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Poulation From 1800-1970 250000 Total Population 200000 Total Population Including Armed Forces Overseas 150000 Total Resident Population Civilian Resident Population 100000 50000 0 1780 1800 1820 1840 1860 1880 Year Series A 6-8 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 Population Activity 146000 144000 142000 140000 Population 138000 136000 134000 132000 130000 128000 126000 124000 1936 1938 1940 1942 1944 1946 Year Armed Forces Total Resident Popu Civilian Resident P Series A 6-8 Here is a detail of the previous chart for the years around WW II. Note that “Armed Forces” means total population including Armed Forces. 1948 Labor 2.50 2.00 1.50 $ Artisans Laborers 1.00 0.50 0.00 1785 1790 1795 1800 1805 1810 1815 1820 1825 1830 1835 years Series D 715--717. Average Daily Wage Rates of Artisans, Laborers, and Agricultural Workers, in the Philadelphia Area: 1785 to 1830 Average wages 3.00 2.50 wages 2.00 blacksmiths 1.50 machinists laborers 1.00 0.50 0.00 1855 1860 1865 1870 1875 1880 years Selected from Series D 728--734. Why do you think wages for these workers rose in the early 1860s? 1885 Percent Distibution of Personal Incom e 45 40 35 New England Middle Atlantic 30 Percent East North Central West North Central 25 South Atlantic 20 East South Central West South Central 15 Mountain Pacific 10 5 0 1840 1880 1900 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1965 1970 Year The sum of all of these equal 100 in any one year. This shows the relative importance of different regions. What do you think has happened since 1970? Ratio of Per Capita Incom e to U.S. per Capita 250 200 New England Middle Atlantic East North Central 150 Ratio West North Central South Atlantic East South Central 100 West South Central Mountain Pacific 50 0 1840 1880 1900 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1965 1970 Year This and previous graph from Series F 287—296 This graph shows the relative levels of per capita income across regions. Why do you think the average incomes have been getting closer together? Production, Imports and Exports of Lumber 45.0 40.0 Total Production Millions of Lumber 35.0 30.0 Total Imports 25.0 20.0 Total Exports 15.0 10.0 5.0 0.0 1945 1950 1955 1960 year Series L 98--112 1965 1970 1975 Post Office Revenue and Expenditures 18000 16000 14000 12000 10000 Post Office Revenues Post Office Expenditures 8000 6000 4000 2000 0 1780 1800 1820 1840 1860 1880 Series R 163--171. Postal Service---Post Office, Revenues & Expenditures. Auto, Bus, Truck Registrations, 1950-1970 90000 80000 70000 60000 50000 Automibles Buses 40000 Trucks 30000 20000 10000 0 1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 1962 1964 1966 Series Q 148--162. Motor-Vehicle Registrations 1968 1970 Miles of Railroad Railroad Mileage 250000 200000 150000 100000 50000 0 1875 Road Operated Road Owned All Track 1880 1885 1890 Year Series Q 321--328. Railroad Mileage and Equipment: 1830 to 1890 Miles of Railroad 180000 160000 140000 120000 100000 Miles 80000 60000 40000 20000 0 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 Series Q 321--328. Railroad Mileage and Equipment: 1830 to 1890 Why are there two values reported for 1862? What happened to railroad construction in the 20th Century? Miles of Railroad, 1830-1970 300000 250000 200000 150000 100000 50000 0 1830 1850 1870 1890 1910 Miles 1930 1950 1970