HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL TABLE OF THE UNITED STATES AND TERRITORIES, SHOWING THE AREA OF EACH IN SQUARE MILES AND IN ACRES; THE DATE OF ORGANIZATION OF TERRITORIES; DATE OF ADMISSION OF NEW STATES INTO THE UNION, WITH THE STATUTORY REFERENCES FOR EACH. From the Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, with Corrections. The areas are from the Census Report of 1880. In Took Effect. Square In Acres. 189 June 1, 1792 40,400 25,856,000 191 Mar. 4, 1791 9,565 6,121,600 491 June 1, 1796 42,050 26,912,000 173 Nov. 29, 1802 41,060 26,278,400 701 Apr. 30, 1812 48,720 31,180,800 399 Dec. 11, 1816 36,350 23,264,000 472 Dec. 10, 1817 46,810 29,958,400 536 Dec. 3, 1818 56,650 36,256,000 698 Dec. 14, 1819 52,250 33,440,000 544 Mar. 15, 1820 33,040 21,145,600 645 Aug. 10, 1821 69,415 44,425,600 50 June15, 1836 53,850 34,464,000 144 Jan. 26, 1837 58,915 37,705,600 742 Mar. 3, 1845 58,680 37,555,200 742 Dec. 28, 1846 56,025 35,856,000 108 Dec. 29, 1845 265,780 170,099,200 178 May 29, 1848 56,040 35,865,600 452 Sept. 9, 1850 158,560 101,350,400 285 May 11, 1858 83,365 53,353,600 383 Feb. 14, 1859 96,030 61,459,200 126 Jan. 29, 1861 82,080 52,531,200 633 June19, 1863 24,780 15,859,200 30 Oct. 31, 1864110,700 70,848,000 391 Mar. 1, 1867 76,855 49,187,200 474 Aug. 1, 1876 103,925 66,512,000 †Reduced from 100 to 70 square miles by recession of part to Virginia in 1846. The whole area of the States and Territories, including water surface of lakes and rivers, is nearly equal to four million square miles, Georg Victor. Karl I....... Victoria I... J. Rufino Barrios... Gen. Salomon... Kalakaua I.... Sept. 18, 1881 1871 Jan. 12, 1875 April 1, 1880 Provisional. 1818 Nov. 15, 1863 .......Sept. 8, 1876 1813 Jan. 30, 1879 1797 Jan. 18, 1871 1880 1831 May 22, 1871 Grand Duke.... 1826 April 24, 1852 King. Burgomasters 1845 Mar. 10, 1864 Duke........ 1806 April 20, 1831 Burgomasters Grand Duke... 1837 June 13, 1877 8, 1875 Burgomasters Grand Duke... 1823 Mar. 7, 1842 Grand Duke... 1819 Sept. 6, 1860 Grand Duke... 1827 Feb. 27, 1853 Duke........ Duke........ Duke.... ...... Prince............. 1846 Nov. 8, 1859 Prince........ Grand Duke.... 1818 July 8,1853 Prince..... Prince... Prince... Prince. King. Queen & E.of I. 1819 June 20, 1837 King. President. President. King... President. President, act. Prince........ King. King. President. President. 1845 June 6,1863 May 7, 1873 Nov. 25, 1879 1836 Feb. 12, 1874 May 29, 1877 1844 Jan. 9, 1878 1852 Feb. 13, 1867 Dec. 1,1880 1831 Sept. 25, 1873 1817 Mar. 17, 1849 Mar. 1, 1879 Oct., 1889 1829 Sept. 10, 1848 Dec., 1881 1838 Nov. 11, 1861 1839 Mar. 26, 1881 1881 Mar. 1, 1881 April 30, 1876 July 23, 1880 1855 July 2, 1868 1857 Dec. 30, 1874 1829 Sept. 18, 1872 Jan. 1, 1881 1842 Aug. 31, 1876 1852 Aug. 8, 1879 1830 Sept. 20, 1881 Mar. 17, 1880 DEBTS, REVENUES, EXFENDITURES, AND COMMERCE OF NATIONS. Compiled from Official Documents. The figures are for the latest attainable years as to each country. 1. Including merchandise, specie and bullion. 2. Including New South Wales, New Zealand, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, and Western Australia. White and Colored Population of the United States, at Each Census.-1790-1870. From the Official Tables of the Census. White. 1850. 1860. 1870. 1790. 1800. 1810. 1820. 1830. 1840. 1880. 3,172,006 4,306,446 5,862,073 7,862, 166 10,537,378 14,195,805 19,553,068 26,922,537 33,589,377 43,402,970 59,527 108,435 186,446 233,634 319,599 386,293 434,495 488,070 4,880,009 6,580,793 Slaves. 697,681 893,602 1,191,362 1,538,022 2,009,043 2,487,355 3,204,313 3,953,760 None. None. Civilized Free. Colored Indians. Chinese. Total. 44,021 25,731 66,407 34,933 63,254 105,613 3,929,214 5,308,483 7,239,881 9,633,822 12,866,020 17,060,453 23,191,876 31,443,321 38,558,371 50,155,788 NATIONAL DEBTS, EXPENDITURE, AND COMMERCE, PER CAPITA. Computed from the official census and finance statements of each country. POPULATION OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, AT EACH DECENNIAL CENSUS, FROM 1801 TO 1881. Eng. & Wales. 9,156,171 10,454,529 12,172.664 14,051,986 16,035,198 18,054,170 20.228,417 22,712,266 25,968,286 Scotland. 1,678,452 1,884,044 2,137,325 2,405,610 2,652,339 2,922,362 3,096,808 3,360,018 3,734,441 5,319,867 *6,084,996 6,869,544 7,828.347 8,222,664 6,623,982 5,850.309 5,411,416 5,159,839 82,810 *85,547 92,654 106,542 126,249 145,435 145,674 144,638 141,223 Ireland*. Islands* Army, Navy, & Merchant Seamen abroad. United King. dom.. Increase, p. ct. 202,954 212,194 250,356 229,000 242,844 16,237,300,18,509,116 21,272,187 24,392,485 27,239,404 27,958,143 29,571,644 31,857,338 35,246,633 13.99 11.67 2.63 5.771 6.33 *The population of Ireland and that of the Channel Islands in the British Seas for 1801 and 1811 are given by estimate, no census having been taken before 1821. |