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 MISSOURI ,663 dy, Harrison, Henry, Hickory, Holt, Howard, Howell, Iron, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, John- son, Knox, La Clede, Lafayette, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Linn, Livingston, McDonald, Macon, Madison, Maries, Marion, Mercer, Mil- ler, Mississippi, Moniteau, Monroe, Montgome- ry, Morgan, New Madrid, Newton, Nodaway, Oregon, Osage, Ozark, Pemiscot, Perry, Pet- tis, Phelps, Pike, Platte, Polk, Pulaski, Put- nam, Rails, Randolph, Ray, Reynolds, Ripley, St. Charles, St. Glair, St. Francois, Ste. Gene- vieve, St. Louis, Saline, Schuyler, Scotland, Scott, Shannon, Shelby, Stoddard, Stone, Sul- livan, Taney, Texas, Veruon, Warren, Wash- ington, Wayne, Webster, Worth, Wright. Jef- ferson City, the capital, is near the central part State Seal of Missouri. of the state, on the Missouri river, 125 m. by rail W. of St. Louis; its population in 1870 was 4,420. The other important cities are Booneville, with 3,506 inhabitants in 1870; Cape Girardeau, 3,585; Hannibal, 10,125; In- dependence, 3,184; Kansas City, 32,260; Lex- ington, 4,373 ; Louisiana, 3,639 ; Macon, 3,678 ; St. Charles, 3,479 ; St. Joseph, 19,565 ; St. Louis, 310,864; Sedalia, 4,560; and Springfield, 5,555. The population of Missouri, according to the federal census, has been as follows : YEARS. White. Free colored. Slaves. Total population. Rank. 1810 17227 607 8011 20 845 22 1820 1S80 1840 1850 1860 1870 55,988 114,795 323,888 55)2,004 1,063,489 1,608,146 376 569 1.574 2,618 3,572 118,071 10,222 25,091 58.240 87,422 114,931 66,58(5 140,455 383.702 6s2,044 1,182,012 1,721,295 23 21 16 13 8 5 Included in the population in 1870 were 3 Chi- nese and 75 Indians. Of the total population in that year, 896,347 were males and 824,948 females; 1,499,028 were of native and 222,267 of foreign birth. Of the natives, 874,006 were born in the state, 72,623 in Illinois, 51,303 in Indiana, 22,456 in Iowa, 102,661 in Kentucky, 31,805 in New York, 18,755 in North Caro- lina, 76,062 in Ohio, 35,384 in Pennsylvania, 70,212 in Tennessee, and 61,306 in Virginia and West Virginia. The foreign population comprised 8,448 born in British America, 6,293 in France, 113,618 in Germany, 14,314 in England, 54,983 in Ireland, 3,283 in Scotland, 2,302 in Sweden, and 6,597 in Switzerland. The density of population was 26-34. persons to a square mile. There were 316,917 families, with an average of 5-43 persons to each, and 292,769 dwellings, with an average of 5-87 per- sons to each. The increase of population from 1860 to 1870 was 45-62 per cent. The number of male citizens 21 years old and upward was 380,235 ; persons from 5 to 18 years old, 577,- 803; number attending school, 324,348. There were 146,771 persons 10 years old and upward who could not read, and 222,411 who could not write, the latter number comprising 206,827 of native and 15,584 of foreign birth, 161,763 white, 60,622 colored, and 26 Indians, 105,767 males, and 116,636 females. Of the total pop- ulation 10 years old and over, 18*45 per cent, were illiterates; number of illiterates 21 years old and over, 124,508, of whom 84,904 were white, 38,589 colored, and 15 Indians, 52,788 males, and 70,717 females. The number of paupers supported during the year ending June 1, 1870, was 2,424, at a cost of $191,171. Of the total number (1,854) receiving support June 1, 1870, 1,415 were native, of whom 1,090 were white and 325 colored, and 439 were foreigners. The number of persons convicted of crime during the year was 1,503. Of the total number (1,623) in prison June 1, 1870, 1,217 were natives and 406 foreigners; of the former 893 were white and 324 colored. The state contained 904 blind, 790 deaf and dumb, 1,263 insane, and 779 idiotic. Of the total population 10 years old and upward (1,205,568), there were engaged in all occupations 505,556 ; in agriculture, 263,918, of whom 86,807 were laborers, and 174,961 farmers and planters; in professional and personal services, 106,903, in- cluding 1,739 clergymen, 29,338 domestic ser- vants, 47,462 laborers not specified, 3,452 law- yers, 3,560 physicians and surgeons, and 4,117 teachers not specified ; in trade and transpor- tation, 54,885, of whom 9,681 were clerks in stores, 6,390 draymen, hackmen, teamsters, &c., 7,710 employees of railroad companies (not clerks), and 4,757 traders and dealers not speci- fied ; and in manufactures and mechanical and mining industries, 79,850. The total number of deaths during the year was 27,982, being 1-63 per cent, of the population. There were 990 deaths from cholera infantum ; 2,717 from consumption, there being 10'3 deaths from all causes to 1 from that disease; croup, 719; measles, 869; pneumonia, 2,800, there being 10 deaths from all causes to 1 from that disease ; smallpox, 1,034 ; diphtheria and scarlet fever, 1,405; intermittent and remittent fever, 1,052; enteric fever, 1,395; diarrhoea, 1,300. The Missouri river divides this state into two dis- tinct parts. The S. part is undulating, rising into mountains as it approaches the Ozark