Washington telegraph., 1855-02-28
'Curiosities Of the Census. euuus

OuT1OS1t1eS Oh the census.
A writer in Harper's Magazine for Feb
ruary. deduces some curious facts from a
comparison of the GENIUS returns for 1850
with those Of preceding decades. We pre-
sent a few of them. .oo 80
Growth OF STArEs-The least growth
IN ten years belongs to Vermont, her g.fn
having been but 7:59 per cent; the great
est to. Wisconsin. her increase having
amounted to 8e6:88 The smallest rate of
growth within the last sixty years is that of
Delaware $3.50 while the largest is Ten
nessee (270E58) The ratio of increase of
the slaveholding States at the census of
1910. was 25:41 per cent; in 1850. 8 l:37
for the non-slayeholding States and Terrific
ries it was. for 1910. 3S:73; 1850. 1898.
Our general growth for the decade 1900
1910. was 36:42 per cent; for l840-l850
it was 1851 The ratio of increase from
l84O-1850 is larger for. the slavebolding
than for the non-slaveholding States. and
the average growth of the whole is greater
than ever before, the decade of 1910 ex-
copied"
Persons OF FOREIGN BIRrH.-There
are living in tie United States 2 PA, ,64s
of this class aud they are distributed as fol-
lows. viz: Eastern section. 306 .249, against
421 .867 native born; Middle. 1.0S0.674.
against 5447 .733; Southern 43 ,53l, against
2342 255; Southwestern. los .335, against
1.973.53l; Northwestern and Territories
108.S $50. against 5.557 500; total of foreign
birth. 2 344.648. against 17.742.915 native
born. The largest per cent is in the Mid
die section. being 1884 the smallest is in
the Southern. being l:S6 The amount of
personal property brought by foreigners to
the United States can Dot be accurately es-
finated. but taking the calculation of the
English Commissioners Of Emigration, it is
set down at $21 1644.4S0 for the last six
years. Where do these foreigners prefer to
reside? They seek the towns and cities
for out of 961 719 Irish, it has been found
that 3S2.402 are in large cities. The ratio
among the Germans and Prussians is nearly
the same in the former being 1916 in ia
vor Of the cities, and in the latter 36:43
Real AND Personal EsTArE-The ap-
proximative value of real aud personal es-
tate is 81 .066 562 $685. The real estate is
over 45 per cent. greater than the personal.
a rough estimate of holders makes about
1.500. 600 persons. or 33 per cent of the
free males over 81 years of age The ex-
penditures of the States are estimated at
24.52S 666, and their debt>Sl9l. .50S 1922.
The amount supposed to be paid by each
individual in the Union, for every species
of taxation. is 50 SO. against 81 55 in
1882. -h ~
PAuPERs.-The whole number of pau
peIS, supported in whole or in part in the
different States Within the year ending j une
l, 1850. is-native, 66.434; foreign 6S.-
53S total. 134,S72. Z The annual cost of
support is nearly S3 100000.
Prisons AND PENITENTIARIEs The
whole number of white persons confined is
set down at 4.755 Nearly one-ibird of
these are foreig Celored and slaves
are reported at SSS Total 5646 For
aevcry 10000 native whites there are nearly
two in1prison for every 10000 foreign
whites. there are over six; for every TO-
900 native and foreign whites. there are be-
tween two and three in confinement. In
the slaveholding States. thirteen free color
ed in every 10000 are in prison in the
uon-slaveholding States, %. ...sg E.
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