The Placer herald., 1856-07-12
Curiosities Of the Census.

OtT OF the ,OZO counties IN the nltCd
States in 1850, $50 had been created or al
tered in the previous ten years. in "a the
females greatly predominatc: in 255 the
slaves, and in 7 the foreign born. In AL
counties there were few or no foreigners, and
in 20 the native and foreign population were
about equal. In ,023 counties there We're
slaves; in 1872 no free colored persons. The
number of people to a dwelling in New
York City averaged more than l3, in Boston
nearly Q, in New Orleans 6 ID, in Richmond
about 5. 1t is estimated that one fourth part
Of the people in the country reside in villages,
town and cities.
In the year 1900, exclusive of the army
and navy, there were 3,SOG persons in the
employment Of the Federal Governments in
1854 the number was SO ,456, nine fold in
crease-the population having increased
about five fold. The number of real estate
owners in the United States cannot fall short
Of 100000, or one in about 3l0 of the free
males over q years of age. 1t is estimated
that the direct and Indirect tax paid by each
white person in the country for all purposes,
amounts TO 81 "a. There are about 400, 900
Indians within the territorial limits Of the
United States. At the close of the revolution
airy war General Knox estimated the Indians
in the thirteen States to number about 7G,
600. In 1850, Of the l,507 political news
papers published in the United States, $50
were whig and 742 democratic papers. Over
two fitths Of the national territory is drained
10y the Mississippi and It's tributaries. The
distance between the cities Of New York and
New Orleans is more than equal to that sep
arating London from Constautnoplc, or Paris
between New York and Astoria the distance
is equal to that between New York and Brc
men. BY the water route the distance is as
great as that between Canton and London.
The number of persons who live East of
the Mississippi river is twelve times greater
than the number of those who live west there
of. The non-slaveholding have third great
er population than the slaveholding States
Massachusetts, which was the first State ac-
cording to its white population in 1890, has
now becomet the fourth-eXactly reversing the
course of New York, which has become the
first from the fourth rank among the States.
In New England the females have always
exceeded the male in number The foreign
vote oil tlle country Is estimated to be one
twelfth Of the whole. The total number OF
families holding slaves in 1850 was 347 ,525.
1t is estimated that one third Of the white
population Of the slave States sustain the
relation of slave owners. The State of
New ork has about one-eiglt of the pop
ulation Of the Union; Pennsylvania about
one TENTH and Delaware about one two hun
dred and sixty third. There is one house to
every six persons in the country. The Cath
oics have but one eleventh as many churches
as the Methodists. The Methodists and Bap-
fists together have more than one half of all
the churches, and the Episcopal and Roman
Catholics are about equal in number. The
average value Of church ediices in the coun-
try is but $9,307; they will each seat $40 per-
sons upon the average.