The present population of the United States consists of
In 1754, another return was made to the Board of Trade, in the following
Table of Population in 1754.
| Whites. 1,192,896 |
Blacks. 292,738 |
Total. 1,485,634 |
We will now give the population at seven successive periods, as indicated by the returns of the official census of the United States.
Table of Population from 1790 to 1850.
| Years. | Whites. | Free Coloured. | Slaves. | Total. |
| 1790 | 13,172,464 | 159,466 | 1,697,897 | 13,929,827 |
| 1800 | 14,304,489 | 108,395 | 1,893,041 | 15,305,925 |
| 1810 | 15,862,004 | 186,446 | 1,191,864 | 17,239,814 |
| 1820 | 17,872,711 | 238,197 | 1,543,688 | 19,654,596 |
| 1830 | 10,537,378 | 319,599 | 2,009,043 | 12,866,020 |
| 1840 | 14,189,555 | 386,348 | 2,487,355 | 17,069,453 |
| 1850 | 19,630,738 | 428,661 | 3,198,324 | 23,257,723 |
The following is the official report of Immigration from 1790 to 1850. Much of it is conjectural and approximate.
Table of Immigration from 1790 to 1850.
| From 1790 to 1800 | 1,120,000 | |
| From„ 1810 to 1820 | 1,114,000 | |
| From„ 1820 to 1830 | 1,203,979 | |
| From„ 1830 to 1840 | 1,778,500 | |
| From„ 1840 to 1850 | 1,542,840 | |
| 2,759,329 |
The immigrants are thus conjecturally distributed among the nations of the earth. The estimate is a rough one.
Table of Nationality.
Celtic—Irish (one-half ) 1,350,000 Teutonic — Germans, Danes, Swedes, etc. (one-fourth) 675,000 Miscellaneous — All other nations 734,329
The following statement exhibits the nationality of the immigration to the United States for the calendar year, 1851 (Dec. 31, 1850, to Dec. 31, 1851):—
Nationality of Immigrants in 1851.
From Great Britain and Ireland 264,222 „ Germany 72,283 „ France 20,107 Of these there were Males 245,017 „ „ Females 163,745 „ „ Unknown 66 Table of Immigration for the first four months of 1853. From the British Islands 15,023 „ French Ports 8,768 „ German Ports 3,511 „ Belgian and Dutch . . . 2,747 „ Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian 135
