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Bedford Inquirer
Bedford, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania census data shows total population increase from 2,311,776 in 1850 to 2,918,441, a gain of 601,665 (26%), with county-by-county breakdowns and notes on boundary changes.
Merged-components note: Merged fragmented components of Pennsylvania census population data into a single domestic news report; original labels were table and filler.
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| Increase. |
| Population in 1850. |
| Population in 1850. |
The "Census" of Pennsylvania,
Total. 2,311,776 2,918,441 601,665 ↑26
NOTES,
*Part of Montour county was re-annexed to Columbia in 1853.
†The population of Forest was returned with that of Jefferson in 1850.
‡Snyder county was formed from Union in 1855.
| Adams, | 25981 | 27977 | 1996 | 7 |
| Allegheny, | 138290 | 150074 | 41781 | 80 |
| Armstrong, | 29560 | 26114 | 6554 | 22 |
| Beaver, | 26689 | 29321 | 2632 | 9 |
| Bedford, | 23052 | 26803 | 3751 | 16 |
| Blair, | 21777 | 27785 | 6008 | 27 |
| Bedford, | 42881 | 50046 | 7215 | 16 |
| Bucks, | 56091 | 63803 | 7712 | 13 |
| Butler, | 30346 | 83753 | 8107 | 11 |
| Cambria, | 17773 | 29318 | 14540 | 64 |
| Carbon, | 15686 | 21233 | 5553 | 34 |
| Centre, | 23365 | 27087 | 3732 | 15 |
| Chester, | 66438 | 74749 | 8311 | 12 |
| Clarion, | 23565 | 25575 | 2010 | 8 |
| Clearfield, | 12586 | 18925 | 6349 | 50 |
| Clinton, | 11207 | 17722 | 6515 | 58 |
| Columbia, | 17710 | 24603 | 6764 | 21 |
| Montour, | 13239 | 13110 | 11192 | 29 |
| Crawford, | 37849 | 49041 | 6075 | 17 |
| Cumberland, | 84327 | 40402 | 12886 | 36 |
| Dauphin, | 35754 | 48640 | 5985 | 24 |
| Delaware, | 24679 | 30615 | 2317 | 65 |
| Elk, | 3581 | 5848 | 10955 | 24 |
| Erie, | 38742 | 49697 | 1054 | 2 |
| Fayette, | 39112 | 40165 | 2388 | 5 |
| Franklin, | 39904 | 42252 | 1563 | 20 |
| Fulton, | 7567 | 9140 | 2270 | 10 |
| Greene, | 22186 | 24406 | 1281 | 5 |
| Huntingdon, | 24786 | 26167 | 6699 | 24 |
| Indiana, | 27170 | 38869 | 4785 | 42 |
| Jefferson, | 18518 | 18414 | 889 | 25 |
| Forrest, | 13099 | 16300 | 3271 | 17 |
| Juniata, | 98944 | 116621 | 17677 | 10 |
| Lancaster, | 21079 | 28213 | 2184 | 15 |
| Lawrence, | 26171 | 30030 | 3959 | 35 |
| Lebanon, | 82479 | 43932 | 11453 | 62 |
| Lehigh, | 56072 | 91089 | 85017 | 48 |
| Luzerne, | 26257 | 37560 | 11303 | 71 |
| Lycoming, | 5254 | 9000 | 8746 | 12 |
| M'Kean, | 33172 | 87164 | 8992 | 9 |
| Mercer, | 14930 | 16378 | 1398 | 26 |
| Mifflin, | 13270 | 16805 | 8535 | 20 |
| Monroe, | 58291 | 70494 | 12208 | 18 |
| Montgomery, | 40235 | 47775 | 7540 | 24 |
| Northampton, | 23272 | 29057 | 8785 | 14 |
| Northumberland, | 20088 | 22940 | 2852 | 38 |
| Perry, | 408762 | 568034 | 159272 | 25 |
| Phila. City, | 5881 | 7360 | 1479 | 89 |
| Pike, | 6048 | 11467 | 0419 | 48 |
| Potter, | 60713 | 90173 | 29460 | 10 |
| Schuylkill, | 24416 | 26920 | 2504 | 4 |
| Somerset, | 3694 | 4140 | 446 | 28 |
| Sullivan, | 28688 | 36665 | 7977 | 80 |
| Susquehanna | 23978 | 3121 | 7281 | 12 |
| Tioga, | 26083 | 14222 | 8263 | 37 |
| Union, | 18810 | 25189 | 6879 | 41 |
| Snyder, | 18671 | 19299 | 5628 | 11 |
| Venango, | 44939 | 47319 | 2380 | 45 |
| Warren, | 21800 | 31172 | 10182 | 4 |
| Washington, | 51726 | 54020 | 2294 | 18 |
| Wayne, | 10655 | 12644 | 1989 | 18 |
| Westmoreland, | 57450 | 68088 | 10638 | 19 |
| Wyoming, | 57450 | 68088 | 10638 | 18 |
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The census of Pennsylvania reports total population of 2,311,776 in 1850 increasing to 2,918,441, a gain of 601,665 or 26 percent. County-level data provided with notes on boundary adjustments for Montour, Forest, and Snyder counties.