Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1856-11-22
Curiositaes OF the Census.

Out of the 1926 counties in the United
States in 1850, $50 had been created OF
altered in the previous ten years; in 81
the females greatly predominated, in l55
the slaves, and in the foreign born. Ia
442 counties there were few or no foreign
ers, and in 20 the native and foreign pop
ula,ion were about equal. In 1929
counties there were slaves in 1872 no
free colored persons. The number OF
people to a dwelling in New York city
averaged more than Is, in Boston 9, in
New Orleans 81, in Richmond 5. 1t is
estimated that one-fouth part Of the peo-
pie in the country reside in villages, towns
and cities. II. 'e-t- e :, =n-.;
In the year 1900, exclusive of the army
and navy, there were 3sO6 persons in the
employment Of the Federal Government !;
in 1854 the number was 35.456, a nine
fold increase, the population having in
creased about ive-fold. The number of
real estate owners in the United States
canntt fall short of 100000, or one in
about 3l9 Of the free males over 81 years
of age. 1t is estimated that the direct
and indirect tax paid by each white per.
son in the country for all purposes amounts
to 1924. There are about 100000 In
dams within the territorial limits of the
United States. At the close of the Revo-
lutionary war Gen. Knox estimated the
Indians in the thirteen States to number
about 10000. In 1850, of the 1897 po-
.litical newspapers published in the United
States, $50 were Wing and 742 Demo-
cratic papers. i,- Over two.fiihs of the
national territory is drained by the Mis-.
sissippi and its tributaries. The distance
between the cities of New York and New
Orleans is more than equal to that separ.
ating London and Constantinople, or Paris
from st. Petersburgh. BY the land route
between New York and Astoria, the dis.
lance is equal to that between New York
and Bremin. 81 By the water route the
distance is as great as that between Can
ton and London aa Is 4.i< .n.s5- -..g
as The number Of persons who live east
of the Mississippi river is twelve times
greater than those who live west thereof
The non slaveholding have third greater
population than the slaveholding States.
Massachusetts. which was the first State
according to its white population in 1890,
has now become the fourth, exactly re.
versing the course of New York, which
has become the first from the fourth rank.
Even adding the present population of
Maine to that Of Massachusetts would not
alter the position Of the latter in its rank
among the States In New England the
females haze always exceeded the males
in number. The foreign vote of the
is estimated to be but one twelfth
Of the whole. The total number of fami.
lies holding slaves in 1850 was BAT ,525.
1t is estimated that third of the white
population Of the slave States sustain the
relation Of slave owners. The State of
New York has about one-eiehth of the
population Of the Union, PENNSYLVANIA
about one-tenth, and Delaware about one
and sixty-third. There is
one house to every six persons in the
country. The Metbodists and Baptists
together have more than one half of all
the churches. and the Episcopalians and
the Roman Catholics are about equal in
number. The average value of church
ediices in the country is but 99,357 they
will each seat 376 persons upon an Az.
e1age. s4Y r-~-