In the Fifth Census, a new and much more satisfactory division of the free white persons was adopted, each sex being distributed into quinquennial divisions under 20 years, and into decennial classes from 20 to 100; but a different method was followed with respect to the free colored persons, and the slaves, each sex of these two classes being formed into six divisions, as appears in the statement on the next page of the free colored persons in New Hampshire. The number of white persons and also the number of colored persons who were deaf and dumb, were also stated, and each divided according to age, into three classes; and the number of persons blind is also exhibited. This census, however, though the returns are now completed, has not yet been published, and the total number of each class throughout the United States, is not yet made known. The following statement respecting the numbers of the several classes in the states of Maine and New Hampshire, will exhibit the plan of the Fifth Census. Abstract of the Census of Maine and New Hampshire in 1830. 623 Total of free colored persons in N. H. White persons included in the foregoing who are deaf and dumb. POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES States and Terri- 1st Census. 2d Census. Per 3d Census. 4th Census. 5th Census. cent, Pop. 1810. Pop. 1820. Pop. 1830. 10 0 10 Of 10 10 R. I. 948 380 108 48 14 Ct. 2,764 951 310 97 23 N. Y. 21,324 20,613 15,017 10,088 46 N. J. 11,423 12,422 10,851 7,557 2,246 Pa. 3,737 1,706 795 211 1988 Del. 8,887 6,153 4,177 4,509 3,305 Md. 103,036 108,554 111,502 107,398 102,878 Va. 292,627 346,968 392,518 425,153 469,724 N. C. 100,572 133,296 168,824 205,017 246,462 S. C. 107,094 146,151| 196,365 258,475 315,665 Geo. 29,264 59,699 105,218 149,656 217,470 41,879 117,294 65,659 La. 34,660 69,064 109,631 80,107 142,382 80,561 126,732 165,350 10 lo 이 135 237 NUMBER OF PERSONS IN THE U. S. 100 YEARS OLD. TABLE showing the number of Persons of the several classes, who were One Hundred Years old and upwards, according to the Census of 1830. Vermont Massachusetts States and White White Maine New Hampshire Males. Females. Males. Females. Males. Females. Total. 5 15 14 12 By this Table it will be seen that the proportion of Blacks of 100 years old and upwards greatly exceeds that of the Whites; but it may be remarked that the ages of the Blacks are not generally so well known as that of the Whites; and that, therefore, the accuracy of the Census, as it respects the ages of this class, is less to be relied on. The total population of the several states in 1830, is given in the preceding Table according to the official returns; but by a revision of the census in the Secretary of State's Office, the sum total, in several instances, is found to differ a little from the sum total as returned. This revision makes the population of Maine 399,437; New Hampshire 269,367; Connecticut 297,513; Louisiana 215,762; Tennessee 684,833; Missouri 140,192. "An Abstract of a careful revision of the enumeration for 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, and 1830, compiled at the Department of State," which exhibits some small variations from the preceding Table, has been recently published in the newspapers. The total population of the United States, according to this abstract for the several periods, is stated as follows: in 1790, 3,929,827; in 1800, 5,305,925; in 1810, 7,289,314; in 1820, 9,638,181; in 1830, 12,856,407. |