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UNITED STATES

Countries

England and Wales Scotland Ireland Great Britain, not specified. Germany .... Norway and Sweden British North- American Provinces Austria-Hungary. Italy France. . . . . Russia, including Poland China Switzerland .... Denmark .... Netherlands .... Other Countries Total ....

Number from 1S21-1898

1,888,085 378,250 3,815,499 793,398 5,007,889 1,203,133 1,048,027 796,338 857,065 397,845 733,926 310,479 201,555 189,237 128,966 740,676

18,490,368

The following table shows the comparative increase of the population during the last six decades by reproduction and by immigration :

Year Population Decade Total Increase Decade Increase by Immigrants- Percentage of Decade Increase Total By Immi- gration r.y Ilepro- duction 1840 . 1850 . 1860 . 1870 . 1880 . 1890 . 17,069,453 23,191,876 31,443,321 38,558,371 50,155.783 62,622,250 4,203,433 6,122,423 8,251,445 7,115,050 11,597,412 12,466,467 599,125 1,713,251 2,579,580 2,278,425 2,812,191 5,246,613 32.67 35.87 35.58 22.63 80.08 24.86 4.66 10.04 11.12 7.25 7.29 10.46 2^.01 25. S3 24.46 15.38 22.79 14.40

Population according to Color ^ The distribution of the population relative to color consti- tutes a valuable feature of any sociological study of the people. Out of a total population of 62,622,250 in 1890, the persons of negro descent numbered 7,470,040. In addition to these there were 107,475 Chinese, 2039 Japanese, and 58,806 Indians to be enrolled among the general population of the country, making the total of the colored element of the United States in 1890 7,638,360, or about one-eighth of the whole population.

1 From " Outline of Practical Sociology," by the editor.