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The Census of 1860

Mr. Kennedy, Commissioner of the Census Bureau, has made up the following interesting table of the returns of the Central States' census of 1860:

States.	free	slave	Total	37th Congress	38th Congress	loss	Gain
Maine	619,658		619,958	5	6	1
N. Hmp'se.	326,072		326,072	3	3
Vermont	315,827		315,827	3	3
Masch'ts.	1,231,494		1,231,494	11	10	1
R. Island	174,621		174,621	2	1	1
Conn'ct.	460,670		460,670	4	4
New York	3,851,563		3,851,563	32	30	3
N. Jersey	676,084		676,084	5	5
Pennsyl'A.	2,916,018		2,916,018	25	23	2
Delaware	110,558	1,805	112,352	1	1
Maryland	646,183	85,382	731,565	6	6
Virginia	1,097,373	495,826	1,593,199	13	11	2
N. Carolina	679,965	328,377	1,008,342	8	7	1
S. Carolina	308, 186	447,185	715,371	6	4	2
Georgia	615,386	467,461	1,082,797	8	7	1
Florida	81,885	63,809	145,694	1	1
Alabama	520,444	435,473	955,917	7	6	1
Mississippi	407,551	479,607	887,158	5	5
Louisiana	354,245	312, 186	666,431	4	4
Arkansas.	331,710	109,065	440,775	2	3		1
Texas	415,929	181,956	600,955	2	4		2
Tennessee	859,528	287,112	1,146,640	10	8	2
Kentucky	920,077	225,490	1,145,567	10	8	2
Ohio	2,377,917		2,377,917	21	19	2
Indiana	1,350,802		1,350,802	11	11
Illinois	1,691,208		1,691,288	9	13		4
Missouri	1,085,590	115,619	1,201,209	7	9		2
Michigan	754,291		754,291	4	6		2
Wisconsin	768,485		768,485	3	6		3
Iowa	682,092		682,002	2	5		3
Minnesota	172,793		172,793	2	1	1
Oregon	52,566		52,566	1	1
California	384,770		384,779	2	3		1
Total	27,241,791	3,999,353	31,241,144	237	233	22	18

the ratio of representation is 127,216.

Territories.

Kansas	143,645
Nebraska	28,893
New Mexico	92,034
Utah	50,000
Dakotas	4,839
Washington	11,624
District of Columbia	75,321
Total	486,346

The Daily Dispatch: February 11, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. February 11, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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