The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1860-04-04
General Slrws,

POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES.
The population Of the United States
can be estimated with sonic exartness,
in advance of the census, from its nat
ural multiplication and us regular in
crease by immigration Ifthis increase
in the past ten years has been only as
rapid as in the ten years previous, our
population must now bc 81, 5l0,S02
and if it has been in the same proper
ton as that from 1890 t. 1900, we
have population of 81, lT8, 993 If
this increase shall go Oh as it has done
siEee 1890, our population in 1870
will be 4l,9l5, 46S; in 1880, 56,349,
0S3; in 1890, IS, S52, $50; in 1900,
10l 1913, 297; aud in 1859, 44z, l59
$40.
It is interesting to compare the
growth in population Of the different
parts Of the Union. In 1890, the Mis-
sissippi valley had 205, $50 inhabitants
while there were 3,708. ll6 on the
Atlantic, and l6,43l on the Gulf Of
Mexico. There was not a single
pioneer west of the Mississippi. In
1850 there were l17,2 inhabitants
on our Pacific coast; 8,641,T5 in
the Mississippi valley l2,729,T59 in
the Eastern States and 1902, 992 in
the States east and west Of the MiSsiS-
sippi bordering Of the Gulf. In 1850,
1872 per cent, Of the population of he
Union were in the Mississippi valley,
81, in the Eastern States, and /, 3 in
the South. Thus is The political
power of the country cemtering in the
Mississippi valley.
The foreign immigration in the hast
ten years has been more than 5, $780,
600. We have now white popula-
ton of about 300, 900. The slaves
number less than 100000 The free
negroes, numbering about 500, 000,
are found alike in the free and the slave
States. Their increase is not rapid,
but it is uniform Throughout the South
In 1850, there were 265, 600 of them
in the South, and 1866 in the
North.
The states which have increased the
most in population from 1910 to 1850,
are Wisconsin, Iowa, Arkansas, Michi-
gan, and Illinois. Those that have
progressed the least in that time are
Vermont, New Hampshire, South
Carolina, North Carolina, and Vir-
ginia. Of these, Vermont is the slow
est, and North Carolina the quickest,
in increase.
The greatest increase of population,
therefore, is seen in the Central States,
especially in the Northwest and South
west, which are consequently, to that
extent, appropriatng the decreasing
political power of the East.
Ten years ago we had thirty States.
Now we have three more free States
admitted in September,
1850, and Oregon and Minnesota in
1859; and the Territories of Utah,
New Mexico, Washington, Nebraska,
and Kansas, organized in the last ten
years. -Four other Territories are pro-
posed Arizona, Daeotah, jefferson,
and Nevada. Arizona, situated in the
Rio Grande valley, has 100000 square
miles of territory, and 10, 900 inhab-
tants, of whom nine-tenthS are Next
cans. Dacotah, lying west of MINES
ota and Iowa, has an area of IS, 900
square miles, aud 8, 600 inhabitants
But little is known of Nevada and
Jefferson, except that the former lies
near California, and the latter contains
the famous Pixies Peak mines. The
richer of Arizona consist in minerals.
Dacotah has rich soil, like the States
Of the Northwest. Its population in
creases rapidly. Before the close of
1850, the census will disclose facts that
viii greatly increase DOR national i'm
portance in the eyes Of the world. -
Globe.