Chapter XXXVI: Appendix: H

POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES, 1790-1890,

_Showing Percentages of Urban Population._

Date. | Pop. of U.S. | No. of | Pop. of Cities. | % of | | Cities | |of Urban Pop. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1790 | 3,929,214 | 6 | 131,472 | 3.33 1800 | 5,308,483 | 6 | 210,873 | 3.9 1810 | 7,239,881 | 11 | 356,920 | 4.9 1820 | 9,633,822 | 13 | 474,135 | 4.9 1830 | 12,866,020 | 26 | 864,509 | 6.7 1840 | 17,069,453 | 44 | 1,453,994 | 8.5 1850 | 23,191,876 | 85 | 2,897,586 | 12.5 1860 | 31,443,321 | 141 | 5,072,256 | 16.1 1870 | 38,558,371 | 226 | 8,071,875 | 20.9 1880 | 50,155,783 | 286 | 11,318,597 | 22.5 1890 | 62,622,250 | 443 | 18,235,670 | 29.1 --------------------------------------------------------------------