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TOTAL POPULATION | ||||
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CALIFORNIA | OREGON | |||
| 1850 1860 | 92,597 379,994 | 1850 1860 | 13,294 52,465* | |
*1850 population is for all of Oregon Territory.
1860 Population is for Oregon state only.
| AGGREGATES BY SEX | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALIFORNIA | OREGON | |||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | |
|
1850 | ||||
| Whites | 84,708 | 6,927 | 8,138 | 4,949 |
| Fr. colored | 872 | 90 | 120 | 87 |
| Total | 85,580 | 7,017 | 8,258 | 5,036 |
| % of Total | 92.4 | 7.5 | 62.1 | 37.8 |
| 1860 | ||||
| Whites | 226,774 | 6,404 | 31,451 | 20,709 |
| Fr. colored | 1,259 | 2,827 | 76 | 52 |
| Indians | 7,211 | 0,587 | 64 | 133 |
| Asians | 33,149 | 1,784 | --------- | --------- |
| Total | 268,393 | 111,601 | 31,591 | 20,874 |
| % of Total | 70.6 | 29.3 | 60.2 | 39.7 |
| NUMBER OF FAMILIES | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALIFORNIA | OREGON | |||
| 1850 | 24,567 | 1850 | 2,374 | |
| 1860 | 98,767 | 1860 | 11,063 | |
| PROFESSIONS OF MALE POPULATION | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| CALIFORNIA | OREGON | ||
| 1850 | |||
| Farmers | 1,486 | 1,702 | |
| Miners | 57,797 | 15 | |
| Total reported | 77,631 | 3,874 | |
| 1860 | |||
| Farmers | 20,836 | 7,861 | |
| Miners | 82,573 | 1,793 | |
| Total reported | 219,192 | 18,370 | |
| NATIVITY (WHITES ONLY) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALIFORNIA | OREGON | ||||
| 1850 | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| Born in state/territory | 4,532 | 3,164 | 1,074 | 1,227 | |
| Born in United States | 59,471 | 2,395 | 6,082 | 3,554 | |
| Foreign born | 20,278 | 1,351 | 800 | 159 | |
| Unknown | 427 | 17 | 182 | 9 | |
| 1860 | |||||
Native born | 153,940 | 75,891 | 27,379 | 19,840 | |
| Foreign born | 116,570 | 29,507 | 4,136 | 982 | |
| POPULATION BY AGES: PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL POPULATION (WHITES ONLY) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALIFORNIA | OREGON | |||||||
| 1850 | 1860 | 1850 | 1860 | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 0 to 15 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 10.9 | 10.4 | 20.2 | 19.6 | 21.9 | 20.6 |
| 16 to 40 | 76.4 | 3.7 | 39.5 | 12.3 | 33.0 | 14.0 | 29.4 | 14.6 |
| 41 to 70 | 10.7 | .7 | 8.4 | 2.5 | 7.5 | 3.2 | 8.2 | 4.0 |
| 71 to 100 | .09 | .03 | .1 | .07 | .1 | .04 | .2 | .1 |