and Oregon into
possession in 1916 they had population of $4,000 1t
thus appears that have received by additions OF terri
tory since l840 accession of to the numbers OF
our people
The increase which has taken place in those extended
regions since they under the authority of Gov
ernmen should obviously be reckoned part of the
development and progress of our population Nor is 1t
necessary compcate the comparison by taking into
the probable natural increase of this acquired
population because have not the Of determn-
ing the rate of its advancement the law which gov
erned its progress while yet beyond the influence of
political system The year 840 rather than the date of
the annexation Of Texas has been taken for estimating
her population in connexion with that of the Union be-
may be safely assumed that whatever the increase
during the five intervening years may have been it was
mainly if altogether derived from the United States
Owing to delays and difficulties mentioned in compet-
ing the work. which action the part Of this office
could obviate of the from California have
not yet been received Assuming the population of Cali
for.la 70 be 165o0o, (which 10 partly
and emitting that of Utah. estimated at 0O0 the total
number of inhabitants in the United States on the
1st of june 1850 The absolute increase from
1st june 1840 has been 84S and the actual increase
per cent &c. 49, But it has been shown that the pro-
babe amount population acquired by additions of ter
rory should be deducted in making comparison between
the results the present and the last These
deductions reduce the total population Of the country as
basis Of comparison to % 30l, and the increase to
6O04 S48 The relative increase, after this allowance is
found to be 3517 per cent. The aggregate number of
whites in 1850 19619,366, exhibiting gain upon
relative increase of 382 per cent But excluding the
$4,000 free population supposed to have been acquired
by the addition of territory since lS4O, the gain is
527O, 81, and the increase per cent 3714
The number of slaves by the present census is 298
which shows increase of III 085 equal to 1855 per
cent If we deduct 900 for the probable slave popua
ton of Texas in 1840 the result of the comparison will
be slightly different. The absolute increase will be
692 O85, and the rate per cent. 81 .83.
The number of free coored population in 1850 was
in 1S40 1885, 245 The increase of this class has
been AZ, 1892, or 1926 per cent.
From 1880 1910 the increase of the whole population
was at the of 3267 per cent At the rate Of
advancement the absolute gain for the ten years last past
would have been 5578 $685. 426,515 less than it has
been without including the increase consequent upon ad
ditions Of territory.
The aggregate increase of population from all
shows relative advance greater than that of any other
decennia terms except that from the second to the third
census during which time the country received
sion of inhabitants by the purchase of Louisiana consider
ably greater than per cent of the whole number.
Rejecting from the of 1910 Las per cent for the
population Of Louisiana and from the of 1850
per for that of Texas California &c., the result is
in favor of the last ten by about onefourteenth Of
per cent the gain from 1900 to 1910 being 35 05 per
cent and from 1840 to 1885, cent But without
going behind the of the returns it appears that the
increase from the second to the third thirty
two hunredths Of per cent greater than from the
sixth to the seventh.
The relative progress of the several and classes
Of the population is shown in the following tabular
statement.
Table OF increase per Of each class Of inhabitants IN The
Tinted States for sirty years.