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Birth/Deaths      Education      Manufacturing
Population      Race/Foreign Birth      Religion      Slavery

1850

Total Number of Farms      12,198
     Highest number                   567
      Rusk County
    Lowest number                         8
    Nueces County

Total acres of improved      643,976
land on farms
    Most acres                            56,277
    Harrison County
    Fewest acres                             210
    San Patricio County

Total acres                       10,853,363
of unimproved
land on farms
  
Most acres                      1,023,706
  
   Brazoria County
   
Fewest acres                             323
  
   Kaufman County

Total cash value of:
    Farms                          
16,550,008
    Orchard products           12, 505
    Livestock                    10,412,927
    Market garden                  12,354
               products

1860

Total Number of Farms      37,363
     Highest number               1,177
      Smith County
    Lowest number                        1
   Shackleford County

Total acres of improved      2,650,781
land on farms
    Most acres                            117,847
    Harrison County
    Fewest acres                                  45
    Webb County

Total acres                       22,693,247
of unimproved
land on farms
  
Most acres                      1,696,890
   Cameron County
   
Fewest acres                                0
   
Kenedy County

Total cash value of:
    Farms                          
88,101,320
    Orchard products            48,047
    Livestock                    42,825,447
    Market garden               178,374
               products
    Home-made
                   584, 217
    manufactures

Farms 1850
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The darker colors represent a higher density of population

Improved Acreage 1850
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The darker colors represent a higher density of population

Unimproved Acreage 1850
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The darker colors represent a higher density of population

Farms 1860
maps/1860ag_large.jpg
The darker colors represent a higher density of population

Improved Acreage 1860
maps/1860improved_large.jpg
The darker colors represent a higher density of population

Unimproved Acreage 1860
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The darker colors represent a higher density of population

Farm size
20-49 acres
     14,132
50-99 acres       7,857
100-499 acres   6,831
10-19 acres       6,156
3-9 acres           1,832
500-999 acres      468
1000 acres or         87
             more

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