CENSUS DATA FOR OREGON AND CALIFORNIA:
1850 AND 1860

TOTAL POPULATION

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

Whites84,7086,9278,1384,949
Fr. colored8729012087
Total85,5807,0178,2585,036
% of Total92.47.562.137.8
1860
Whites226,7746,40431,45120,709
Fr. colored1,2592,8277652
Indians7,2110,58764133
Asians33,1491,784------------------
Total268,393111,60131,59120,874
% of Total70.629.360.239.7



NUMBER OF FAMILIES
CALIFORNIAOREGON
185024,56718502,374
186098,767186011,063

PROFESSIONS OF MALE POPULATION
CALIFORNIA OREGON
1850
Farmers1,4861,702
Miners57,79715
Total reported77,6313,874
1860
Farmers20,8367,861
Miners82,5731,793
Total reported219,19218,370



NATIVITY (WHITES ONLY)
CALIFORNIAOREGON
1850Male FemaleMale Female
Born in state/territory4,5323,1641,0741,227
Born in United States59,471 2,3956,0823,554
Foreign born20,278 1,351800159
Unknown427171829
1860

Native born

153,940 75,89127,37919,840
Foreign born116,570 29,5074,136982



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

Sources:

The Seventh Census of the United States: 1850 (Washington, D.C., 1853).
Statistics of the United States in 1860; the Eighth Census (Washington, D.C., 1866).
Preliminary Report on the Eighth Census, 1860 (Washington, D.C., 1862).

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