Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-01-31
Facts from tile Census. !.

The first volume of the new census con-
tains many curious as well as important
statistics. In looking over the tables. the
most striking feature is the number of ma
tionalities represented in our population.
We have three Greenlanders in the United
States, five negroes born in Sweden, six
born in Russia, 673 whites born IN Africa,
and 2, 638 persons who are without ma
tive country, having been born at sea.
Five and a half millions of our popula-
ton are of foreign birth. OF these l.
$50, 1927 are Irish, and are distributed in
the greatest number throughout Massa-
chusetts, Connecticut, and in the vicinity
of New York city The Germans number
1870, 410, and are most numerous In New
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Illinois, Wisconsin and Missouri. The
English number 550,904, and are the
most numerously located in and
about New York, Philadelphia, Bos-
ton, and in the vicinity of Providence
r. l. They are also found in
considerable numbers in Rochester, Gin
cinnati, Chicago and Milwaukee, and in
the coal regions of Pennsylvania. The
Welsh number IA, 533, and the Swedes
and Norwegians, 211, ,574. The two latter
reside largely in Minnesota, Wisconsin
and Illinois, and are very numerous in
Il
persons enumerated as born in British
America, and these residents are natural
ly found in largest numbers near the
Canadian line, though they are well rep
resented in the larger cities and in the
manufacturing districts of Massachusetts.
The Chinese, about whom so much ado
has been made, number only 81, ,674, and
are mainly confined to the cities and min
ing districts of California and Nevada.
The French number but 116. $40, the
Spaniards but 3, 701, and nearly third of
the latter live in the city of New Orleans.
There are IL, 149 Italians and Al ,30S Mex
leans, the latter nearly all residing in
| California and Texas.
The total population of the country is
39, ,925, 59S. OF these 8, 439, ,206 are males
over the age of 81 years; 12,5O5, ,923 of
the entire population are reported as en-
gagged in "gainful and respectable pur-
suits" Taking into consideration that
the number of persons in the country
above the age of 10 years is 26, ,26S, $40,
the fact above stated seems strange; but
an examination shows that a large por-
ton of those thus reported are females
under the age of IS. OF males between
the ages of 16 and 80, of which there are
10, 429, ,150, there are 9, 4S6, 734 reported to
be engaged in some gainful occupation;
while $50, ,516 above the age of 80 are
also properly accounted for. The rest
are composed of the vicious and idle, the
sick, the studious, and those who have
retired from business There are in the
United States 1885, 996 agricultural labor
ers, 2, ,977, I'll farmers and planters, 13d
apiarists, 3, $50 dairyman and dairy.
women, 1,0e5 florists, 81 ,435 gardeners
and nurserymen, 1,112 wine,grow'
ers, 2,053 actors, 2,017 architects,
2,266 auctioneers, 45S authors and lectur
ers, 90, 1886 BARRIERS, 94 bath house keep
ers, 1890 billiard and bowling saloon
keepers and employees, 424 bill.posters
10, 1856 boarding-house keepers, 587 boot
blacks, 73 chimney-sweeps, SO chiropo
dists, 43, 3,s74 clergymen, 1889 dentists
075, ,734 domestic servants, 20, 1874 hotel
keepers, 940 hunters and trappers, 1862 in
ventors, 5,2S6 journalists, 276 lamp,light
ers, 40, 1856 lawyers, 1,186 midwives, lO, 97t
nurses, 62, 1888 physicians and surgeons
$50 sculptors, 1, 151 sections, 164 short
hand writers, 5000 musicians anC
teachers of music, 2,673 whitewashers
1881 bankers and brokers, IA, 1863 bar
keepers, 1859 commercial travellers, 100,
1866 draymen, hackmen and teamsters
473 mule-packers, 2,002 newspaper car
riers, 1884 pawnbrokers, So, 663 sailors
/, ,996 undertakers, 93 wreckers, 7,6et
bakers, 141, ,774 blaeksmiths, "A, 35.
butchers, a, ,2e6 cigar makers, "a, ,233 en-
gineers and tiremen, 152, ,107 miners, 80,
$50 printers, 4S6 rag.pickers, 161 ,S2'
tailors, tailoresses and seamstresses. :
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