RAILROAD TRACK CONSTRUCTION FROM 1826 TO 1850
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STATE
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1826-30
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1831-35
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1835-40
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1841-45
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1845-50
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TOTALS
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CENSUS
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CHANGES
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Alabama
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2.10
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41.90
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88.50
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132.50
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132.50
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Connecticut
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119.56
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50.26
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230.94
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400.76
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413.26
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-12.50
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District of Columbia
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3.87
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3.87
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0.00
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3.87
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Delaware
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12.25
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23.00
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35.25
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39.19
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-3.94
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Florida
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21.00
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21.00
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21.00
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Georgia
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238.76
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217.96
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190.50
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647.22
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643.72
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3.50
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Illinois
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18.00
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37.00
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55.50
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110.50
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110.50
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Indiana
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20.00
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35.00
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179.20
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234.20
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228.00
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6.20
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Kentucky
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29.18
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49.03
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78.21
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78.21
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Louisiana
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8.00
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18.50
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18.00
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27.00
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71.50
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79.50
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-8.00
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Massachusetts
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2.79
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72.20
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215.32
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212.40
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528.81
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1,031.52
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1,035.74
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-4.22
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Maryland
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14.00
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124.32
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102.25
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9.00
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10.40
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259.97
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253.40
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6.57
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Maine
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2.00
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11.00
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60.35
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175.50
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248.85
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245.59
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3.26
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Michigan
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109.76
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128.21
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124.05
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362.02
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342.00
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20.02
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Mississippi
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2.00
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58.00
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8.00
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15.00
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83.00
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75.00
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8.00
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North Carolina
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2.69
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267.50
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8.78
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278.97
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248.50
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30.47
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New Hampshire
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34.77
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61.44
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379.17
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475.38
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465.32
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10.06
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New Jersey
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108.97
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78.46
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43.71
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231.14
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205.93
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25.21
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New York
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101.22
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298.02
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344.27
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565.51
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1,309.02
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1,403.10
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-94.08
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Ohio
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15.25
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89.75
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101.98
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368.29
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575.27
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575.27
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Pennsylvania
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46.52
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258.72
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362.73
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55.11
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246.26
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969.34
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822.34
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147.00
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Rhode Island
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8.20
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48.85
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18.00
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75.05
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68.00
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7.05
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South Carolina
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10.00
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127.00
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68.00
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84.00
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289.00
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289.00
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Tennessee
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16.50
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16.50
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0.00
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16.50
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Virginia
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69.31
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242.75
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136.86
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48.76
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497.68
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515.15
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-17.47
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Vermont
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290.07
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290.07
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279.57
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10.50
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Wisconsin
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20.00
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20.00
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20.00
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TOTALS FOR INTERVALS
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75.41
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987.08
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2,377.98
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1,641.12
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3,666.20
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8,747.79
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8,589.79
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158.00
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The Census data shown is for the year 1850 as reported in the 1860 Census.
See www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1860e-06.pdf (pages 230-231).
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