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COMPARATIVE GROWTHS OF WHITE AND BLACK POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES

Of these statistics it may be remarked—
 * rowspan=2| ||colspan=4 |White Population.
 * 1890.|||1880.|||1870.|||1860.
 * Alabama|||830,796|||662,185|||521,384|||526,271
 * North Carolina|||1,049,191|||867,242|||678,470|||629,942
 * South Carolina|||458,454|||391,105|||289,667|||291,300
 * Florida|||224,461|||142,605|||96,057|||77,746
 * Georgia|||973,462|||816,906|||638,926|||591,550
 * Louisiana|||554,712|||454,954|||362,065|||357,456
 * Mississippi|||539,703|||479,398|||382,896|||353,899
 * |||4,630,779|||3,814,395|||2,969,465|||2,828,164
 * colspan=5|
 * rowspan=2| ||colspan=4 |Black Population.
 * 1890.|||1880.|||1870.|||1860.
 * Alabama|||681,431|||600,103|||475,510|||437,770
 * North Carolina|||567,170|||531,277|||391,650|||361,522
 * South Carolina|||692,503|||604,332|||415,814|||412,320
 * Florida|||166,678|||126,690|||91,689|||62,677
 * Georgia|||863,716|||725,133|||545,142|||465,698
 * Louisiana|||562,893|||483,655|||364,210|||350,373
 * Mississippi|||747,720|||650,291|||444,201|||437,404
 * |||4,282,111|||3,721,481|||2,728,216|||2,527,764
 * }
 * rowspan=2| ||colspan=4 |Black Population.
 * 1890.|||1880.|||1870.|||1860.
 * Alabama|||681,431|||600,103|||475,510|||437,770
 * North Carolina|||567,170|||531,277|||391,650|||361,522
 * South Carolina|||692,503|||604,332|||415,814|||412,320
 * Florida|||166,678|||126,690|||91,689|||62,677
 * Georgia|||863,716|||725,133|||545,142|||465,698
 * Louisiana|||562,893|||483,655|||364,210|||350,373
 * Mississippi|||747,720|||650,291|||444,201|||437,404
 * |||4,282,111|||3,721,481|||2,728,216|||2,527,764
 * }
 * Florida|||166,678|||126,690|||91,689|||62,677
 * Georgia|||863,716|||725,133|||545,142|||465,698
 * Louisiana|||562,893|||483,655|||364,210|||350,373
 * Mississippi|||747,720|||650,291|||444,201|||437,404
 * |||4,282,111|||3,721,481|||2,728,216|||2,527,764
 * }
 * Mississippi|||747,720|||650,291|||444,201|||437,404
 * |||4,282,111|||3,721,481|||2,728,216|||2,527,764
 * }
 * }

1. That the census of 1870 is regarded as inaccurate, and as erring on the side of imperfect enumeration.