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Western Division :

Montana o.8 145,310 39,159 132,159 Wyoming 97,575 20,789 60,705 0.6 Colorado 103,645 194,327 412,198 3.9 New Mexico (Territory). 122,460 119,565 153,593 1.2 Arizona (Territory) 112,920 40,440 59,620 0.5 Utah (Territory). 82,190 143,963 207,905 2.5 Nevada 109,740 62,266 45,761 0.4 Idaho 84,290 32,610 84,385 I.O Washington 66,880 75,116 349,390 5.2 Oregon 94,560 174,768 313,767 3.3 California 155,980 864,694 1,208,130 7.7 Total Alaska (Territory) 1,175,550 1,767,697 3,027,613 2.5 531,410 33,426 31,795 General totals 3,501,410 50,268,233 62,831,827 17.94 Not included in the general census of 1890 were:-Agency Indians, 150,417. As regards sex, the total population of the States and Territories at the census of 1880 comprised 25,518,820 males, and 24,636,993 females. In the Mormon Territory of Utah there were 74,509 males, and 69,454 females at the census of 1880.

At the first census of the Union, in 1790, there existed only 13 States, the largest of which, as then constituted, was Virginia, with a population of 747,610. In 1800 there were 16 States and 2 Territories, Virginia having then a population of 880,200. In 1810 the same State, with a population of 974,601, took the lead of 17 States and 5 Territories. In 1820 there were 23 States and 3 Territories, New York standing first with a population of 1,372,111. In 1830 there were 25 States and 2 Territories; in 1840, 26 States and 3 Territories; in 1850, 31 States and 4 Territories; in 1860, 33 States and 5 Territories; in 1870, 37 States and 10 Territories; in 1880, 38 States and 9 Territories; in 1890, 44 States and 5 Territories (including Oklahoma), neither the District of Columbia nor the Indian Territory being included in these numbers.

Of a total population in 1880 of 36,761,607 over ten years of age, 17,392,099 were engaged in the various professional and industrial occupations, and of these 2,647,157 were females. These were distributed as follows :- Male.

Female.

Total.

Agriculture 7,075,983 594,510 7,670,493 Professional and personal services... 2,712,943 1,361,295 4,074,238 Trade and transportation. 1,750,892 59,364 1,810,256 Manufactures, mechanical and mining industries.. 3,205,124 631,988 3,837,112 Of those engaged in agriculture, 4,225,945 were returned as farmers and planters, and 3,323,876 as agricultural laborers. Of the "professional and personal" class, 1,859,223 were laborers, and 1,075,655 domestic servants, 67,081 Government officials, 85,671 physicians and surgeons, 64,698 clergymen, and 64,137 lawyers. Of those engaged in trade and transportation, about 280,000 were "traders and dealers." Of the last class 234,228 are returned as miners; 114,539 as engaged in iron and steel works; 169,771 cotton-mill operatives; saw-mill operatives, 77,050; silk-mill operatives, 18,071; woolen-mill operatives, 88,010.

AREA OF INDIAN RESERVATIONS, POPULATION, AND BIRTHS AND DEATHS OF INDIANS IN EACH STATE AND TERRITORY OF THE UNITED STATES DURING