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[Snipped from a publication:] POPULATION AND EXTENT OF THE UNITED STATES. - The late census presents the following important table of statistics, giving the number of inhabitants in each State and Territory, the area of each State, and the number of inhabitants to the square mile.

State Area in sq. miles Population in 1850 No. of inhabitants to sq. m. Maine 30,000 383,189 19.44 New Hampshire 9,280 317,964 34.26 Vermont 10,212 313,611 30.07 Massachusetts 7,800 994,499 126.11 Rhode Island 1,360 147,544 108.03 Connecticut 4,674 378,791 79.33 New York 46,000 3,097,394 67.66 New Jersey 8,320 489,555 60.04 Pennsylvania 46,000(?) 2,311,786 50.25 Delaware 2,120 91,535 43.64 Maryland 9,356 583,035 62.31 Virginia 61,352 1,421,661 23.17 North Carolina 45,000 868,903 19.30 South Carolina 21,500 668,567(?) 27.28 Georgia 58,000 905,989 15.68 Alabama 50,722 771,671 15.21 Mississippi 47,156 606,555 12.86 Louisiana 46,431 511,974 11.02 Texas 237,321 212,592 .89 Florida 59,268 87,401 1.47 Kentucky 37,680 982,405 26.07 Tennessee 45,600 1,002,625 21.98 Missouri 67,380 682,043 10.12 Arkansas 52,198 209,639 4.01 Ohio 39,964 1,980,408 49.55 Indiana 33,809 9_8,4_6 29.23 Illinois 55,405 851,470 15.35 Michigan 56,243 397,654 7.07 Iowa 50,914 192,214 3.77 Wisconsin 53,924 305,191 5.65 California 188,981 Minnesota 83,000 6,077 .07 Oregon 341,463 13,293 .03 New Mexico 210,744 61,505 .28 Utah 187,923 Nebraska 136,700 Indian 187,171 Northwest 587,564 District of Columbia 60 51,687 861.45

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To this number should be added about 200,000 for California and Utah