History of Muscatine County Iowa 1879

Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Historical Section, 1879, pages 431-431

POPULATION.
By the several census reports, the population of the county of Muscatine has increased as follows:

1838	1,247
1840	1,942
1844	2,882
1846	1,485
1847 (State)	3,010
1849	4,516
1850	5,773
1851	6,170
1852	6,812
1854	9,555
1856	12,569
1859	15,503
1860	16,444
1863	16,989
1865	17,241
1867	20,699
1869	21,336
1870	21,688
1873	21,382
1875	21,623

The last census, that of 1875, showed the population to be as follows in the several townships of this county:

NAMES OF TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS AND CITIES	NUMBER OF FAMILIES.	White Male	Population female	Total.	Colored Male	Population female	Total.	Total Populaton
Bloomington, exc. of Muscatine	225	610	543	1153	2	1	3	1156
Cedar	67	190	193	383				383
Fulton	189	624	538	1162				1162
Goshen	221	638	597	1235				1235
Lake	131	413	349	762				762
Moscow	170	419	375	794				794
Montpelier	109	357	310	667				667
Muscatine, city of, (C.H.)	1495	3668	3739	7407	66	64	130	7537
Orono	87	250	251	501				501
Pike	160	461	379	840				840
Seventy-six	147	431	418	849				849
Sweetland	262	723	692	1415				1415
Wapsinonoc, exc. of West Liberty	173	501	470	971	8	8	16	987
West Liberty, town of	202	453	480	933	1	3	4	937
Wilton, exec. of town	197	538	508	1046	1	0	1	1047
Wilton, town of	272	683	661	1344	2	2	7	1351
Total	4107	10959	10503	21462	80	80	161	21623

Since the above report was made, the population of Muscatine City has largely increased, and is now estimated at 10,000 and upward.