The following Statistical Tables, exhibiting Louisiana in a variety of comparative views, have been compiled principally from the elaborate tables of that valuable periodical—the American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge—for the year 1835.
LOUISIANA.
| Latitude of New-Orleans, | 29° | 57' | 45" North. | |||
| Longitude in degrees | 90 | 60 | 49 West. | |||
| h. | m. | s. | ||||
| Longitude in time, | 6 | 0 | 27.3 | |||
| Distance from Washington, 1203 miles. | ||||||
| Relative size of Louisiana, 5. | Extent in square miles, 45,220. |
NUMBER OF INHABITANTS TO A SQUARE MILE.
| In 1810. | In 1820. | In 1830. |
| 1.6 | 3.2 | 4.4 |
RELATIVE POPULATION.
| In 1810. | In 1820. | In 1820. | ||||||
| Free | Slave | Total | Free | Slave | Total | Free | Slave | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 19 |
RATE OF INCREASE OF FREE AND SLAVE POPULATION.
| From 1800 to 1810. | From 1810 to 1820. | From 1820 to 1830. | ||||||
| Free | Slave | Total | Free | Slave | Total | Free | Slave | Total |
| p. ct. | ||||||||
| 373 | 2193.7 | 636 | 25.8 | 58.7 | 40.6 | |||