The Indianapolis journal., 1894-04-03
S65.O37,OO1,107.
Total Wealth of the United States in
1S9O-Indiann,s share.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, April "A bulletin has
just been issued by the Census Bureau
giving interesting figures OF the wealth
of the United States. The total true valua-
ton Of the real and personal property In
the country at the close of the census per-
iod, 1890, amounted to s65, ,O37, ,091 1877, of
which amount $3954i, ,544, 1893 represents the
value of real estate and improvements
thereon and S25, 1872, 546,S64 that of personal
property, including railroads, mines and
quarries. At the same time the total as
sessed value of real and personal property
taxed was $25, ,173,41S, of which amount
s1S.956.556.675 represented real estate and
improvements thereon and $6,516, ,616,743 per-
sonal property. The true valuation Of prop
erty for 1890 is classified as follows
Real estate, with Improvements
thereon ....: $780, .54. .5A SSS
Live stock on farms and ranges,
farm implements and ma
chinery ........................... 2.7OS015, ,04O
product on hand. ................ I,2s1, ,291, ,579
Gold and silver coin and bullion 1,15S, ,7749 94S
Machinery of mills and product
on hand, raw and manufac-
tured ............................. 3.O5S, $685. AL
Railroads and equipments, in
Guiding $2S3, ,519 street rail-
Teiegraphs, telephones, shipping 49, ''''0-'
and canals. s........................ 20, ,755. 72
Miscellaneous .................... 1888, 70S S21
Total 65,O37 ,O9l 1877
The figures for Indiana, being now nearly
four years old, are of interest principally
for purposes Of comparison with other
States. The total valuation of all property
in the State returned in 1890 was s., ,095,-
1865 divided up as follows:
Real estate. with improvements
thereon 81, ,2SS 163. 137
Live stock on farms, etc. I14.533677
Mines and quarries. ............ 15102 1863
Gold and silver coin and bullion 35,64OS77
Machinery of mills and product
on nand. ........................... 54,y2O,942
Railroads and railways. 30.1721H
and canals ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 9l17166
Miscellaneous ..................... 267 .525, GA
Indiana, with her 2,095, ,626 of property,
stands tenth in the family of States New
York stands at the head of the list with
1876. 701. .991 Then follows Pennsylvania
with nearly $500, ,000 600, Illinois with $780,
100000 and Ohio with very nearly $4,000. .000-
100000. Her remaining rivals are MaSSachu-
settS with &, 500, 100000, California with 81
533.000O00. Missouri with s., 600 900. Iowa
with 81 2s7, 100000. Texas with s2,1O5.57 766.
Michigan presses Indiana closely, as she is
worth $2,095. .016,272.
1t is striking fact that in the amount
of gold and silver coin and bullion, Indiana
surpasses California, the FL Dorado, by
about 100000. from which IL may be In
ferred that the old coffee pot and the rural
sock are still popular in the Hoosier State.
In the value of real estate and improve
ceeded only by New York, Pennsylvania,
Illinois, Massachusetts, Ohio, California and
Missouri.
The growth of the wealth of the State Is
best shown by the fact that in 1850 the total
valuation . Of f. real an, and per personal property
81 26S 1S054S; in $780, 81 6S 600 600; in $780, 81
095. l76.626. The per capita valuation rose
from $205 in 1850 to 1856 in 1890.