The Census

The icsults of the tenth census of the United States can probably be condenseii into about 15,000 octavo pages and from twelve to iifteen volumes. The first two volumes have been issued and have been received froni Washington at the CocRiEK office through the thonghtfullness of Senator Ferry. In tliem is a compendium giving the condensed result of the census. The statisticts which of course are complete, are of gre:it value and interest as showing the growth and condition of the country. The total expenses of this great work will be something over four millions of dollars, but it is undoubtedly accurate and exlmistive. The Ninth census cost three millions and a third and in the interval the population has increased 30 per cent. So taking this into account as well as the increase in the other eleinents of cost the ainount for the last census, is not so large proportionally. Besides' the last one is mucli more comprehensivo and correct, lt has for the first time the statisticts of railroads, telegraphs and telephones; fire, marine and life insurance, and doublé the amount of information in the department of agricultura and manufactures. All these facts are worthy of a laiger circulation among the masses af their value increases proportionally with their widespread dissemination. So we purpose giving weekly installments to our readers of statisticts rclative to the State and county interests. By such a metliod they can be better taken in and digested by all of us. To give a proper idea of our relation to the whole we iirst will give the aggregates of population and afterwards the more local statisticts. By the 1S80 census the United States had a population of 50,155,783. Of these 25,518,820 were in ale and 24,G36,963 female; 43,475,840 were native and 0,079,943 foreign; 43,402,970 white; 6,580,793 colored; 105,405 Chinese; 148 Japanese; G6,407 Indians. Michigan has a population of 1,G3G,937. Of these 802,355 are male and 774,582 are female; 1,248,420 are native and 388,508 foreign; 1,014,560 white; 15,100 colored; 27 Chinese; 1 Japanese and 7,249 Indians (more Indians than any other state except California.) Waslitenavv county bas 41,848. Of these 21, 250 are male and 20,598 female; 33,903 naiives and 7,945 foreign; 40,628 white; 1,216 colored; 2 Chinese and 2 Indians. Next week we will give the population of the county divisions into township?.