History of Greene County, Missouri
1883

R. I. Holcombe, Editing Historian


Statistics


POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES BY RACES
1880.

States and Territories

Total Population

White

Colored

Chinese

Indian, Civilized or Taxed

1

Alabama

1,262,794

661,986

600,141

4

213

2

Arizona

40,441

35,178

138

1,632

3,493

3

Arkansas

802,564

591,611

210,622

134

197

4

California

864,686

767,266

6,168

75,122

16,130

5

Colorado

194,649

191,452

2,459

610

128

6

Connecticut

622,683

610,884

11,422

130

241

7

Dakota

135,180

133 177

381

238

1,384

8

Delaware

146,654

120,198

26,456

--

--

9

District of Columbia

177,638

118,236

59,378

18

6

10

Florida

267,851

141,249

125,262

18

37

11

Georgia

1,539,048

814,218

724,654

17

94

12

Idaho

32,611

29,011

58

3,378

164

13

Illinois

3,078,769

3,032,174

46,248

214

133

14

Indiana

1,978,362

1,939,093

38,988

37

233

15

Iowa

1,624,620

1,614,510

9,442

47

464

16

Kansas

995,966

952,056

43,096

22

792

17

Kentucky

1,648,708

1,377,077

271,462

10

50

18

Louisiana

940,103

455,063

483,898

483

819

19

Maine

648,945

646,903

1,427

8

607

20

Maryland

934,632

724,718

209,897

6

11

21

Massachusetts

1,783,012

1,764,082

18,644

256

341

22

Michigan

1,636,331

1,614,078

14,986

29

7,238

23

Minnesota

780,806

776,940

1,558

54

2,254

24

Mississippi

1,131,692

479,371

650,337

52

1,832

25

Missouri

2,168,804

2,023,568

145,046

94

96

26

Montana

39,157

35,468

202

1,737

1,750

27

Nebraska

452,433

449,805

2,376

18

233

28

Nevada

62,265

53,574

465

5,423

2,803

29

New Hampshire

846,984

346,264

646

14

60

30

New Jersey

1,130,983

1,091,856

38,796

182

58

31

New Mexico

118,430

107,188

907

55

10,280

32

New York

5, 083,810

5,017,142

64,943

942

783

33

North Carolina

1,400,047

868,467

531,316

1

1,216

34

Ohio

3,198,239

3,118,344

79,655

117

113

35

Oregon

174,764

163,087

493

9,508

1,679

36

Pennsylvania

4,282,786

4,197,106

85,342

170

168

37

Rhode Island

276,528

269,934

6,503

27

67

38

South Carolina

995,622

391,258

604,325

9

114

39

Tennessee

1,542 463

1,139,120

402,992

26

326

40

Texas

1,592,474

1,197,493

394,007

142

932

41

Utah

143,906

142,381

204

518

804

42

Vermont

322,286

331,243

1,032

--

11

43

Virginia

1,512,806

880,739

631,996

6

65

44

Washington

75,120

67,348

357

3,227

4,187

45

West Virginia

618,443

592,433

25,729

14

17

46

Wisconsin

1,315,480

1,309,622

2 724

16

3,118

47

Wyoming

20,788

19,436

299

914

139

 

United States
TOTAL

50,152,866

43,402,408

6,577,497

105,679

65,880

Per Cent Increase from 1870 to 1880.

Total population

30.06 per cent.

Chinese population

67.07 per cent.

White population

28.82 per cent.

Indian population (civilized or taxed)

156.02 per cent.

Colored population

34.78 per cent.

 

 

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STATISTICS.

The inhabitants of Alaska and the Indian Territory (both unorganized as yet) are not included in the above total. The census of Alaska in 1880 showed: White, 392; Creoles (issue of intermarriage between the whites and natives), 1,683; Aleuts, 1,960; Innuits, 17,488; Indians, 8,655; total, 30,178.

The Indian Territory is estimated to contain 60,000 to 75,000 inhabitants.

The Indians included in the census in each State and Territory are those reckoned as civilized, or outside of tribal organizations. Indians not taxed are by law excluded from the census. Estimates of their numbers vary widely from 200,000 to 350,000 (the latter as estimated in the census of 1870).

In the Chinese column (for want of space elsewhere) have been reckoned a very few Japanese, East Indians and Sandwich Islanders, not exceeding 250 in all.

MILES OF RAILROAD IN THE UNITED STATES.

 

1850

9, 201

1870

52,914

1855

18,374

1875

74,374

1860

30,635

1880

84,715

1865

35,085

 

 

There were in the whole world, January 1, 1881, 192,952 miles of railway.

TELEGRAPH LINES AND WIRES.

In 1866, there were 37,380 miles of telegraph line in the United States, and 75,685 miles of wire; in 1870, 54,109 miles of line and 112,191 miles of wire; in 1875, 72,833 miles of line and 179,496 miles of wire; in 1880, 85,645 miles of line and 233,534 miles of wire.

There were 29,216,509 telegraph messages sent in the year 1880.

COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES,
YEARS ENDING SEPTEMBER 1.

 

1841
1842
1843
1844
1845
1846
1847
1848
1849
1850
1851
1852
1853

1,634,945
1,683,574
2,368,375
2,030,409
2,394,503
2,100,537
1,778,651
2,347,634
2,728,696
2,096,706
2,355,257
3,015,029
3,262,822

1854
1855
1856
1857
1858
1859
1860
1861
1862
1863
1864
1865
1866

2,930,027
2,847,339
3,527,845
2,939,519
3,113,962
3,851,481
4,669,770
3,656,006
No rec'd.
"
"
"
2,193,987

1867
1868
1869
1870
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879

2,019,774
2,593,993
2,439,039
3,154,946
4,352,317
2,974,351
3,930,508
4,170,388
3,832,991
4,669,288
4,485,423
4,811,265
5,073,531

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The crop for 1880 is given by States, as follows:

 

States

Bales

States

Bales

Mississippi

955,808

North Carolina

389,516

Georgia

813,965

Tennessee

380,624

Texas

801,090

Florida

54,997

Alabama

699,576

Missouri

19,783

Arkansas

606,980

Indian Territory

17,000

South Carolina

522,548

Virginia

11,000

Louisiana

506,764

Kentucky

1,367

AREA OF THE COAL FIELDS OF THE UNITED STATES,
AND ANNUAL PRODUCTION

 

 

States and Territories

Area,
Sq Miles

Tons Produced 1869*

Tons Produced 1879**

1.

Pennsylvania, Anthracite
Pennsylvania, Bituminous

472
12,302

15,664,275
7,798,518

26,142,689
14,500,000

2.

Ohio

10,000

2,527,285

5,000,000

3.

Illinois

36,800

2,624,163

3,500,000

4.

Maryland, Bituminous

550

1,819,824

1,730,709

5.

West Virginia

16,000

608,873

1,250,000

6.

Iowa

18,000

263,487

1,600,000

7.

Indiana

6,450

436,870

1,000,000

8.

Missouri

26,887

621,930

900,000

9.

Kentucky

12,871

150,582

1,000,000

10.

Tennessee

5,100

133,418

450,000

11.

California

--

--

600,000

12.

Colorado

--

4,500

400,000

13.

Kansas

22,256

32,938

400,000

14.

Oregon

--

--

200,000

15.

Alabama

5,330

11,000

250,000

16.

Washington

--

17,844

170,000

17.

Wyoming

--

50,000

175,000

18.

Virginia

185

61,803

90,000

19.

Michigan

6,700

28,150

35,000

20.

Nebraska

3,000

1,425

75,000

21.

Utah

--

5,800

225,000

22.

Rhode Island

509

14,000

15,900

23.

Arkansas

12,000

--

--

24.

Texas

20,000

--

--

25.

Georgia

--

--

100,000

 

TOTALS

 

32,863,690

59,808,398

* U. S. census, 1870
** Saward's estimate

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STATISTICS.
Presidential Vote from 1789 to 1880.



Year



Candidates



Party


Popular Vote

Elec-toral Vote



Electoral Vote 1880 †

 

 

 

 

 

STATES

NO.

1789

George Washington

--

 See Note

All

Alabama

10

 

John Adams

Federal

 See Note

71

Arkansas

6

1796

Thomas Jefferson

Democrat

 See Note

60

California

6

 

*Thomas Jefferson

Democrat

 See Note

73

Colorado

3

1800

Aaron Burr

Democrat

 See Note

73

Connecticut

6

 

John Adams

Federal

 See Note

65

Delaware

3

1804

Thomas Jefferson

Democrat

 See Note

148

Florida

4

 

C. C. Pinckney

Federal

 See Note

28

Georgia

11

1808

James Madison

Democrat

 See Note

122

Illinois

21

 

C. C. Pinckney

Federal

 See Note

47

Indiana

15

1812

James Madison

Democrat

 See Note

128

Iowa

11

 

DeWitt Clinton

Federal

 See Note

89

Kansas

5

1816

James Monroe

Democrat

 See Note

180

Kentucky

12

 

Rufus King

Federal

 See Note

34

Louisiana

8

1820

James Monroe

Democrat

1 Elect'l vote in opposition

--

Maine
Maryland

7
8

1824

*John Quincy Adams

Federal

105,321

84

Massachusetts

13

 

Andrew Jackson

Democrat

155,872

99

Michigan

11

 

W. H. Crawford

Democrat

44,282

41

Minnesota

5

 

Henry Clay

Whig

46,587

37

Mississippi

8

1828

Andrew Jackson

Democrat

646,231

178

Missouri

15

 

John Q. Adams

Federal

509,092

83

Nebraska

3

1832

Andrew Jackson

Democrat

687,502

239

Nevada

3

 

Henry Clay

Whig

530,189

49

New Hampshire

5

 

John Floyd

Whig

--

11

New Jersey

9

 

William Wirt

Anti-Mason

--

7

New York

35

1836

Martin Van Buren

Democrat

761,549

179

North Carolina

10

 

Wm. H. Harrison et al.

Whig

736,656

131

Ohio

22

1840

Wm. H. Harrison

Whig

1,275,011

234

Oregon

3

 

Martin Van Buren

Democrat

1,135,761

60

Pennsylvania

29

1844

James K. Polk

Democrat

1,337,234

170

Rhode Island

4

 

Henry Clay

Whig

1,301,382

105

South Carolina

7

1848

Zachary Taylor

Whig

1,360,099

163

Tennessee

12

 

Lewis Cass

Democrat

1,220,554

127

Texas

8

 

Martin Van Buren

Democrat

291,263

--

Vermont

5

1852

Franklin Pierce

Democrat

1,601,474

254

Virginia

11

 

Winfield Scott et al.

Whig

1,542,403

42

West Virginia

5

1856

James Buchanan

Democrat

1,838,160

174

Wisconsin

10

 

John C. Fremont

Republican

1,215,768

122

TOTAL

369

1860

Abraham Lincoln

Republican

1,866,352

130

 

 

 

J. C. Breckenridge

Democrat

2,810,501

123

 

 

1864

Abraham Lincoln

Republican

2,216,067

213

 

 

 

George B. McClellan

Democrat

1,808,725

21

 

 

1868

Ulysses S. Grant

Republican

3,015,071

214

 

 

 

Horatio Seymour

Democrat

2,709,613

80

 

 

1872

Ulysses S. Grant

Republican

3,597,070

300

 

 

 

Horace Greeley

Democrat

2,834,079

66

 

 

1876

R. B. Hayes

Republican

4,033,950

185

 

 

 

Samuel J. Tilden

Democrat

4,284,855

184

 

 

 

Peter Cooper et al.

Greenback

93,898

--

 

 

1880

James A. Garfield

Republican

4,442,950

214

 

 

 

W. S. Hancock

Democrat

4,442,035

155

 

 

 

James B. Weaver

Greenback

306,867

----

 

 

*Elected by House of Representatives.
† Election November 2, 1880
Note: From 1789 to 1824 electors chosen by the legislature.

PRESIDENTS BORN.

Washington, Feb. 22,1732

Van Buren, Dec. 5, 1782

Buchanan, April 23, 1791

J. Adams, Oct. 30, 1735

Harrison, Feb. 9, 1773

Lincoln, Feb.12, 1809

Jefferson, April 2, 1742

Tyler, March 29, 1790

Johnson, Dec.29, 1808

Madison, March 16, 1751

Polk, Nov. 2, 1795

Grant, April 29, 1822

Monroe, April 28, 1758

Taylor, Nov. 24, 1784

Hayes, Oct. 4, 1822

J.Q. Adams, June 11,1767

Fillmore, Jan. 7, 1800

Garfield, Nov. 19, 1831

Jackson, March 15, 1767

Pierce, Nov. 23, 1804

Chester A. Arthur, Oct.5, 1830

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