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The population of the United States, according to the Twelfth Census, was 75,991,575, divided as follows: 38,-816,448 males, 37,178,127 females. Of the total, 65,653,299 were native born, and 10,341,276 foreign born. The population is again divided as follows: White, 66,809,196; negroes, 8,833,994; Indians 237,196, but this figure does not include the population of Indian territory or on Indian reservations; Chinese, 89,863; Japanese, 24,326.
States and Territories. | 1790. | 1800. | 1860. | 1880. | 1890. | 1900. |
964,201 | 1,262,505 | 1,513,017 | 1,828,697 | |||
Alaska | 32,052 | 63,592 | ||||
40,440 | 59,620 | 122,931 | ||||
435,450 | 802,525 | 1,128,179 | 1,311,564 | |||
379,994 | 864,694 | 1,208,130 | 1,485,053 | |||
34,277 | 194,327 | 412,198 | 539,700 | |||
237,946 | 251,002 | 460,147 | 622,700 | 746,258 | 908,420 | |
59,096 | 64,273 | 112,216 | 146,608 | 168,493 | 184,735 | |
14,093 | 75,080 | 177,624 | 230,392 | 278,718 | ||
140,424 | 269,493 | 391,422 | 528,542 | |||
Georgia.............. | 82,548 | 162,686 | 1,057,286 | 1,542,180 | 1,837,353 | 2,216,331 |
32,610 | 84,385 | 161,772 | ||||
1,711,951 | 3,077,871 | 3,826,351 | 4,821,550 | |||
5,641 | 1,350,428 | 1,978,301 | 2,192,404 | 2,516,462 | ||
Indian Territory | 180,182 | 302,060 | ||||
674,913 | 1,624,615 | 1,911,896 | 2,231,853 | |||
107,206 | 996,096 | 1,427,096 | 1,470,495 | |||
Kentuky | 73,677 | 220,955 | 1,155,684 | 1,648,690 | 1,858,635 | 2,147,174 |
708,002 | 939,946 | 1,118,587 | 1,381,625 | |||
96,540 | 151,719 | 628,279 | 648,936 | 661,086 | 694,466 | |
319,728 | 341,548 | 687,049 | 934,943 | 1,042,390 | 1,188,044 | |
378,787 | 422,845 | 1,231,066 | 1,783,085 | 2,238,943 | 2,805,346 | |
749,113 | 1,636,937 | 2,093,889 | 2,420,982 | |||
172,023 | 780,773 | 1,301,826 | 1,751,394 | |||
Missippi | 8,850 | 791,305 | 1,131,597 | 1,289,600 | 1,551,270 | |
1,182,012 | 2,168,380 | 2,679,184 | 3,106,665 | |||
39,159 | 132,159 | 243,329 | ||||
28,841 | 452,402 | 1,058,910 | 1,066,300 | |||
Nevada.............. | 6,857 | 62,266 | 45,761 | 42,335 | ||
New Hampshire....... | 141,885 | 183,858 | 326,073 | 346,991 | 376,530 | 411,588 |
New Jersy | 184,139 | 211,149 | 672,035 | 1 131 116 | 1,444,933 | 1,883,669 |
New Mexico | 93,516 | 119,565 | 153,593 | 195,310 | ||
340,120 | 589,051 | 3,880,735 | 5 082 871 | 5 997,853 | 7,268,894 | |
North Carolina........ | 393,751 | 478,103 | 992,622 | 1,399,550 | 1,617,947 | 1,893,810 |
4,837 | 135 177 | 182,719 | 319,146 | |||
Ohio................. | 45,365 | 2,339,511 | 3 198 062 | 3 672 316 | 4,157,545 | |
61,834 | 398,331 | |||||
52,465 | 174,768 | 313,767 | 413,563 | |||
Pennsylvania......... | 434,373 | 602,365 | 2 906,215 | 4 282 891 | 5 258 014 | 6,302,115 |
Rhode Island......... | 68,825 | 69,122 | 174,620 | 276,531 | 345,506 | 428,556 |
South Carolina........ | 249,073 | 345,591 | 703,708 | 995 577 | 1,151 149 | 1,340,316 |
328,808 | 401,570 | |||||
Tennessee........... | 35,691 | 105,602 | 1,109,801 | 1,542,359 | 1,767,518 | 2,020,615 |
604,215 | 1,591,749 | 2,235,523 | 3,048,710 | |||
Utah........... | 40,273 | 143,963 | 207,905 | 276,749 |
* Includes 6,394 negroes.
† Included in the population of the several States.
States and Territories. | 1790. | 1800. | 1860 | 1880. | 1890. | 1900. |
85,425 | 154,465 | 315,098 | 332,286 | 332,422 | 343,641 | |
747,610 | 880,200 | 1,596,318 | 1,512,565 | 1,655,980 | 1,854,184 | |
11,594 | 75,116 | 349,390 | 518,103 | |||
West Viriginia | 618,457 | 762,794 | 958,800 | |||
775,881 | 1,315,497 | 1,686,880 | 2,069,042 | |||
20,789 | 60,705 | 92,531 | ||||
Persons on public ships in the service of the United States or stationed broad................. | *91,219 | |||||
Total United States, | 3,929,214 | 5,308,483 | 31,443,321 | 50,155,783 | 62,622,250 | 75,693,734 |
Alaska | 32,052 | 63,592 | ||||
89,990 | 154,001 | |||||
Indian Territory | 180,182 | 302,060 | ||||
Indians on Reservations | 145,282 | (†) | ||||
Total............. | 76,303,387 |
*Includes 6,394 negroes
† Included in the population of the several States.
[From Reports of the Census.]
The figures of the Bureau of Statistics vary somewhat from those of the Census, and their table given farther on is later than the Census figures. The census of the Philippine Islands taken 1904, gives the population as 7,-035,426, of which 647,740 are classified as wild and uncivilized. Luzon contains 3,798,507 persons; Panay has 743,646 people; Mindanao is fourth with 499,634 inhabitants; Jolo follows with 44,718 people, of whom only 1,270 are civilized. The population of Manila is 219,028.
 
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