The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1852-02-19
IMPORTANT NATIONAL
STATISTICS.

AGRICULTURE, POPULATION, AND MANU-
rAcTuREs----The Report of J. C. G. Ken
nedy, Esq, the Superintendent ofthe Census,
is one Of the most valuable documents of
the day. 1t abounds with facts and figures
on important subjects, derived from the most
authentic sources. We proceed to notice
some of the most interesting:
The Population Of The misunderstanding
the population of California to be 10000,
(Which we do partly by cstimate0 and omit
ting that of Utah, estimarcd at 10000, the
total number of inhabitants in the United
States was, on the lst of June, 1850, 23,246,-
3Ol. The absolute Increase from the lst Of
June, 1910, has been 6,l76,84S, end the ac-
tual incaease per cent. is 36.lS. But it has
been shown that the probable amount of
population acquired by additions of territory
should be deducted in making n comparison
between the results of the present and lat
census These reductions diminish the to-
tai population of the country, rs basis of
comparison, to 23,074,3Ol, and the increase
to 6,OOI,SiS. The relative increase, after
this allowance, is found to be 35.l7 per cent
The aggregate number of whites in 1850
l9,6l9366, exhibiting n gain upon the num-
Der of the same class in 1910 of 5,123,37l,
and Il relative increase of 1929 per cent.
But excluding the $4,000 free population
supposed to have been acquired by the adj
ditiOn of territory since 1910, the gain is
5,27O, ,37l, and the increase per cent is 37.l4.
The SiGreS.---Thc number ofslaves by the
present census, Is 3l9,29S, which shows IN
increase of7l ,0S5, equal to 29.59 per ccct.
FIVE deduct 10000 for the probable slave
population of Texas in 1910, the result of
the comparison will be slightly different.
The absolute increase will be 692,OS5, and
the rate per cent. 1888
T'he Free COiOrei--Thc number of free
colored in 1850 was 52S.637; in 1910, 3S6,-
2i5; The increase in this class has been
42,392, or 1925 per cent.
The incrc0Sc.--From 1880 to 1910 the in
crease of the whole population was at the
rate of 1857 per cent. At the same rate of
advancement, the absolute gain for the ten
years last past would have been 5,67S,333,
or d26,5l5 less than it has been, without in
cluding the increase consequent upon addi-
tions of territory.
Area oC the StatcS.---Taking the thirtv-one
States together, their area is l,iS5, $40 square
miles, and the average number of their in
habitants is 1919 to the square mile. The
total area Of the United States is 1929 600
square miles, and the average density of pO-
pulation is 7,2l9 to the square mile.
The MorfdiHy Of The UniOn.---1hc sta;is-
ties of mortality in the census year represent
the number Of deaths occurring within the
year MS 32O,I9l; the ratio being rs ono to
725 of the living population, or rs ten to
each 726 of the population. The ratio of
mortality in this statement, taken rs Il whole,
seems SO much less than that of any portion
of Europe, that it must, nj present, be re-
ccivcd with some degree of"llOwancc.
The .NanBdcturcrS.--I'hr entire capital
invested in the various manufacturers in the
United States, on the LIT Of June, lS5O---
not to include any establishment producing
less than the annual value of S5OO--amomt-
ed in round numbers to $3.50 900. 900; value
of the raw material $3.50 100000; amount
paid for labor $2IO,OOO,0OO value of manu-
facturcd articles Sl.O2O. 100000 number of
persons employed 100000.
The AgricUhUrc.--Vnluc Of fIrmng i'm
plcmcnts Sl5l,S2O,273: live stock 552 7O6,-
23S; bushels wheat lOi,79923O: Indian
corn 5ol ,5s6,053: pounds of tchseco 1885,
532,49i ginncd cotton, bales, 2,i74,2li:
pounds of butter il2,203,2S6; pounds of
cheese l03, ,lSi,5S5: tons Of hay 1865, ,38i
tons ofhcmp 62,l82 bushels Of flax seed
5GT7i9; pounds of maple sugar 80, ,T59 2G3;
hhds of cane sugar 3lg6il; homemade
manufactures S27.52J.jlJ.
Cotton Goods ef fhc Eaion.---Capital in
vested STi,. 1881: value of raw materials
S3iS35,O56 male hands employed 33I5O {:
female ditto 59,l3G; value Of entire products
81 l,S69,lS4.
WooLen Goois Of The Tnion.--Capit.l in
vested 2S,llS,G5O; pounds of wool used
TO,S62,S29; tons of coal l6S7O; value of the
raw material $25,755,9S9; male hands en-
Ploycd 22,67S; female ditto 1854; value
of entire products SI3,2O7,555.
The Iron IrGdc cG The Tnion.--Capital in
vested in pig iron SI7,3IG,425 value Of en-
tire products l2,74S,777; capitol invested in
castings l7,il6,36l: value of entire pro-
ducts 25,i08, ,I55; capital invested in wrought
iron l4i95 220; value Of the entire products
l6,7i7O7I.