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.
----------------------------------------------------------------------- Latitude of New-Orleans, 29° 57' 45" North. Longitude in degrees, 90 60 49 West. _h. m. s._ " 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 1830. -------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+------+-------+------- 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 -------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+------+-------+-------
-------------+--------------+---------------------------+------------- Free | Slaves | No. of free to 1 slave | Total -------------+--------------+---------------------------+------------- 41,896 | 34,660 | 1.20 | 76,556 -------------+--------------+---------------------------+-------------