This section is from the book "Manual Of Useful Information", by J. C Thomas. Also available from Amazon: Manual of useful Information.
Alabama, Montgomery; Arizona, Phoenix; Arkansas, Little Rock; California, Sacramento; Colorado, Denver; Connecticut, Hartford; North Dakota, Bismarck; South Dakota, Pierre; Delaware, Dover; Florida, Tallahassee; Georgia, Atlanta; Idaho, Boise City; Illinois, Springfield; Indiana, Indianapolis; Indian Territory, Tahlequah; Iowa, Des Moines; Kansas, Topeka; Kentucky, Frankfort; Louisiana, Baton Rouge; Maine, Augusta; Maryland, Annapolis; Massachusetts, Boston; Michigan, Lansing; Minnesota, St. Paul; Mississippi, Jackson; Missouri, Jefferson City; Montana, Helena; Nebraska, Lincoln; Nevada, Carson City; New Hampshire, Concord; New Jersey, Trenton; New Mexico Territory, Santa Fe; New York, Albany; North Carolina, Raleigh; Ohio, Columbus; Oregon, Salem; Pennsylvania, Harrisburg; Rhode Island, Newport and Providence; South Carolina, Columbia; Tennessee, Nashville; Texas, Austin; Utah Territory, Salt Lake City; Vermont, Montpelier; Virginia, Richmond; Washington, Olympia; West Virginia, Charleston; Wisconsin, Madison; Wyoming Territory, Cheyenne.
The Increase Of Population By Decades. | |||
Natural. | Immigration. | Total per cent. | |
l831-40.. | 28.02 | 4.65 | 32.67 |
1841-50.. | 26.19 | 9.68 | 35 87 |
1351-60.. | 24.20 | 11 38 | 35.58 |
1861-70.. | 15.38 | 7.25 | 22.63 |
1871-80.. | 22.78 | 7.29 | 30 07 |
The increase of population since 1830 has averaged 32 per cent every 10 years. At this rate there would be eighty-eight millions in 1900. From 1880 to 1890 the increase was 24.87 per cent.
 
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