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Total and Urban Population at Each Census, 1790-1900

This stacked bar graph was created by Henry Gannett in 1890. The source can be found in the Statistical atlas of the United States, based upon the results of the eleventh census. The graph depicts the urban population distribution throughout the 50 states with a solid bar. The unshaded bar represents the entire population of the specified state.

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