Summary Of Progress Of The United States Compiled From "Territorial And Commercial Expansion Of The United States,"
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Summary Of Progress Of The United States Compiled From "Territorial And Commercial Expansion Of The United States,"
Area, Population, and Industries. | In | 1800. | 1850. |
ARea and Population: | |||
Area 1 | Sq. miles... | 827,844 | 2,980,959 |
Population2 | Number. . . | 5,308,483 | 23,191,876 |
Per square mile 2.......................... | Number. . . | 6.41 | 7.78 |
Wealth: | |||
Total 3..................................... | Dollars.... | 7,135,780,000 | |
Per capita.................................. | Dollars.... | 307.69 | |
Public-debt Statement: | |||
Public debt, less cash in the Treasury 5........ | Dollars. . . . | 82,976,294.35 | 63,452,773.55 |
Per capita, less cash in Treasury............ | Dollars. . . . | 15.63 | 2.74 |
Interest-bearing debt6 | Dollars.... | 82,976,294 | 63,452,774 |
Annual interest charge................... | Dollars. . . . | 3,402,601 | 3,782,393 |
Per capita.................................................. | Dollars. . . . | 0.64 | 0.16 |
Coinage: | |||
Gold coined........................... | Dollars. . . . | 317,760 | 31,981,739 |
Silver coined............................... | Dollars. . . . | 224,296 | 1,866,100 |
Commercial ratio of silver to gold....................................... | Dollars.... | 15.68 | 15.70 |
Money in Circulation: | |||
Gold in circulation 7 | Dollars.... | 8 16,000,000 | 8 147,395,456 |
Silver in circulation 7 | |||
Gold certificates in circulation............... | Dollars.... | ||
Silver certificates in circulation............... | Dollars.... | ||
United States notes (greenbacks) in circulation. . | Dollars. . . . | ||
Dollars.... | |||
Miscellaneous currency in circulation 9 | Dollars. ... . | 10,500,000 | 131,366,526 |
Total money in circulation...................... | Dollars. . . . | 26,500,000 | 278,761,982 |
Per capita................................ | Dollars. . . . | 5.00 | 12.02 |
National Banks: | |||
Reporting nearest June 30................... | Number. . . | ||
Dollars......... | |||
Loans and discounts............... | Dollars. . . . | ||
Bank Clearings: | |||
New York........................ | Dollars. . . . | ||
Total United States......................... | Dollars.... | ||
Bank Deposits: | |||
National banks (individual) | Dollars | ||
Savings banks | Dollars.... | 43,431,130 | |
state banks | Dollars.... | 109,586,595 | |
Loan and trust companies.................... | Dollars.... | ||
Private banks 10 | Dollars.... | ||
Total bank deposits....................... | Dollars. . . . | ||
Depositors in savings banks...................... | Number.... | 251,354 | |
Government Receipts: | |||
Net ordinary 11.............................. | Dollars.... | 10,848,749 | 43,592,889 |
Customs....................... | Dollars.... | 9,080,933 | 39,668,686 |
Dollars. . . . | 809,397 | ||
Government Expenditures: | |||
Net ordinary 12.............................. | Dollars.... | 7,411,370 | 37,165,990 |
War....................................... | Dollars.... | 2,560,879 | 9,687,025 |
Navy...................... | Dollars. . . . | 3,448,716 | 7,904,725 |
Pensions............................ | Dollars. . . . | 64,131 | 1,866,886 |
1 Exclusive of Alaska and islands belonging to the United States.
2 No official figures in other than census years.
3 True valuation of real and personal property.
4 Estimated.
5 1800 to 1840, outstanding principal of the public debt January 1; 1850 to 1855, outstanding principal of the public debt July 1.
6 Figures for the years 1800 to 1855 include the total public debt.
7 Gold and silver cannot be stated separately prior to 1876. From 1862 to 1875, inclusive, gold and silver were not in circulation except on the Pacific coast, where it is estimated that the average specie circulation was about $25,000,000, and this estimate is continued for the three following years under the head of gold. After that period gold was available for circulation.
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