. A gazetteer of the state of Massachusetts : with numerous illustrations. most reliable data, itis probable that the population in 1650 was about 16,000; in 1670about 35,000 ; and in 1700, according to the anuals of Dr. Holmes,about 70,000. In 1750 the number of the inhabitants had arisen toabout 220,000, Five years later, there were in the Commonwealth(including the District of Maine) 2,717 negroes. The first censustaken officially was in 1765, when the population was 238,423. Thishad arrisen, in 1770, to 262,680; in 1780, to 316,900; in 1790, to378,787; in 1800, to 423,245; in 1810, to 472,
. A gazetteer of the state of Massachusetts : with numerous illustrations. most reliable data, itis probable that the population in 1650 was about 16,000; in 1670about 35,000 ; and in 1700, according to the anuals of Dr. Holmes,about 70,000. In 1750 the number of the inhabitants had arisen toabout 220,000, Five years later, there were in the Commonwealth(including the District of Maine) 2,717 negroes. The first censustaken officially was in 1765, when the population was 238,423. Thishad arrisen, in 1770, to 262,680; in 1780, to 316,900; in 1790, to378,787; in 1800, to 423,245; in 1810, to 472,040; in 1820, to994,514; in 1830, to 610,408; in 1840, to 737,699; in 1850, to994,514; in 1860, to 1,231,066; in 1770, to 1,448,055; in 1875, to1,651,912 ; in 1880, to 1,783,085 ; in 1885, to 1,942,141. THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 27 The two following tables are from the Kegistration Eeport ofthe Secretary of the Commonwealth, Dec. 1, 1888. •MA55RGHU5ETT5- DISTRIBUTION OF -THE:• POPULATION BY SEXflrhD M6E- PERIODSSTATE CEN5U5-0F-I885- • RRT10PEKMILLION INHABITANT?. 28 GAZETTEER OF MASSACHUSETTS. * Births, Marriages and Deaths, with the Population and Hates, 1850-1887. CO O S> rm A CO J» £ ^ o Sh o K 5 Yeaes. a o COSO «3 = P So CO rH o . - CO 2§ u cc a a 3 0Q J3 C3 en ,co JTt CO in §2 O U CJ aa n ^ CO 03 s« Ph pa s P w B Ph P k2 , 994,514 27,604 10,345 16,606 11,058 27-62 20 80 1670 11 12 1S55, 1,132,364 32,b45 12,329 20,798 12,047 29 01 21-77 1837 10 64 1860, 1,231,067 12,404 23,06S 13,9S3 262S 20-15 1S-74 1054 1805, 1,267,031 30,249 13,051 26,152 4,097 23-87 20 00 20-64 3-23 1870, 1,457,451 38,259 14,721 27,329 10,930 26 25 18-75 7 50 1S75, 1,051,912 43,906 13,663 34,978 9,018 26 63 16 54 5-40 1880, 1,783,0S5 44,217 15,538 35,292 24-80 17-42 1979 5-01 1885, 1,942,141 48,790 17,052 38,094 10,696 25-12 17 56 19-61 1880, 1,976,264 50,788 18,018 37,244 13,544 25-69 18 33 18-85 6 84 1887, 2,010,388 53,174 19,533 40,763 12,111 26-45
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