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The 1860 United States census was the eighth census conducted in the United States starting June 1, 1860, and lasting five months. It determined the population of the United States to be 31,443,321 [ 1 ] in 33 states and 10 organized territories.
As the United States has grown in area and population, new states have been formed out of U.S. territories or the division of existing states. The population figures provided here reflect modern state boundaries. Shaded areas of the tables indicate census years when a territory or the part of another state had not yet been admitted as a new state.
United States birth rate (births per 1000 population). [26] The United States Census Bureau defines the demographic birth boom as between 1946 and 1964 [27] (red). In the years after WWII, the United States, as well as a number of other industrialized countries, experienced an unexpected sudden birth rate jump.
1860 elections in the United States by state (34 C, 2 P) A. 1860 in Alabama (2 C, 1 P) 1860 in Arkansas (2 C) C. 1860 in California (2 C, 5 P) 1860 in Connecticut (2 ...
1860 in the United States by state or territory (40 C) ... 1869 in the United States by state or territory (49 C) A. 1860s in Alabama (14 C, 2 P) 1860s in Alaska (4 C)
The Massachusetts Bay Colony French settlements and forts in the so-called Illinois Country, 1763, which encompassed parts of the modern day states of Illinois, Missouri, Indiana and Kentucky) A 1775 map of the German Coast, a historical region of present-day Louisiana located above New Orleans on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River Vandalia was the name of a proposed British colony ...
By the time Europeans arrived in the 15th century, the region was inhabited by the Mississippian people, well known for their mound-building cultures, building some of the largest cities of the Pre-Columbian United States. European history in the region would begin with the earliest days of the exploration.
By 1860 the rural population had exploded to 25 million but urban had grown faster to 6 million, or 20% urban. Many non farmers lived in villages and small towns classified as "rural." The population in 1890 reached 63 million people, thanks to high birth rates and high immigration from Europe.