Value of manufactured articles: $1,020,300,000
Number of persons employed: 1,050,000
The following are the number of establishments in operation, and capital employed in cotton, woolens, and iron:
| No. of Estab. | Capital invested. | |
| Cotton | 1094 | $74,501,031 |
| Woolens | 1559 | 28,118,650 |
| Pig Iron | 377 | 17,356,425 |
| Castings | 1391 | 17,416,360 |
| Wrought iron | 422 | 14,495,220 |
The value of articles manufactured in 1849 was as follows, compared with 1839.
| 1849. | 1839. | |
| Cottons | $61,869,184 | $46,350,453 |
| Woolens | 43,207,555 | 20,696,999 |
| Pig Iron | 12,748,777 | |
| Castings | 25,108,155 | 286,903 |
| Wrought Iron | 16,747,074 | 197,233 |
The period which has elapsed since the receipt of the returns at Washington, has been too short to enable the Census-office to make more than a general report of the facts relating to a few of the most important manufactures. The complete statistical returns, when published, will present a very full view of the varied interests and extent of the industrial pursuits of the people.
The Press.—The statistics of the newspaper press form an interesting feature in the returns of the Seventh Census. It appears that the whole number of newspapers and periodicals in the United States, on the first day of June, 1850, amounted to 2800. Of these, 2494 were fully returned, 234 had all the facts excepting circulation given, and 72 are estimated for California, the Territories, and for those that may have been omitted by the assistant marshals. From calculations made on the statistics returned, and estimated circulations where they have been omitted, it appears that the aggregate circulation of these 2800 papers and periodicals is about 5,000,000, and that the entire number of copies printed annually in the United States, amounts to 422,600,000. The following table will show the number of daily, weekly, monthly, and other issues, with the aggregate circulation of each class:
| Published. | No. | Circulation. | Copies annually. |
| Daily | 350 | 750,000 | 235,000,000 |
| Tri-weekly | 150 | 75,000 | 11,700,000 |
| Semi-weekly | 125 | 80,000 | 8,320,000 |
| Weekly | 2,000 | 2,875,000 | 149,500,000 |
| Semi-monthly | 50 | 300,000 | 7,200,000 |
| Monthly | 100 | 900,000 | 10,800,000 |
| Quarterly | 25 | 29,000 | 80,000 |
| Total | 2,800 | 5,000,000 | 422,600,000 |
Of these papers 424 are issued in the New England States, 876 in the Middle States, 716 in the Southern States, and 784 in the Western States. The average circulation of papers in the United States, is 1785. There is one publication for every 7161 free inhabitants in the United States and Territories.