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,
Rhode Island,
Connecticut,
New York,

New Jersey,
Pennsylvania,

Maryland,

1790. 1800. 1810. 1820.

1830.

1840.

1845.

399,955 501,793
269,328
280,652

284,574

291,948

610,408 737,699

97,199 108,830

96,540 151,719 228,705 298,335
141,899 183,762 214,360 244,161
85,416 154,465 217,713 235,764
378,717 423,245 472,040 523,287
69,110 69,122 77,031 83,059
238,141 251,002 262,042 275,202 297,665 309,978
340,120 586,756 959,949 1,372,812 1,918,608 2,428,921 2,604,495
184,139 211,949 249,555 277,575 320,823 373,306
434,373 602,365 810,091 1,049,458 1,348,233 1,724,033

72,674

59,098 64,273
72,749 76,748 78,085
319,728 341,548 380,546 407,350 447,040 470,019
748,308 880,200 974,642 1,065,379 1,211,405 1,239,797
393,751 478,103 555,500 638,829 737,987 753,419
249,073 345,591 415,715 502,741 581,185 594,398
82,548 162,101 252,433 340,987 516,823 691,392 774,325
54,477

34,730

Alabama,

20,845 127,901

8,850 40,352 75,448
76,556 153,407

136,621

375,651

Arkansas,

14,273

30,388

Tennessee,

Kentucky,

Ohio,

30,791 105,602 261,727 422,813
73,077 220,955 406,511 564,317
45,365 230,760 581,434

97,574 145,000

681,904

829.210

4,762
24,520 147,178

8,896

31,639 212,267 304,278

343,031 685,866

12,282 55,211
20,845 66,586 140,445
24,023 33,039 39,834

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.

INDIVIDUAL STATES.

Government for the Year ending the 1st Wednesday in January, 1852.

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,
Balance of cash in the Treasury, May 1, 1849, .

$525,688.26

79,038.26

604,726.52

Amount of expenditures from May 1, 1849, to April 30, 1850, inclusive,
Leaving a balance in the Treasury, April 30, 1850, of

478,802.45

125,924.07

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