The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet It

by Hinton Rowan Helper

TABLE NO. XXII.

AREA OF THE FREE STATES.

States.	Square Miles.	Acres.	Inhabit’nts to square mile.
California	155,980	99,827,200	.59
Connecticut	4,674	2,991,360	79.33
Illinois	55,405	35,359,200	15.37
Indiana	33,809	21,637,760	29.24
Iowa	50,914	32,584,960	3.78
Maine	31,766	20,330,240	18.36
Massachusetts	7,800	4,992,000	127.50
Michigan	56,243	35,995,520	7.07
New Hampshire	9,280	5,939,200	34.26
New Jersey	8,320	5,324,800	58.84
New York	47,000	30,080,000	65.90
Ohio	39,964	26,576,960	49.55
Pennsylvania	46,000	29,440,000	50.26
Rhode Island	1,306	835,840	112.97
Vermont	10,212	6,535,680	30.76
Wisconsin	53,924	34,511,360	5.66
	612,597	392,062,082	21,91

TABLE NO. XXIII.

AREA OF THE SLAVE STATES.

States.	Square Miles.	Acres.	Inhabit’nts to square mile.
Alabama	50,722	32,027,490	15.21
Arkansas	52,198	33,406,720	4.02
Delaware	2,120	1,356,800	43.18
Florida	59,268	37,931,520	1.48
Georgia	58,000	37,120,000	15.62
Kentucky	37,680	24,115,200	26.07
Louisiana	41,255	26,403,200	12.55
Maryland	11,124	7,119,360	52.41
Mississippi	47,156	30,179,840	12.86
Missouri	67,380	43,123,200	10.12
North Carolina	50,704	32,450,560	17.14
South Carolina	29,385	18,805,400	22.75
Tennessee	45,600	29,184,000	21.99
Texas	237,504	152,002,560	89
Virginia	61,352	39,165,280	23.17
	851,448	544,926,720	11.29

TABLE NO. XXIV.

POPULATION OF THE FREE STATES—1850.

States.	Whites.	Free Colored.	Total.
California	91,635	962	92,597
Connecticut	363,099	7,693	370,792
Illinois	846,034	5,436	851,470
Indiana	977,154	11,262	988,416
Iowa	191,881	333	192,214
Maine	581,813	1,356	583,169
Massachusetts	985,450	9,064	994,514
Michigan	395,071	2,583	397,654
New Hampshire	317,456	520	317,976
New Jersey	465,509	23,810	489,555
New York	3,048,325	49,069	3,097,394
Ohio	1,955,050	25,279	1,980,329
Pennsylvania	2,258,160	53,626	2,311,786
Rhode Island	143,875	3,670	147,545
Vermont	313,402	718	314,120
Wisconsin	304,756	635	305,391
	13,233,670	196,116	13,434,922