The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-10-03
FIGURES VRoAf THhl CBNsus. = The ad-
rance! sheets of,thecensus OF 1870. .ihaing

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vance sheets OF. the censns Of 1870. being
the ninth general census taken in pnrsu-,
ance OF the Constitution, contain about
3o0" pages Of statistical matter, from
which we gather and condensei few Of
the most salient facts. In 1870 the ag-
gregate population of the United States
land Territories) was 1929, 214; by the
second census {1800)it was 5.308. .483; by
the third (18l0) z. 239, ,6s1; by the fourth
9.633, ,822; by that of 1880, the lfth.
1856. .020; by that Of 1910. the sixth,
1869. 453; in 1850. 23, 191 ,876; by the
eighth census Of 1860, 21,443, ,32l; by
983. OF the population Of 1870, 33,1l3.-
253 were included in the thirty seven
States and AZ, 730 in the ten Territories
The relative rank of somo Of the States
have changed, as follows, since 179O:
Pennsylvania ranked as the second
State, and 30 ranked at every following
census. except thDse of 1910 aud 1920
In 1870 Virginia ranked first, rs in 1900
and 1910; in 1920 second, in 1880 third.
in l94O fourth. in 1850 fourth, and in
1851 fifth, and now (dismembered) is the
tenth, but with West Virginia, would
SILL rank rs fifth. North Carolina was
third at the first census and is now the
fourteenth. Massachusetts was fourth
and Is now seventh. New York was the
Nth and is now first (f1cite princeps
Maryland was sixth in rank and is now
Tue twentieth. South Carolina stood
seventh and now stands rs number
twenty-five. Connecticut was number
eight and is now number twenty. five.
New jersey was ninth and is now seven
teenth., New Hampshire was the tenth
nnd ls now the thirty first. NIuino was
the eleventh md is now twenty-third
Vermont was the twelfth and is now the
thirtieth. Georgia, in 1880, was the
thirteenth, with 82,548 population, and
ls now the twelfth, with l, 1874, ,1O9, rank
ing ninth in 1840 aud 1850. Georein's
population is now more thun twelve tunes
what twas in 1890, while tho total popn-
!atlon of all the States is not now quite
Ten times what it was then. Kentucky
ranked number fourteen ut the first cen
sns and is now tue eighth. Rhode
Island was the fifteenth md is now the
th'rty-second. Delaware wns sixteenth
ana IL now thlrty-iourth, aud the seven
tesnth and smallest, by the census of
lf9O, was Tennessee, with 35, ,601 inhab-
tants. now ranking as the ninth. with
l,26S. $40, or thirty-fve times as many.
The total white population of the
United States is 33.5S6, $50; the total
colored 4.88O,009 The colored popula-
5lon. slave and free, has increased US fol
lows: First census. 757 209; second,
l,OO2.O37; third. 1877 S08; fourth,
l.77l.646; fifth. ,41S, GAP; sixth, ara.
G4S; seventh, (185U,) 8, G3S, sos; eighth.
4,44l, $50; ninth. (lS7O,) 1880, 009. The
colored population hus increased to
about six and half times its number
eighty yenrs ago. The colored inhnbi-
tanls who wore FREQ in 1890 numbered
59.527. and in 1860, (before general
emanclpation,) they had become eight
times as many. So, in the first seventy
years, the FREQ colored Increased in n
more rapid ratio than the slnyes; but
THIS IS due to the emancipation which
took plaos in the older States. us we'll na
20 the manumission which took place
from time to time in States where slavery
continual until the general emancipa-
ton. Tnat the ninth census shows an
increase OF the total colored population
over that of 1850. is a fact wlioh contra
venes some predictions. but which will
De received with satisfaction by all who
are fully sensible of their value in our
almost empty continent. where labor
and population. producers aud consum-
ers. are of such great value.
Our Chinese visitors in 1870 numbered
3.2o4. of whom 49. $40 were in Califor-
nla|t Our Indian population is put
doWn at 25, 73l,; against 44.O21. by this
1t Is presumed TINT only taxed .Iudiuns
are enumerated.
BY the ninth census. (l970.) the nu-
tive, born inhabitants Of the States aud
Territories were 80, $50 .437, and tho TO-
reign born 5.556,54G. Those who had
ono or both parents foreign were 1O,-
o92.Ol0. Those who had IL foreign fu-
ther. were u, ,52l. .233. Those who hua Il
foreign father and !. forcign mother were
+. 9,734,845. Thus about one III seven OF
our population was born abroad, and
about one in four either born abroad or
the children of pnrents who were To-
reigners by birth. In 1850, the foreign
born were 2,2l4. Co.,; in 1860. they were
4.l3s, 697. and we hopa in 1886, they
will number at lenst 100000 The
foreign born are most numerous in New
York, 1,138.358. Pennsylvania, hns
545,261; Illinois has 5i5,iGS; Chio has
373, 493; Wisconsin 364 ,499; Massnchu.
setts 353. 319; Michigan 268. 010: Missou-
RI 222, 2G7; California 200, ,831; Iowa 204, y
057. Out of our totnl population it is