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The Portland Gazette
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
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Historical population data for New York City: 1815 enumeration returned over 108,000 but deemed inaccurate and estimated higher; current presumed at 130,000; 1820 U.S. Census expected to show 148,000. Projections based on past growth: 255,000 in 1830, 408,000 in 1840, and 6,848,000 by century's end.
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In 1815, the corporation of the city of N. York, for the purpose of making a Jury list, ordered the number of inhabitants to be taken, which was returned at upwards of 108,000. That enumeration however was generally considered very incorrect; the actual number supposed to exceed that returned. It is presumed the present number amounts to 130,000; and by the United States Census for 1820, the number returned will be 148,000. If the City of New-York should continue to increase in the same proportion that it has done any ten years within the last 30, that is, three fifths every ten years, in 1830 its population will amount to 255,000 and in 1840 to 408,000 and at the end of the present century to 6,848,000
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In 1815, city corporation ordered inhabitant count for jury list, returned over 108,000 but considered incorrect with actual exceeding it. Present number presumed 130,000; 1820 U.S. Census expected 148,000. If growth continues at three fifths every ten years as in last 30 years, population projected to 255,000 in 1830, 408,000 in 1840, and 6,848,000 by end of century.