The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-02
INTERESTING STATISTICS Of THE NEW YORK STATE
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Vote Of the statc--Popularion and Ccnsr

Vote Of the statc--Population and Census.
from tho Rochester Union Nov. 3o.l
Nine counties In this state at the late election cast
10000 votes each and over, viz. New York, 1oe oi6;
Kings, 6l645: Erie, 20 "a; Albany 28,2l7; Oneida,
2Ssss; 0nondago, 1892; Monroe, 2i,7oo; West
These counties, by the census OF 1898, were cred.
tied with tho following population:-New York.
Monroe iol s35; oneida io2 7is Westchester loi iy7
0nondaxa. s2,e72; Rensselaer,, Ss2l0.
IL VIII DC seen that Monroe county ranks seventh
In order in the counties casting the most votes while
| IL ranks fifth I'm population.
These counties IN the aggregate cast 3ss 713 votes
rspS Soe his nos In &C..
cordance with the opinion that has prevailed for
several years that vote represented six inhaDi-
tants. On the last basis aside from the census,
estimates OF the population have been made.
The total vote OF the state at the lato election was
s, or was In 1855, s,s27,sls. Then the ratio would
be one vote TO $50 Inhabitants.
The total vote Of New YORK city was tat the late
electon) 66,o45, while the population was by the
census 72o,3s6. Tho ratio would be one vote for
every 4.05 inhabitants.
1851, and the census credits t with population OF
5000 The ratio would be one vote for every 4s2
baDtants.
We cannot make further comparisons OF cities, FOR
the reason have not the total votes OF them but
suppose, aside from Brooklyn, that the ratio would
II may be said that the proportion would be greater
II localities not containing large cities were taken.
We VIII, for the purpose Of COMPARISON, take . few
Wyoming county cast e,si7.votes at the late elec.
tion. The census credited u VITA population OF
so,033. The proportion would be one vote fo< every
440 Inhabitants.
1898 population The ratio Is not quite one vote
Tor four inhabitants.
washington county cast vote OF 10 %. II had
In 1885 a population OF 45,2it. The ratio would Ue
one vote Tor every AL Inhabitants.
steuben county cast "a, los voted and was given by
the census ee,ls2 population. the rstio ~ this
county would be one vote for AIS Inhabitants.
Cattaraugus county had In 1855 population or
4JlSs, and cast NJ the Late election lu,02l votes.
The ratio would be one vote for every 40 inhaDs-
tants.
The proportion win DO found TO be ABOUT the same,
taking every county In the STATE, those Including
cities giving the best figures.
There Is no doubt that the census was garngly de-
feotye-that ~ did not give any near TIE num-
DER OF inhabitants 10 tue State. NO sane man can
largely during the past three years IL we take the
ratio of one vote to every six Inhabitants The popu
l2tion OF tbe state would be bOg9 e04, or 121l, S6
moro than the census gave In 1856. That 10 pretty
big increase Tor three years aud we doubt II there
has been any such. The late vote, and the ratio
which the ngures gye-or one vote for eyery 40 In
habtants-tne total vote OF the STATE BENG $40 s3s
woulu give US 3 1872 s0ea decrease fron the ngares
OF the census OF so,l09.
The total vote OF Rochester was 1867. Taxing
the ratio which the vote and the census gives orr
popu,aton would be "a, 49, II we take the usual
cstiInafe--one In slx--we have D33AA IL Ia the
opinion OF the best judges mat we have at east
0j,0)O inhabitants, and some put II as hgA "a 20 600
hut the figures are given above and the reader must
draw hs own conclusions.
LARoE FIRE--A destructive nresoccurred NJ Noko.
mis-, Montgomery county, Ill, on the 1854 ait Four
large business houses were burned to the ground
The are broke out aDoni midnight aud i supposed