TABLE 1.-The area and population of the States and Territories and the general nativity and sex of the population in 1870. a The reason for the differences between these areas and those in Table II is given in the foregoing remarks. b The area of Alaska was estimated in 1870 to be 577,390 square miles and that of the Indian Territory to be 68,991 square miles; they are not included in this total. 194 TABLE 2.-The area and population of the States and Territories and the general nativity and sex of the population in 1880. |