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Issued by the Bureau of Statistics, Department of Commerce and Labor.
1860. | 1870. | 1880. | 1890. | 1900. | 1903. |
3,025,600 | 3,025,600 | 3,025,600 | 3,025,600 | 3,025,600 | 3,025,600 |
31,443,321 | 38,558,371 | 50,155,783 | 62,622,250 | 76,303,387 | 80,372,000 |
10.39 | 12.74 | 16.57 | 20.70 | 25.22 | 26.56 |
16,159,616,000 | 30,068,518,000 | 42,642,000,000 | 65,037,091,000 | 4 94,300,000,000 | |
513.93 | 779.83 | 850.20 | 1,038.57 | 1,235.86 | |
59,964,402.01 | 2,331,169,956.21 | 1,919,326,747.75 | 890,784,370.53 | 1,107,711,257.89 | 925,011,637.31 |
1.91 | 60.46 | 38.27 | 14.22 | 14.52 | 11.51 |
64,640,838 | 2,046,455,722 | 1,723,993,100 | 725,313,110 | 1,023,478,860 | 914,541,410 |
3,443,687 | 118,784,960 | 79,633,981 | 29,417,603 | 33,545,130 | 25,541,573 |
0.11 | 3.08 | 1.59 | 0.47 | 0.44 | 0.32 |
23,473,654 | 23,198,788 | 62,308,279 | 20,467,183 | 99,272,943 | 43,683,971 |
2,259,390 | 1,378,256 | 27,411,694 | 39,202,908 | 36,345,321 | 19,874,440 |
15.29 | 15.57 | 18.05 | 19.75 | 33.33 | 38.10 |
8 228,304,775 | 25,000,000 | 225,695,779 | 374,258,923 | 610,806,472 | 617,260,739 |
68,622,345 | 110,311,336 | 142,050,334 | 165,117,934 | ||
7,963,900 | 130,830,859 | 200,733,019 | 377,258,559 | ||
5,789,569 | 297,556,238 | 408,465,574 | 454,733,013 | ||
324,962,638 | 327,895,457 | 334,688,977 | 313,971,545 | 334,248,567 | |
288,648,081 | 337,415,178 | 181,604,937 | 300,115,112 | 399,996,709 | |
207,102,477 | 36,602,075 | 79,008,942 | 19,076,648 | ||
435,407,252 | 675,212,794 | 973,382,228 | 1,429,251,270 | 2,055,150,998 | 2,367,692,169 |
13.85 | 17.50 | 19.41 | 22.82 | 26.94 | 29.42 |
1,612 | 2,076 | 3,484 | 3,732 | 4,939 | |
427,235,701 | 455,909,565 | 642,073,676 | 621,536,461 | 743,506,048 | |
719,341,186 | 994,712,646 | 1,933,509,333 | 2,623,512,201 | 3,415,045,751 | |
7,231,143,057 | 27,804,539,406 | 37,182,128,621 | 37,660,686,572 | 51,964,588,564 | 70,833,655,940 |
58,845,279,505 | 84,582,450,081 | 114,068,837,569 | |||
542,261,563 | 833,701,034 | 1,521,745,665 | 2,458,092,758 | 3,200,993,509 | |
149,277,504 | 549,874,358 | 819,106,973 | 1,524,844,506 | 2,449,547,885 | 2,935,204,845 |
257,229,562 | 208,751,611 | 553,054,584 | 1,266,735,282 | 1,814,570,163 | |
90,008,008 | 336,456,592 | 1,028,232,407 | 1,589,398,796 | ||
182,667,235 | 99,521,667 | 96,206,049 | 133,217,990 | ||
2,134,234,861 | 4,035,622,914 | 7,298,814,381 | 9,673,385,303 | ||
693,870 | 1,630,846 | 2,335,582 | 4,258,893 | 6,107,083 | 7,305,228 |
56,054,600 | 395,959,834 | 333,526,501 | 403,080,983 | 567,240,852 | 560,396,674 |
53,187,512 | 194,538,374 | 186,522,065 | 229,668,585 | 233,164,871 | 284,479,582 |
184,899,756 | 124,009,374 | 142,606,706 | 295,327,927 | 230,810,124 | |
60,056.755 | 164,421,507 | 119,090,062 | 261,637,203 | 447,553,458 | 477,542,658 |
16,472,203 | 57,655,675 | 38,116,916 | 44,582,838 | 134,774,768 | 118,619,520 |
11,514,650 | 21,780,230 | 13,536,985 | 22,006,206 | 55,953,078 | 82,618,034 |
1,100,802 | 28,340,202 | 56,777,174 | 106,936,855 | 140,877,316 | 138,425,646 |
8 Total specie in circulation; gold and silver were not separately stated prior to 1876.
9 Includes notes of bank of United States, State bank notes, demand notes of 1862 and 1863; fractional currency 1863 to 1878; Treasury notes of 1890, 1891 to date, and currency certificates, act of June 8, 1872, 1892 to 1900.
10 Includes all private banks from 1875 to 1882; from 1887 to date includes only those voluntarily reporting, estimated at one-fourth of total private banks.
11 "Net ordinary receipts" include receipts from customs, internal revenue, direct tax, public lands, and "miscellaneous," but do not include receipts from loans, premiums, or Treasury notes, or revenues of Post-office Department.
12 "Net ordinary expenses" include expenditures for war, Navy. Indians, pensions, and "miscellaneous," but do not include payments for interest, premiums, or principal of public debt, or expenditures for postal service.
 
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