60 51,687 861.45
Virginia 61,352 1,421,661 23.17
North Carolina 45,000 868,903 19.30
South Carolina 24,500 668,507 27.28
Georgia 58,000 905,999 15.68
Florida 59,268 87,401 1.47
Alabama 50,723 771,671 15.21
Mississippi 47,126 606,555 12.86
Louisiana 46,431 511,974 11.02
Texas 237,321 212,592 .89
Arkansas 52,198 209,639 4.01
Tennessee 45,600 1,002,625 21.98
Kentucky 37,680 982,405 26.07
Missouri 67,380 682,043 10.12
Total 844,115 9,638,223

It will be observed that a large proportion of the area of the Free States
and Territories is comprised in the unsettled country west of the
Mississippi. The following Territories, inhabited by Indians, also lie
west of the Mississippi.

Nebraska Territory: 136,700 square miles.
Indian Territory: 187,171 square miles.
Northwest Territory: 587,564 square miles.

The following is a comparative table of the population of each State and
Territory in 1850, and 1840:

Free States. Pop. 1850. Pop. 1840.
Maine 583,188 501,793
New Hampshire 317,964 284,574
Vermont 313,611 291,948
Massachusetts 994,499 737,699
Rhode Island 147,544 108,830
Connecticut 370,791 309,978
New York 3,097,394 2,428,921
New Jersey 489,555 373,306
Pennsylvania 2,311,786 1,724,033
Ohio 1,980,408 1,519,467
Indiana 988,416 685,866
Illinois 851,470 476,183
Iowa 192,214 43,112
Wisconsin 305,191 30,945
Michigan 397,654 212,367
California 165,000
Minnesota Territory 6,077
Oregon Territory 13,293
New Mexico Territory 61,505
Utah Territory 11,380
Total