CENSUS COMPARISONS.

(Organized into a Territory, July 3, 1836. Admitted a State May 29, 1848.)

Number of females to each hundred thousand males in 1890.
Number of females to each hundred thousand males in 1895..
From 1870 to 1880 the females decreased in number.

Excess of males in 1890..

874,951

1,003,141

128, 190

811,929

934, 774

122,845

92,729

93, 184

Number of colored to each hundred thousand whites in 1870..
In 1880

63,022

68,367

2,444

2,450

6

201

206

356

145

126

3,835

3,953

118

917

519, 199 523,877

4,678

347,469 374,661

27, 192

29,686

26,307

3,379

The center of population in Wisconsin in 1885 was in township No. 15 north, range No. 13 east, town of Green Lake, Green Lake county. In 1895 the center of population had moved 2.57 miles to the north and .12 of a mile to the west. In 1840 the average population per square mile in the state was 0.51; in 1850, 5.61; in 1860, 14.25; in 1870, 19.37; in 1880, 24.16; in 1890, 30.98; and in 1895, 35.59.

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