Statistical atlas of the United States based on the results of the Ninth Census 1870 with contributions from many eminent men of science and several departments of the government.

Compiled under authority of Congress by Francis A. Walker, M.A., Superintendent of the 9th Census, Professor of Political Economy and History, Sheffield Scientific School of Yale College.

Document Sections

Title Page & Table of Contents [<1.0 MB]

Preface & Introduction [6.1 MB]

Part I - Physical Features of the United States

River Systems [<1.0 MB]

Woodlands [<1.0 MB]

Rain-Fall (Annual) [<1.0 MB]

Storm Centres. Frequency of [<1.0 MB]

Temperature (Annual Mean) [<1.0 MB]

Temperature (Hottest and Coldest Weeks) [<1.0 MB]

Isobars [<1.0 MB]

Hypsometric Sketch [<1.0 MB]

Coal Measures [<1.0 MB]

Geological Formations [<1.0 MB]

Memoirs and Discussions

The Physical Features of the United States [4.4 MB]

The Woodlands and Forest Systems of the United States [5.6 MB]

Geological Map of the Unites States and Territories [5.1 MB]

The Gold and Silver Mines of the West [2.5 MB]

The Coal Measures of the United States [3.4 MB]

Part II - Population, Social and Industrial Statistics

Area and Political Divisions [<1.0 MB]

Density of Population, 1790-1820 [1.3 MB]

Density of Population, 1830-1840 [<1.0 MB]

Density of Population, 1850 [1.4 MB]

Density of Population, 1860 [1.3 MB]

Density of Population, 1870, with Indian Reservations [<1.0 MB]

Constituent Elements of Population, 1870 [<1.0 MB]

Colored Population (Absolute) [1.4 MB]

Colored Population (Relative) [1.4 MB]

Foreign Parentage, Population of (Absolute) [1.5 MB]

Foreign Parentage, Population of (Relative) [1.4 MB]

Foreign Population, General (Absolute) [1.5 MB]

Foreign Population, General (Relative) [1.5 MB]

Foreign Population, Special, Irish, German (Absolute & Relative) [1.3 MB]

Foreign Population, Special, British Americans; English and Welsh; Swedes and Norwegians (Absolute & Relative) [1.4 MB]

Illiteracy (Total Population) [1.4 MB]

Illiteracy (Adult White Males) [1.4 MB]

Church Accommodation [<1.0 MB]

Occupations of the People [<1.0 MB]

Wealth [1.5 MB]

Debt, State and Local [1.4 MB]

Taxation, State and Local [1.4 MB]

Fiscal Chart (United States Government) [<1.0 MB]

Crops - Wheat, Rice, Tobacco, Hops, Oats, Cotton, Hay, Sugar [1.4 MB]

Crops - Corn, Dairy Products, Total Value of Agricultural Product, Improved Land in Farms [1.4 MB]

Pacific Coast Maps [1.6 MB]

Memoirs and Discussions

Areas and Political Divisions of the United States [11.0 MB]

The Minor Political Divisions of the United States [5.1 MB]

The Progress of the Nation; Population, 1780-1880 [8.5 MB]

Part III - Vital Statistics

Predominating Sex [1.5 MB]

Age and Sex, Living Population, Aggregate [<1.0 MB]

Age and Sex, Living Population, Native, Foreign [1.0 MB]

Birth Rate [1.4 MB]

Deaths from Consumption [1.4 MB]

Deaths from Malarial Diseases [1.5 MB]

Deaths by Age and Sex [<1.0 MB]

Deaths by Month and Sex; also by Race and Nationality [1.1 MB]

Deaths from Intestinal Diseases [1.4 MB]

Deaths from Enteric, etc. Fevers [1.2 MB]

The Afflicted Classes--Blind, by Age and Sex [<1.0 MB]

The Afflicted Classes--Deaf Mutes, by Age and Sex [<1.0 MB]

The Afflicted Classes--Insane, by Age and Sex [<1.0 MB]

The Afflicted Classes--Idiots, by Age and Sex [<1.0 MB]

The Afflicted Classes, by Race and Nationality, by Color and Nationality: Blind [<1.0 MB]

The Afflicted Classes, by Race and Nationality, by Color and Nationality: Deaf Mutes [<1.0 MB]

The Afflicted Classes, by Race and Nationality, by Color and Nationality: Insane [<1.0 MB]

The Afflicted Classes, by Race and Nationality, by Color and Nationality: Idiots [<1.0 MB]

Memoirs and Discussions

An Approximate Life-Table for the United States [2.7 MB]

Relations of Race and Nationality to Mortality in the United States [4.1 MB]

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