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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
MalePopulation
female
Total.Colored
MalePopulation
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.