The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 52, July 1948 - April, 1949 Page: 198
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198 Southwestern Historical Quarterly
Table 9.
NATIVITIES OF THE FREE INHABITANTS OF TEXAS BY STATE OR
COUNTRY OF BIRTH, 1850o AND 186o0
Part I. Natives of the United States.
Census of 1850 Census of 1860
Per cent
Per cent Per cent Per cent Per cent increase
Place of Birth of total of total of total of total from
Number non-Texas non-Texas Number non-Texas non-Texas 1850
born born free born born free to 1860
natives inhabitants natives inhabitants
Alabama ............. 12,040 12.904 10 848 34,193 15.184 12.730 184.0
Arkansas.............. 4,693 5.030 4.228 11,319 5.027 4.214 141.2
California......................* .......... .......... 83 .037 .031
Connecticut .......... 369 .395 .332 472 .210 .176 27.9
Delaware ............ 61 .065 .055 114 .051 .042 86.9
Florida .............. 365 .391 .329 1,103 .490 .411 202.9
Georgia .............. 7,639 8.187 6.883 23,637 10.497 8.800 209.4
Illinois ............... 2,855 3.060 2.572 7,050 3.131 2.625 146.9
Indiana.............. 1,799 1.928 1.621 3,478 1.544 1.295 93.3
Iowa ................ 109 .117 .098 702 .312 .261 544.0
Kansas.....................* ... ........... 29 .013 .011
Kentucky............ 5,478 5.871 4.936 14,545 6.459 5.415 165.5
Louisiana............ 4,472 4.793 4 029 9,660 4.290 3.596 116.0
Maine ............... 226 .242 .204 459 .204 .171 103.1
Maryland............ 521 .558 .469 916 .407 .341 75.8
Massachusetts........ 414 .444 .373 660 .293 .246 59.4
Michigan ............. 125 .134 .113 248 .110 .092 98.4
Minnesota............ ........* ...... .............. 70 .031 .026
Mississippi........... 6,545 7.015 5.897 19,902 8.838 7.409 '204.1
Missouri ............. 5,139 5.508 4.630 12,487 5.545 4.649 143.0
New Hampshire ...... 97 .104 .087 210 .093 .078 116.5
New Jersey........... 205 .220 .185 384 .170 .143 87.3
New York........... . 1,589 1.703 1.432 3,221 1.430 1.199 102.7
North Carolina........ 5,155 5.525 4.645 12,138 5.390 4.519 135.5
Ohio................. 947 1.015 .853 2,183 .969 .813 130.5
Oregon ......................* ...... .......... 6 .003 .002
Pennsylvania......... . 1,005 1.077 .905 1,796 .797 .669 78.7
Rhode Island......... 56 .060 .050 165 .073- .061 194.6
South Carolina....... 4,482 4.803 4.038 10,876 4 830 4.049 142.7
Tennessee............ 17,692 18.961 15.941 42,265 18.769 15.735 138.9
Texas ................ 43,444 ........................ 153,043 ............ ............ 252.3
Vermont.............. 144 .154 .130 288 .128 .107 100.0
Virginia .............. 3,580 3.837 3.226 9,081 4.033 3.381 153.7
Wisconsin............ 42 .045 .038 183 .081 .068 335.7
District of Columbia.. 35 .038 .032 87 .039 .032 148.6
Territories............ 14 .015 .013 335 .149 .125 2,292.9
At Sea............... ... ........ . .. .... ..... 247 .110 .092
Not stated........... 604 .647 .544 592 .263 .220
Unassigned (faulty
census tabulation).. 4,809 5.154 4.333 ..........
Total natives of U. S.
born outside Texas.. 93,306 100.00 84.069 225,184 100.00 83.834 141.3
Total natives of U. S.. 136,750 ............ 88.551 378,227 ............ 89.702 176.6
tData for 1850 from J. D. B. DeBow, either The Seventh Census, pp xxxvi-xxxvii, or Compendium of the
Seventh Census, 116-118; data for 1860 from Eighth Census, 1860, vol. [I], Population, 490 or 616-623. The
per cents have been supplied.
*No such classification in 1850.
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