The Southern South

by Albert Bushnell Hart

COMPARATIVE POPULATION (1900)—EQUIVALENT NORTHERN GROUPS

(In Thousands)

		Races.			Distribution.		Foreign Whites.			Estimates.
		White.	Negro.	Total.	Urban.	Rural.	Foreign Born.	Native [foreign parents].	Total.	1905.	1906.
1	Colorado	529	9	540	206	334	90	127	217	603	616
2	Indiana	2,459	58	2,516	608	1,908	142	364	506	2,678	2,711
3	Indian Territory	303	37	392	...	392	5	10	15	498	519
4	Iowa	2,219	13	2,232	375	1,857	306	652	958	2,210	2,206
5	Kansas	1,416	52	1,470	205	1,265	127	276	403	1,546	1,612
6	Michigan	2,399	16	2,421	747	1,674	540	832	1,372	2,557	2,585
7	Minnesota	1,737	5	1,751	470	1,281	505	806	1,311	1,980	2,026
8	Nebraska	1,059	6	1,066	169	897	177	326	503	1,068	1,068
9	North Dakota	312	...	319	10	309	113	133	246	440	464
10	Oklahoma	368	19	398	20	378	16	38	54	558	590
11	South Dakota	381	...	402	10	392	88	156	244	455	466
12	Utah	272	1	277	70	207	53	116	169	310	316
13	Wisconsin	2,058	3	2,069	634	1,435	516	956	1,472	2,229	2,261
	Total	15,512	219	15,853	3,524	12,329	2,678	4,792	7,470	17,132	17,440
14	California	1,403	11	1,485	650	835	317	442	759	1,621	1,648
15	Idaho	154	...	162	...	162	22	43	65	198	206
16	Montana	226	2	243	66	177	62	71	133	294	304
17	Oregon	395	1	414	99	315	54	85	139	465	475
18	Vermont	343	1	344	39	305	45	73	118	349	350
19	Washington	496	3	518	165	353	102	129	231	599	615
	Total	3,017	18	3,166	1,019	2,147	602	843	1,445	3,526	3,598
	Double Total	18,529	237	19,019	4,543	14,476	3,280	5,635	8,915	20,658	21,038
20	Arizona	93	2	123	...	123	22	26	48	140	144
21	Illinois	4,735	85	4,822	2,272	2,550	965	1,498	2,463	5,319	5,419
22	Nevada	35	...	42	...	42	9	12	21	42	42
23	New Mexico	180	2	195	...	195	13	18	31	213	216
24	New Hampshire	411	1	412	159	253	88	80	168	429	433
25	Wyoming	89	1	93	22	71	17	24	41	102	104
26	West Virginia	915	43	959	74	885	22	49	71	1,057	1,076
	Total	6,458	134	6,646	2,527	4,119	1,136	1,707	2,843	7,302	7,434
	Grand Total	24,987	371	25,665	7,070	18,595	4,416	7,342	11,758	27,960	28,472

COMPARATIVE VALUATION OF PROPERTY (1860-1909)—SOUTHERN GROUPS

(In Millions)

		1860.		1890.			1904.			1906.		1907. Assessed Valuation.	1908. Assessed Valuation.	1909. Assessed Valuation.
		Population [thousands].	Assessed Valuation.	Population [thousands].	Real Valuation.	Assessed Valuation.	Population [thousands].	Real Valuation.	Assessed Valuation.	Population [thousands].	Assessed Valuation.
1	Alabama	964	432	1,513	623	259	1,955	965	323	2,018	344	451	451	484
2	Arkansas	435	179	1,128	455	175	1,385	804	250	1,422	250	302	302	327
3	Florida	140	69	391	389	92	596	431	100	629	131	142	142	131
4	Georgia	1,057	618	1,837	852	416	2,368	1,167	505	2,444	578	700	700	705
5	Louisiana	708	436	1,119	495	234	1,487	1,032	301	1,539	459	459	459	524
6	Mississippi	791	410	1,289	454	167	1,656	688	223	1,708	223	223	223	393
7	North Carolina	993	292	1,618	584	235	2,004	842	433	2,059	489	575	575	565
8	South Carolina	705	490	1,151	401	168	1,416	586	210	1,454	250	267	267	271
9	Tennessee	1,111	382	1,768	888	383	2,122	1,104	352	2,172	475	475	475	444
10	Virginia	1,596	657	1,656	862	415	1,933	1,288	424	1,973	424	424	424	580
	Total	8,500	3,965	13,470	6,003	2,544	16,922	8,907	3,121	17,418	3,623	4,018	4,018	4,424
11	Texas	604	267	2,235	2,106	781	3,374	2,836	1,082	3,537	1,139	1,139	1,139	2,174
	Total Seceding States.	9,104	4,232	15,705	8,109	3,325	20,296	11,743	4,203	20,955	4,762	5,157	5,157	6,598
12	Delaware	112	40	168	176	66	191	230	76	194	76	76	76	76
13	Dist. Columbia	75	40	230	344	153	298	1,040	198	308	198	279	279	312
14	Kentucky	1,155	528	1,859	1,172	548	2,263	1,527	668	2,320	644	644	644	753
15	Maryland	687	296	1,043	1,085	529	1,246	1,511	644	1,275	644	765	765	765
16	Missouri	1,182	267	2,679	2,398	888	3,278	3,760	1,243	3,363	1,489	1,553	1,622	1,547
	Total	3,211	1,171	5,979	5,175	2,184	7,276	8,068	2,829	7,460	3,051	3,317	3,386	3,453
	Total South	12,315	5,403	21,684	13,284	5,509	27,572	19,811	7,032	28,415	7,813	8,474	8,543	10,051

COMPARATIVE VALUATIONS OF PROPERTY (1860-1909)—EQUIVALENT NORTHERN GROUPS

(In Millions)