Place of Birth for White & Free Colored Population in the 1850 Oregon CensusTaken from: Bureau of the Census, Statistical View of the United States [for 1850] (Washington: Beverley Tucker, Senate Printer, 1854), 116. |
State NumberAlabama 20Arkansas 61California 25Columbia, District of 1Connecticut 72Delaware 18Florida 4Georgia 22Illinois 1,023Indiana 739Iowa 452Kentucky 730Louisiana 6Maine 129Maryland 73Massachusetts 187Michigan 37Mississippi 8Missouri 2,206New Hampshire 44New Jersey 69New York 618North Carolina 201Ohio 653Oregon 3,175Pennsylvania 337Rhode Island 20South Carolina 34Tennessee 402Texas 15Vermont 111Virginia 469Wisconsin 10Territories 7England 207Scotland 106Wales 9Ireland 196Total Great Britain & Ireland 518Prussia 1Rest of Germany 155Holland 1Norway 1Denmark 2Sweden 2Belgium 11Switzerland 8Russia 1France 45Italy 5China 2Sandwich Islands 50British America 293Mexico 1South America 6Other Countries 57Total Native 11, 999Total Foreign 1,159Unknown 142Total White & Free Colored 13,294Percent foreign born to total wite & free colored population 8.72
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Connie Lenzen, CGSM
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