RATIFICATIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION BY THE THIRTEEN ORIGINAL STATES, THEIR POPULATION AND AREA.

TABLE OF STATES ADMITTED INTO THE UNION SINCE THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION, THEIR POPU-
LATION, AREA, AND FORMATION.

Vermont

Mar. 4, 1791

85,539

1870.
330,551 332,286

tion in
1880.

square
miles.

10,212

37,680
45,600

39,964
41,346

33,809
47,156

Illinois.
Alabama

Dec. 3, 1818
Dec. 14, 1819

34,620 2,539,891 3,077,871
144,317 996,992 1,262,505

55,410
50,722

52,108

Formation.

Formed from a portion of the territory of the State of New
York.

Formed from a portion of the territory of the State of Vir-
ginia.

Formed from territory ceded to the United States by
North Carolina. Seceded May 6, 1861. Readmitted to
representation by joint resoluion of July 24, 1866.
Formed from territory ceded to the United States by the
State of Virginia.
Formed from territory ceded to the United States by
France under the treaty of Paris of April, 1803. Se-
ceded January 26, 1861. Readmitted to representation
upon ratifying the fourteenth amendment, July 9, 1868.
Formed from territory ceded to the United States by the
State of Virginia.

Formed from territory ceded to the United States by the
States of Georgia and South Carolina. Seceded Jan-
uary 9, 1861. Readmitted to representation by act of
February 23, 1870.

Formed from territory ceded to the United States by the
State of Virginia.

Formed from territory ceded to the United States by the
States of South Carolina and Georgia. Seceded Jan-
uary 11, 1861. Readmitted to representation upon rat-
ifying the fourteenth amendment, July 13, 1868.
Formed from a portion of the territory of the State of
Massachusetts.
65,350 Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to the United
States by France, under the name of "Louisiana," by
the treaty of Paris of 1803.

35,000

Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to the United
States by France, under the name of " Louisiana," by
the treaty of Paris of 1803.

Formed from territory ceded to the United States by the
State of Virginia.

Formed from territory ceded to the United States by
Spain by treaty of 1819. Seceded January 11, 1861.
Readmitted to representation upon ratifying the four-
teenth amendment, June 25, 1868.

81,318 Formed from territory ceded to the United States by
France, by the treaty of April 30, 1803, and by the State
of Texas, in the settlement of her boundaries, in 1850.
Formed from a portion of the territory of the State of
Virginia.
112,090 Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to the United
States by Mexico, by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo,
of February 2, 1848.

Estimated September 30, 1888.

+ Estimated November 1, 1889.

TABLE OF TERRITORIES, SHOWING DATE OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT, THEIR
POPULATION, AREA, AND FORMATION.

Formation.

Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to the United States by
Mexico, by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of February 2, 1848.
Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to the United States by
Mexico, by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of February 2, 1848.
Formed from territory ceded to the United States by Mexico; part
by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of February 2, 1848, and
part by what is known as the "Gadsden purchase" in 1852.
Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to the United States
by France, by treaty of April 30, 1803.

Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to the United States
by France, by treaty of April 30, 1803.

Formed from territory ceded to the United States by Russia, by
treaty of March 30, 1867.

The District of Columbia was established under the 17th clause,
8th section, 1st article, of the Constitution of the United States.
The territory embraced in the District was ceded to the United
States, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, by
the State of Maryland, by act of her legislature of December 23,
1788, and by the State of Virginia, by act of her legislature of
December 3, 1789. These cessions were accepted by Congress,
by act of July 16, 1790, and the lines and bounds of the District
were established by a proclamation of the President, George
Washington, March 30, 1791. By an act of July 9, 1846, Congress
retroceded the county of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia,
to the State of Virginia. The present government of the District
is administered by a board of three commissioners, appointed by
the President, in pursuance of an act of Congress of June 20, 1874.

*These are the figures given in the reports of the Ninth and Tenth Census.