The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-10-07
Figures from the Census.

The advance sheets of the census of 1870,
being the ninth general census taken in pur'
suance of the constitution, contain about
three hundred pages of statistical matter,
from which we gather and condense a few
of the most salient facts.
In 1890 the aggregate population of~the
United States (and Terrilories) was 1929
PA: by the second ensus QS0O) it was
5,3OS, by the third OSLO 7,239,8sl ;
by the fourth 9,633,622; by that of 1880,
the fifth, - ,02o; by that of 1910, the
sixth, 1861 53 in 1850, 23,l91, SIG; by
the eighth census Of 1860, 31,443,32l by
the ninth and last, that of 1870, $500, 983.
| OF the population of 1870, SO, 113,253 were
included in the thirty-seven States and 49,
73O in the ten Territories.
The relative rank of some of1he States
have changed, as follows, since 1890: Penn
s~ylyania ranked as the second State, and so
ranked at every following census, except
those of 1910 and 1920. In 1890 Virginia
ranked first, as in 1900 and 1910; in 1920
second, in 1880 third, in 1910 fourth, in
1850 fourth and in 1860 fifth, and now dis
..membered) is the tenth. but with West
Virginia, would still rank as fifth. North
Carolina was third at the first census and
is now the fourteenth. Massachusetts was
fourth and now seventh. New York was
the fifth and is now first Ctacile pTioceps.)
MARYLAND was sixth in rank and is low the
twentieth. South Carolina stood seventh
and now stands as No. %. Connecticut
was No. 8 and is now No. %. New Jersey
was 9th and is now 18th. New Hampshire
was the 10th and is now 3lst. Maine was
the 18th and is now 23d. Vermont was
the 12,h and is now the both. Georgia in
1890 was the 18Th with 92,54S population,
and is now the 18th with l ISL, l09, ranking
9th in 1910 and 1850. Aeorgia's popula-
ton is now more than twelve times what it
was in 1890, while the total population of
all the States is not now quite ten times
what it was then. Kentucky ranked No.
IA at the first census and is now the Sth.
Rhode Island was the 10Th and is now the
SID. Delaware was 10th and is now 34,h,
and the 18th and smallest. by the census of
1890 was Tennessee with IS. 691 inhabitants,
now ranking as the 9th with l,25S,52O, or
thirtv-tive times as many.
The total white population of the United
States is 80 $50, $50; the total colored a.
$50, 900. The colored population, slave and
free, has increased as follows: First census,
757,2OS: second, 1902 OBJ; third, 1884,
sos: fourth, 1,771, GAG; fifth, 2,4l9,G42 ;
sixth, 2,773, 64s; seventh $3.50, 3,63S, sos .
| eighth. 4,44l $50; ninth OS7O). 4,SSO,00o
The colored population has increased to
about six and a half times its number eighty
wears ago. The colored inhabitants who
were free in 1890 numbered 59,527, and in
1860 (before general emancipation they
had become eight times as many. So, in
! the first seventy years the free colOred in
creased in a more rapid ratio than the
slaves: but this is due 10 the emancipation
which took place in the older States, as well
as to the manumission which took place
from time to time in States where slavery
continued until the general emancipation.
That the ninth census shows an increase
of the total colored population over that of
| 1860, is a fact which contravcnes some pre-
d%ictions, but which will be received with
satisfaction by all who are fully sensible of
their value in our almost empty continent,
where labor and population, producers and
consumers, are of such great value.
Our Chinese visitors in 1870 numbered
G.. 254. of whom 49,3lO were in California.
Oor Indian population is put down at 25,-
73I, against A, O21. By this it is presumed
that only taxed Indians are enumerated.
Bv the ninth census OS7O), the native
born inhabitants of the States and Terrific
ries were 80. 999,437, and the foreign born
.556. $40. Those who had one or both pa
rents foreign were 1O,892,015. Those who
had a foreign father were 0,521, 293. Those
who had q foreign father and foreign mother
were 9.734,S45. Thus about one in seven
of our population was born abroad, and
about one in four either born abroad or the
children ofparents who were foreigners by
birth.
In 1850 the foreign born were 2,244, 602;
in 1860 they were 4,13S,697, and we hope
lin 1880 they will number at least 10, O00, 900.
The foreign born are most numerous in
New York, 1,13S,353. Pennsylvania has
545. 261: Illinois has 515,198; Ohio has
373.493: Wisconsin 364,499; Massachusetts
353,s19; Michigan 268,0l0; Missouri 1922
267; California 2o9,s31; Iowa 204, 057.
Out Of our total population it is probable
that more than half are of foreign birth, or
born of one or more parents or ancestors
who came to this country since 1900.
Lou1s1ANA.-The aggregate population of
our State in 1910 was 1856; in 1920,
152, 9s4; in 1880, 215,529; in 1910, 352,-
All; in 1850, 5l7,762 ). in 1860, 0 5000
in 1870, 726,9l5; an increase Of $4,000 in
ten wears! Our white population is 362,-
O65, colored 1854, 2l0-very nearly balanced.
In 1910 the colored numbered AZ, 245; in
1920, 4 ,54O; in 1880, 126,29s; in 1910,
1913, O54; in 1850, 262, 271; IN 1860, $780,
373: and in 1870, 364,2l0, or thirteen
thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven
more than in 1860, while the white half in
creased only 1908 during the same decade.
But in the ten years from 1850 to 1860 our
white population increased lO1 ,465. In the
preceding decade from 1910 to 1850 the
increase Of whites in Louisiana was 1904.
| Our State is credited with II Chinese and
$50 Indians.
The parish of Orleans in 1910 Numbered
"a, 552 all colors in 1920, Al, 1851 in 1880,
1886; in 1910, lO2,193; in 1850, 119,460;
in 1860, TIA, 991, and in 1870, 191,41s. In
the first of these decades il increased 16, 809
or Sc per cent. In the next decade QS2C
to 193O) it increased s475 or about 90 pei
cent. In the decade from 1880 to 1910 il
increased SO, 1926 or more than 100 per cent
The next ten years added 17,267 more
From 1850 to 1860 the population of on,
parish increased So, 0 or about47 per cent
It is therefore incredible that the increase
from 1860 to 1870 has been only 16,427. II
1860 the census gave to the parish of Or
leans 4,4S4 slaves and 1889 free colored
q total colored population of 25,423. Blu
for 1870 the census gives the same parish
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