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14 TEXAS ALMANAC.
WEALTH, DEBT AND TAXATION OF THE DIFFERENT STATES.
The census for the year 1870, under the superintendence of General Walker,
is probably the most accurate one ever taken in this country, and by a careful
examination of the returns, tables can be compiled which are not only very
remarkable but very useful, as showing the prosperity, indebtedness, and
taxation in the various States of the Union. The following tables are taken
from the Nation, and like everything else in that paper, are well worthy of
attention :
WEALTH DISTRIBUTED PER CAPITA.
New York ................$1,4S3 27, Oregon..................... 8567 06Massachusetts .............
Connecticut ...............
Rhode Island..............
California ................
Pennsylvania.............
New Jersey ..............
Ohio......................
Illinois ..................
Maryland .................
New Hampshire...........
Delaware ................
Indiana ..................
Missouri .................
Nevada ....... .........
Vermont ...............
Wisconsin ................
Michigan ............. ...
Iowa ..................1,463
1,441
1,366
1,140
1,081
1,038
838
835
824
793
777
754
746
732
711
665
607
60103 Nebraska ................... 563 26
30 Maine..................... 555 35
28 Minnesota.................. 520 60
15 Kansas................ ... . 518 36
31 Kentucky................... 457 46
49 Louisiana................ 444 51
73 West Virginia.............. 431 32
34 Tennessee .................. 395 89
37 Virginia ................... 334 31
66 Arkansas.................. 322 81
35 South Carolina.............. 294 99
58 Mississippi ................. 252 67
48 North Carolina.............. 243 39
72 Florida .................... 235 23
99 Georgia.................... 226 47
90 Alabama ................... 202 46
41 Texas................ .. .. 194 30
03It will be seen from the above that New York leads the list, some of the
Eastern States following, the great grain-producing States of Illinois, Ohio,
Indiana, Iowa and Wisconsin coming next-the Southern States last on the list.
The census tables also give the amount of taxation for all purposes-
National, State and local-for the year previous to the census, and they are as
follows for each one thousand dollars of property :
Nevada .....................$26 34 Maryland................$10 30
Louisiana.................... 21 85 Illinois...................... 10 28
Arkansas.................... 18 35 Georgia................... 9 79
Mississippi ................. 17 86 Kentucky.................. 9 48
Maine ....................... 15 36 Vermont... ............... 9 07
Nebraska................... 14 83 West Virginia............... 9 03
Alabama .................... 14 77 North Carolina........... ... 9 02
Kansas... ................. 14 15 Indiana...................... 8 .51
South Carolina .............. 13 30 New Jersey.................. 7 88
New Hampshire.............. 12 88 Connecticut.................. 7 83
Iowa ..................... 12 62 Wisconsin.................. 7 67
California .................. 12 25 Michigan.................... 7 52
Massachusetts .............. 11 68 New York................... 7 47
Minnesota .................. 11 57 Rhode Island................ 7 31
Oregon..................... 11 26 Texas....................... 7 10
Virginia ..................... 11 26 Tennessee............... 6 79
Florida...................... 11 23 Pennsylvania............ . 6 44
Missouri.................... 10 82 Delaware.................. 4 30
Ohio ....................... 10 52
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