Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-04-02
The CersuS

The grand total Of the population n Il,
United States on the 1t IL June L.,
shown by the returns is 81. 429. sol sv,,,s
-. lOl, SIC In 1850. This sbsWs
increase Of S,OI5. or IS. SO peT Ger, =.
the decade. The estimate Of the eers,,
department, made ten years ago. was =
deFiuily near the truth. That e.,ir,.,
CAV "a a &c Tulati ia 1860 Of 81 SO ~
only 9u,9ll cut Of the way. The inrr.,.
Tor each decade for the last seventy res,
has teen remarkably reguiar. In bss -
as follows: lSOB, $500 1916, &c a. Isg
80 IL 1880. 81 20 A.; 1870. 3267 L.
35.sI-; leGo, 1888; average each drs.5
81 %, or nearly 3! per cent. per annum-
Al this rate our present population VIZ
be about - .3IS 600.
The New England States show ror-l.
ton ol 3. l3j 3ol against 2.72S. llG m H.
"a gain OF 4UI .lS5. or about AS rer sr,-
III ten years. Owing 10 the increased "a.
too Il population g. Congressional rerre.s
iatinn, these States lose 4 Repressniatir-
MaI;e, Vermont, Massachusetts, and RAJ
lie .-iag &c each. am New unmr.t-
aHd Cuareciicur alone hoiGire heir eva
The Middle Silres- New York. Pen
sylvaHla aud New Jerscy-shUv a ru,ui.
ton 20 ,4Gj.yi3 acainsl : S.S 81 IN IL
AN Increase Ui I SEQ 972. or .-Gl r,erc.s,
"a ten years. New York and P,np.,lr,
ula lose two Caurrc>- men each. while u
mum Der irem New Jersey stands n lefr
Anc latter State shows larger prupartir
ate increase IN the last ten wears than 81
other Of the older S.ates-2S2 30, or
per cent.
The Northwestern Stries-Ohio Me.
gan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin. In
Minnesota ard Kansas-shnw a ro,uh
tiun ct $50 $40 against 1 .T2I 55I Ip rs
"a gain Of l49. 3i5, or over - DER csu
ia ten years. OAiu loses 3 represeuta,igs
10 Congress, aud Minnesota M.chirr
gain- >, Wisconsin ., Iowa 3. aud Him
/ Indiana holds her own. Ohio Eaitsi
population Is pr cent. Indiana 81 p
cent. liIaai, lpl per cent, Wisconsin l
per cent, Iowa 81 per cert.
Ihe l-cjtc Srstes gain nearly 3l5w
cent, m ten years-,heir Population isl.
80 419 against los sol in 1850. Ores
ghihs one Tn gresham ami California;
lie total increase IN the Free STATE. e
ten years u al. ut Il TER cent .-tbeirr.
u.a'i - standing iS-9O4.Glg against Z.
4J4.5-9 IA 1850. TIER bet gain IN q
gre-s II one repTeseatative. the New Est
laug aud Middle States losing s. vLilrr
NorihWesiern aud Pacific States gam 3
The population Of the Border Srr
States ha~ increased in ten years 4lg-
being 262, 500 IA iSG0agaisst GSI2E
The SLAVE Population g.. the B.-rder 80
has increased ia ten years 100 col. or a.
log per cent; the free POPULATION b
gained ~ 80. or about II Der cert
kentucky loses Representative. Mar
land 1, North Carolina /, Tennessee a
Virginia ?; while Arkansas gains Be-
resentatiye and Missouri ..
The population Of the seven Cone~Ss-t
states u 4 ,y6I,14l, against 3,TT0.7so
lS5O.-a gain Of l. 49,, I0l, or Iitils sn
"a per cent, in ten yesrs. The gan
slaves IN ten years is Sc. 592. or abaui.
Ier cent =; ia white population G47,5o.
about y per cent South Carolina j.
: Representatives, Alabama and GerEa
each while Texas gains Q and LouisL
gains /.
The House Of Representatives is re6U
from 20 % 233 members, Of whom 6lI
from the Northwestern States. 50 frous
Middle States, % from the New Eoss
States, from the Pacific States 50
the Border Slave States, and % 'front.'
seeded States, making n total from
States of l49. and 81 from the slave;
emitting those from the seeded State
representation in Congress would siS
Tree States. li9 slave States, So: nIp
~ irOm free States, 81.