WITH THE POPULATION OF EACH DECADE FOR HALF A CENTURY. STATES. 1870. 4,370,846 3,880,735 3,511,543 2,906,215 2,652,302 2,339,511 2,529 410 1,711,951 1,691,693 1,182 012 1,655 675 1,350,428 1,231,066 Massachus. 1,457,351 749,113 Iowa.... 1,181,359 674,913 1,174,832 1,057 286 New York.. Ohio Illinois. Missouri. Indiana. Georgia.... Wisconsin. N. Carolina Alabama... N. Jersey.. Mississippi Texas.... Maryland.. Louisiana.. S. Carolina. Maine...... California.. Connecticut Arkansas... West Va.... Minnesota.. Kansas..... Vermont... N. Hamps'e Rhode Isl'd Florida 1,055 501 1,016 954 996,175 903.044 842,056 795 500 790,095 731,420 705,789 628,719 549,808 537,417 473,174 441,094 424,543 379,497 330,582 317,710 217 356 Delaware... Nebraska.. 116,888 Oregon..... 90,878 Nevada 42,456 Dis. Colum. 131,706 1860. New Mexico,.. .86,122 Utah,. .70,000 ..39.681 Colorado,... 687,049 708,002 703,708 628.279 379 994 460,147 435,450 1850. 3,097,394 2,311,786 1,980 329 192,214 906,185 775.881 305,391 992,622 869,039 964,201 771,623 672,035 489,555 791,305 604.215 172 023 107,206 315,098 851,470 682,044 988,416 994,514 982,405 1,002 717 6 6,526 212 592 583 034 326,073 174.620 189,995 140,424 125,015 112,216 28,841 52,465 6,857 750,80 51,687 288,161 184,497 72,927 Montana.. Idaho,... 92,597 370,792 209,897 6,077 314,120 317,976 147,545 87,445 91,532 1840. 517,762 668,507 594,398 583,169 501,793 13,294 2,428,921 1,724,033 1,519,467 476,183 383,702 685 866 737,699 779,828 829 210 1,239,797 212,267 43,112 691,392 30.945 753.419 590,756 373,306 375,651 470,019 342,411 309,978 97,574 291,848 284,574 108,830 54,477 78,085 ......... 43,712 Total Union. 38,538,180 31,443,321 23,191,876 17,069,453 12,866,020 9,638,191 TERRITORIES. Washington,.....23,925 39,834 33,039 UNITED STATES CENSUS FOR 1880: WITH CONGRESSIONAL APPORTIONMENTS.* Increase since 1870. 712,327 771,195 545,492 449,236 477,398 322,683 325,735 328,192 449,443 5,083,173 4,282,738 3,197,794 3,078,636 2,169,091 1,978,358 1,783,086 1,648,599 1,634,096 1,624,463 1,597,509 1,542,463 1,538,983 1,512,203 1,400,000 1,315,386 1,262,344 1,131,899 1,130,892 995,706 995,335 940,263 935,139 864,686 802,564 780.807 648,945 622,683 618,193 452.432 347,784 332,286 276,528 266,566 194,649 174,767 146,654 62,265 177,638 604,956 50,152,559 Washington.... 75,120 Idaho 40.441 39,157 443,104 802,009 316,526 364,151 300,761 383,046 259,885 266,169 289,843 227,848 289,917 615,838 205,843 145,044 314,878 329,390 356,264 20,226 Wyoming Alaska 33 27 20 19 13 13 11 10 9 9 6 10 9 9 8 8 8 6 7 5 3 6 6 4 4 3 5 4 3 1 3 8 2 2 1 1 1 85,266 177,099 335,544 30.074 1,704 59.172 76.571 154,968 83,689 21,639. 19,809 45,932 For Electoral Vote add two to each State. 1 32.611 20.788 30,146 HISTORY OF EACH STATE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Area, 2,112 sq. miles. Pop. 1870, 125,015. LIBERTY AND INDEPENDENCE Lord de la Warr, Governor of Va., and popularly known as the Diamond State. First settled by Swedes and Fins at Cape Henlopen in 1627. Embraced in the Charter of Pennsylvania until the adoption of a Constitution September 20, 1776. COMPRISING THE DELAWARE RATIFIED THE CON STITUTION Dec. 7, 1787. RATIFIED THE CON STITUTION Dec. 12, 1787. Area, 46,000 sq. miles Capital, HARRIS BURG. INDEPENDENCE Pop. 1870, 3,521,951. So named after William Penn in 1681, and popularly known as the Keystone State. First settled by Wm. Penn on the Delaware River in 1682; chartered Feb. 28, 1681; formed a Constitution Sept. 28, 1776. RATIFIED THE CON STITUTION Dec. 18, 1787. Area, 8,320 sq. miles. Capital, TRENTON.0000 Pop. 1870, 906,096. RATIFIED So named from the Island of Jersey on the coast of France. First settled by the Dutch at Bergen in 1620; under the same grants as New York; separated into East and West Jersey March 3, 1677; formed a Constitution July 2, 1776. GEORGIA THE CON STITUTION Jan. 2, 1788. NEW JERSEY Area, 58,000 sq. miles. Pop. 1870, 1,184,109. RATIFIED THE CON STITUTION Jan. 9, 1788. Area, 4,674 sq. miles. So named in honor of King George II. First settled by Oglethrope at Savannah in 1733. Chartered June 9, 1732; adopted a Constitution Feb. 5, 1777. CONNECTICUT So called from the Indian name of its principal river, and popularly known as the Nutmeg or Free Stone State. First settled by Puritans at Windsor in 1635. Formerly embraced under the Charter of Mass. MASSACHUSETTS PLACIDAM LIBER So called from a tribe of Indians, and is popularly known as the Bay State. First settled by English Puritans from Holland at Plymouth Dec. 22, 1620. MARYLAND RATIFIED THE CON STITUTION Feb. 6, 1788. Aiea, 7,800 sq. miles Capital, BOSTON. Pop. 1870, 1,457,851. RATIFIED THE CON STITUTION April 28, 1788. Area, 11,184 sq. miles. So named in honor of Queen Henrietta Maria. First settled by Roman Catholics at St. Mary in 1634. Chartered June 20, 1632; formed a Constitution Aug. 14, 1776. SOUTH CAROLINA RATIFIED THE CON STITUTION May, 23, 1788. Area, 29,385 sq. miles. Capital, COLUMBIA. So named in honor of King Charles IX. of France, and popularly known as The Palmeto State. Embraced in the charter of North Carolina, from which it was separated in 1729; adopted a Constitution March 26, 1776. |