These tables are believed to be very accurate, being compiled almost exclusively from official reports made by the Treasurers and Auditors to the Legislatures of the several States, near the 1st of January, 1850. The account of the State debts, in particular, is full, and may be depended upon; that of the several kinds of property owned by the States of course is more defective, for the State archives seldom afford complete materials for accurate accounts of this sort, and the property is sometimes estimated at a nominal valuation, which is much above its market value. The editor of the American Almanac respectfully invites his correspondents in the 5,455,186 Total, " " 1846, 16,608,719 110,396,552 | 23,232,715 several States to communicate such errors as they may detect in these ta. bles, as they will be republished in the volume for 1852 in a revised and perfect condition. The object here is to give only a summary of the facts, so as to afford the means of comparing the States with each other. Their financial condition is shown at much greater length under the head of "Individual States.' Official returns published in this work for 1843 (page 135) show that the total of the debts of the States in 1842 was $198,818,736. It is apparent, then, that there has been no great reduction of these debts. XXVIII. POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES. States. Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Maryland, 1790. 1800. 1810. 1820. 1830. 1840. 1845. 399,955 501,793 284,574 291,948 610,408 737,699 97,199 108,830 96,540 151,719 228,705 298,335 72,674 59,098 64,273 34,730 Alabama, 20,845 127,901 8,850 40,352 75,448 136,621 375,651 Arkansas, 14,273 30,388 Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, 30,791 105,602 261,727 422,813 97,574 145,000 681,904 829.210 4,762 8,896 31,639 212,267 304,278 343,031 685,866 12,282 55,211 157,455 476,183 643.482 383,702 511,937 43,712 Wisconsin, 30,945*211,252 Iowa, Total, 43,112 181,920 3,929,827 5,305,925 7,239,814 9,638,131 12,866,920 17,063,353 XXIX. SLAVES IN THE UNITED STATES. Luther Fitch, of Portland; Jacob Smith, of Bath; Spencer A. Pratt, of Bangor; Frederic Greene, of Saco; Benj. A. G. Fuller, of Augusta; Geo. W. Batchelder, of Gardiner; and J. C. Crocker, of East Thomaston, are Judges in these places respectively. Some are paid by salaries, others by fees. Amount of receipts from May 1, 1849, to April 30, 1850, inclusive, $525,688.26 79,038.26 604,726.52 Amount of expenditures from May 1, 1849, to April 30, 1850, inclusive, 478,802.45 125,924.07 604,726 52 |