| Departments. | Population. |
| Durango, | 162,618 |
| Chihuahua, | 147,600 |
| Sinaloa, | 147,000 |
| Chiapas, | 141,206 |
| Sonora, | 124,000 |
| Queretaro, | 120,560 |
| Nuevo Leon, | 101,108 |
| Tamaulipas, | 100,068 |
| Coahuila, | 75,340 |
| Aguas Calientes, | 69,698 |
| Tabasco, | 63,580 |
| Nuevo Mexico, | 57,026 |
| Californias, | 33,439 |
| 7,015,509 |
| Deduct for | New Mexico, | 57,026 | |||
| Upper California, since | 25,000 | ||||
| added to the United | ———— | ||||
| States | 82,026 | -82,026 | |||
| ———— | |||||
| Estimated actual population in 1842, | 6,933,483 | ||||
| Add 10 per cent. for the probable increase in 7 years | 693,348 | ||||
| ———— | |||||
| Proximate actual population in 1850, | 7,626,831 | ||||
This population may be relatively classed among the races and castes as follows:
| 4,354,886 | Indians. | |
| 1,100,000 | Whites. | |
| 2,165,345 | Meztizos, Zambos, Mulattoes, &c. | |
| 6,600 | Negroes. | |
| ———— | ||
| 7,626,831 |
As Mexico, since the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, in 1848, possesses 798,402 square miles, this will give nine inhabitants and a fraction, to the square mile.
From these calculations we deduce some very important facts as to the physical and intellectual condition of Mexico, which are very significant in the illustration of history. It appears that the total number of pure whites in the republic, is, in all probability, not more than 1,100,000; while the Indians, Negroes, Zambos, Mulattoes, Meztizos, and all the mixed bloods, amount to 6,526,831. During our residence in Mexico we ascertained from reliable authority that among the Indians and negroes but two per cent, could
