SHOWING RELATIVE PROGRESS OF THE STATES OF THE UNION AND THE SEVERAL DIVISIONS OF NEW YORK STATE, 1820-1840,
ON THE BASIS OF AVERAGE DENSITY TIME PERCENTAGE-INCREASE. (ILLUSTRATED GRAPHICALLY ON PLATE NO. V.)
| State. | Population 1820.* | Population 1840.* | Per cent gain. | Density 1820. | Density 1840. | Average density. | Area † sq. mi. |
Average density X percentage-gain. |
| Alabama .......... | 144,317 | 590,756 | 309.3 | 2.7 | 11.2 | 6.95 | 52,960 | 2,149.64 |
| Arkansas .......... | 14,273 | 97,574 | 583.6 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 1.05 | 54,655 | 612.78 |
| District of Columbia .......... | 33,039 | 43,712 | 32.3 | 472.0 | 624.5 | 548.25 | 70 | 17,708.48 |
| Connecticut .......... | 275,202 | 309,378 | 12.6 | 55.2 | 62.1 | 58.65 | 4,990 | 738.99 |
| Delaware .......... | 72,749 | 78,085 | 7.3 | 35.5 | 38.1 | 36.80 | 2,050 | 268.64 |
| Georgia .......... | 340,987 | 691,932 | 102.7 | 5.7 | 11.6 | 8.65 | 59,475 | 888.35 |
| Illinois .......... | 55,211 | 476,183 | 762.5 | 1.0 | 8.5 | 4.75 | 56,000 | 3,621.87 |
| Indiana .......... | 147,178 | 685,866 | 366.0 | 4.0 | 18.8 | 11.40 | 36.790 | 4,172.40 |
| Kentucky .......... | 564,317 | 779,828 | 38.2 | 13.9 | 19.3 | 16.60 | 40,400 | 634.12 |
| Louisiana .......... | 153,407 | 352,411 | 129.7 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.55 | 448,720 | 71.34 |
| Maine .......... | 298,335 | 501,793 | 68.2 | 9.0 | 15.2 | 12.10 | 33,040 | 825.22 |
| Maryland .......... | 407,350 | 470,019 | 15.4 | 33.4 | 38.5 | 35.95 | 12,210 | 553.63 |
| Massachusetts .......... | 523,287 | 737,699 | 40.9 | 62.9 | 88.7 | 75.80 | 8,315 | 3,100.22 |
| Michigan .......... | 8,896 | 212,267 | 2,286.2 | 0.2 | 3.6 | 1.90 | 58,900 | 4,343.78 |
| Mississippi .......... | 75,448 | 375,651 | 397.9 | 1.5 | 7.7 | 4.65 | 48,610 | 1,850.24 |
| Missouri .......... | 66,586 | 383,702 | 476.3 | 1.0 | 5.5 | 3.25 | 69,415 | 1,592.48 |
| New Hampshire .......... | 244,161 | 284,574 | 16.6 | 26.2 | 30.5 | 28.35 | 9,336 | 170.61 |
| New Jersey .......... | 277,575 | 373,306 | 34.5 | 33.8 | 45.4 | 39.60 | 8,224 | 1,366.20 |
| North Carolina .......... | 638,829 | 753,419 | 17.9 | 12.2 | 14.4 | 13.30 | 52,286 | 238.07 |
| Ohio .......... | 581,434 | 1,519,467 | 161.3 | 14.2 | 37.0 | 25.60 | 41,060 | 4,129.28 |
| Pennsylvania .......... | 1,049,458 | 1,724,033 | 64.2 | 22.8 | 37.5 | 30.15 | 46,000 | 1,935.63 |
| Rhode Island .......... | 83,059 | 108,830 | 31.0 | 66.4 | 87.1 | 79.95 | 1,250 | 2,478.45 |
| South Carolina .......... | 502,741 | 594,398 | 18.2 | 15.5 | 17.8 | 16.65 | 33,393 | 303.03 |
| Tennessee .......... | 422,813 | 829,210 | 96.1 | 10.1 | 19.7 | 14.90 | 42,050 | 1,431.89 |
| Vermont .......... | 235,764 | 291,948 | 23.8 | 24.7 | 30.5 | 27.60 | 9,565 | 656.88 |
| Virginia .......... | 1,065,379 | 1,239,797 | 16.4 | 25.1 | 29.2 | 27.15 | 42,450 | 445.20 |
| New York .......... | 1,372,812 | 2,428,921 | 76.9 | 27.3 | 48.3 | 37.80 | 50,203 | 2,905.82 |
| Division III .......... | 256,047 | 500,290 | 95.4 | 33.1 | 64.7 | 48.90 | 7,737 | 4,665.06 |
| Division IV .......... | 300,685 | 531,104 | 76.6 | 21.3 | 37.6 | 29.45 | 14,134 | 2,456.87 |
| Division I .......... | 134,893 | 360,323 | 167.2 | 121.5 | 324.6 | 223.05 | 111 | 37,293.56 |
| Division II .......... | 531,742 | 733,347 | 39.7 | 42.6 | 58.7 | 50.65 | 12,496 | 1,919.64 |
* Population figures from Statistical View of the U. S., by J. D. De Bois, 1854.
† Area includes land and water, taken from the Encyclopedia Americana.
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