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UNITED STATES
In 1880 no return of population was made for Indian Terri- tory and Indian Reservations. The population of Hawaii is 109,020 (census of 1896), and of Porto Rico, about 900,000. Should the Philippines be constituted a territory of the United States there would be added 120,000 square miles and an estimated population of 8,000,000. As regards sex, the total population of the States and Terri- tories at the census of 1890 comprised 32,067,880 males, and 30,554,370 females. At the first census of the Union, in 1790, there existed only 13 States and 4 Territories, the largest of the States, as then constituted, being Virginia, with a population of 747,610. In 1800 there were 16 States and 4 Territories, Virginia having then a population of 880,200. In 1810 the same State, with a population of 974,600, took the lead of 17 States and 7 Ter- ritories. In 1820 there were 23 States and 3 Territories, New York standing first with a population of 1,372,111. In 1830 there were 24 States and 3 Territories ; in 1840, 26 States and 3 Territories ; in 1850, 30 States and 5 Territories ; in 1860, 33 States and 8 Territories ; in 1870, 37 States and 9 Terri- tories ; in 1880, 38 States and 8 Territories ; in 1890 there were 44 States and 6 Territories. At the present time (1899) there are 45 States and 6 Territories (including Hawaii), in addition to which Porto Rico, Cuba, and the Philippine Islands may be considered as territorial dependencies, with their status not yet defined. In 1890 the numbers engaged in the various classes of occu- pations were returned as follows :
Class of Occupations Male Female Total Agriculture, fisheries, and mining Professional services . Domestic and personal services . Trade and transportation . Manufacturing and mechanical industries .... Total employed 8,333,813 632,646 2,692,879 3,097,701 4,064,051 679,523 311,687 1,667,698 228,421 1,027,242 9,013,336 944,333 4,-360,577 3,326,122 5,091,293 18,821,090 3,914,571 22,735,661
