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Counties |
No. of
Polls |
Acres of
land |
Val. of
Land with improvement |
Value of
town lots |
Val. of
capital employed in merchandise |
Val. of
capital employed in manufacturing |
Horses |
No. of
cattle |
Value of
cattle |
Value of
all other property |
Total
value |
Total
value in 1853 |
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No. | Value | ||||||||||||
Adair | |||||||||||||
Adams | 6,659 | $15,006 | $2,517 | 67 | $3,390 | 356 | $7,089 | $6,973 | $35,454 | ||||
Appanoose | 844 | 191,634 | 628,308 | 28,922 | $21,501 | $4,525 | 1,396 | 74,055 | 5,016 | 77,145 | 41,189 | 894,325 | $584,915 |
Alamakee | 784 | 198,651 | 473,106 | 49,344 | 22,100 | 1,500 | 552 | 36,795 | 3,795 | 70,036 | 36,146 | 700,794 | 429,371 |
Benton | 400 | 113,076 | 472,685 | 19,404 | 764 | 47,271 | 2,093 | 26,535 | 51,620 | 637,809 | 265,574 | ||
Blackhawk | 500 | 88,903 | 379,724 | 48,678 | 361 | 18,503 | 1,189 | 22,211 | 43,753 | 515,802 | 97,478 | ||
Boone | 330 | 63,419 | 225,180 | 6,915 | 8,303 | 2,600 | 468 | 23,535 | 1,305 | 22,345 | 26,485 | 322,663 | 147,931 |
Bremer | 234 | 81,406 | 208,751 | 8,625 | 5,140 | 7,450 | 362 | 13,184 | 1,025 | 16,537 | 20,219 | 285,056 | 43,437 |
Buchanan | 500 | 107,750 | 358,003 | 59,115 | 16,701 | 9,161 | 686 | 43,151 | 2,383 | 40,703 | 63,675 | 598,495 | 284,885 |
Butler | 9,029 | 33,381 | 500 | 111 | 5,645 | 489 | 9,141 | 6,591 | 56,411 | ||||
Cass | Estimated | 80,000 | 57,968 | ||||||||||
Clarke | 272 | 81,600 | 263,571 | 8,185 | 3,918 | 381 | 20,335 | 1,315 | 25,232 | 28,530 | 354,744 | 117,616 | |
Cedar | 1,263 | 335,237 | 1,646,563 | 79,162 | 26,999 | 7,241 | 2,870 | 164,203 | 7,679 | 116,427 | 170,264 | 2,246,516 | 1,244,040 |
Chickasaw | 97 | 78,727 | 191,448 | 2,754 | 4,067 | 81 | 3,681 | 472 | 6,625 | 6,450 | 216,154 | ||
Clayton | 1,492 | 316,712 | 1,149,478 | 267,879 | 62,965 | 27,261 | 1,820 | 115,889 | 7,431 | 157,084 | 107,475 | 1,916,334 | 1,350,066 |
Clinton | 1,076 | 356,063 | 1,450,678 | 214,725 | 37,373 | 8,700 | 1,937 | 119,063 | 7,627 | 125,554 | 75,113 | 2,051,712 | 1,033,076 |
Dallas | 304 | 100,107 | 319,555 | 6,112 | 2,575 | 4,700 | 745 | 35,150 | 2,136 | 32,078 | 45,083 | 457,634 | 228,114 |
Davis | 1,742 | 251,383 | 771,608 | 70,229 | 2,939 | 125,092 | 9,471 | 119,776 | 191,092 | 1,306,700 | 1,162,133 | ||
Decatur | 426 | 91,769 | 244,498 | 5,242 | 758 | 36,503 | 3,128 | 44,781 | 61,128 | 403,866 | 149,801 | ||
Delaware | 818 | 237,100 | 572,614 | 27,710 | 15,250 | 1,175 | 55,248 | 4,316 | 60,863 | 64,239 | 803,738 | 544,222 | |
Des Moines | 2,644 | 238,431 | 2,069,382 | 1,244,634 | 274,897 | 38,330 | 4,338 | 210,986 | 14,841 | 174,464 | 380,172 | 4,470,333 | 4,214,245 |
Dubuque | Estimated | 5,000,000 | 4,148,387 | ||||||||||
Fayette | 696 | 180,000 | 450,000 | 50,000 | 66,848 | 14,850 | 457 | 26,873 | 3,228 | 52,068 | 12,200 | 683,124 | 342,178 |
Fremont | 412 | 47,153 | 219,664 | 13,924 | 18,917 | 1,400 | 878 | 44,102 | 4,190 | 55,713 | 33,497 | 397,046 | 101,576 |
Guthrie | 159 | 33,670 | 120,425 | 4,613 | 2,815 | 1,780 | 248 | 13,222 | 857 | 13,603 | 16,521 | 176,117 | 57,421 |
p105 Greene | 7,700 | 16,546 | 68 | 3,235 | 198 | 5,541 | 12,651 | 39,074 | |||||
Hardin | 169 | 19,844 | 34,403 | 1,375 | 1,810 | 186 | 8,080 | 199 | 10,907 | 16,641 | 75,592 | ||
Harrison | Estimated | 50,000 | |||||||||||
Henry | 1,850 | 259,963 | 1,436,607 | 243,574 | 71,937 | 19,218 | 3,320 | 161,193 | 10,310 | 125,429 | 219,800 | 2,328,010 | 1,936,806 |
Iowa | 346 | 133,453 | 519,111 | 6,474 | 7,200 | 1,150 | 638 | 35,824 | 2,000 | 33,063 | 42,291 | 657,022 | 337,175 |
Jackson | 2,162 | 368,802 | 1,535,841 | 196,702 | 57,520 | 6,968 | 3,189 | 184,902 | 11,273 | 185,620 | 138,166 | 2,350,441 | 2,023,627 |
Johnson | 1,448 | 347,952 | 1,606,626 | 478,910 | 67,442 | 10,988 | 2,474 | 139,566 | 7,592 | 121,066 | 185,195 | 2,645,148 | 1,684,430 |
Jones | 968 | 237,699 | 757,225 | 31,615 | 15,651 | 1,747 | 1,808 | 99,071 | 6,061 | 89,767 | 56,731 | 1,076,848 | 863,879 |
Jasper | 563 | 192,510 | 661,969 | 46,305 | 12,250 | 9,200 | 1,202 | 64,055 | 3,158 | 52,805 | 104,222 | 966,620 | 447,651 |
Jefferson | 1,778 | 266,606 | 954,537 | 135,859 | 44,375 | 6,567 | 3,655 | 136,749 | 12,035 | 120,974 | 164,469 | 1,609,892 | 1,372,917 |
Keokuk | 1,235 | 304,696 | 1,179,557 | 35,794 | 41,045 | 10,408 | 2,186 | 109,974 | 7,202 | 108,770 | 136,838 | 1,659,154 | 918,607 |
Lee | 3,753 | 318,500 | 2,191,721 | 1,487,345 | 374,326 | 34,591 | 5,372 | 281,889 | 17,839 | 234,579 | 54,385 | 5,306,732 | 4,195,365 |
Linn | 1,628 | 332,726 | 1,720,529 | 335,038 | 83,225 | 19,800 | 3,414 | 206,882 | 8,856 | 137,199 | 185,458 | 2,753,459 | 1,766,899 |
Lucas | Estimated | 300,000 | 211,887 | ||||||||||
Louisa | 1,007 | 219,156 | 1,267,068 | 95,070 | 47,583 | 12,775 | 2,439 | 132,194 | 8,998 | 114,186 | 164,686 | 1,883,619 | 1,361,674 |
Madison | 487 | 163,115 | 553,384 | 34,300 | 13,850 | 878 | 45,151 | 2,856 | 41,942 | 49,640 | 750,586 | 320,906 | |
Mahaska | 1,691 | 237,089 | 1,137,011 | 185,312 | 59,643 | 21,094 | 3,177 | 159,998 | 10,834 | 124,138 | 195,399 | 2,034,983 | 1,620,064 |
Marion | 1,687 | 229,391 | 1,029,816 | 110,741 | 62,506 | 16,105 | 2,650 | 136,463 | 8,674 | 129,194 | 128,816 | 1,650,578 | 1,060,296 |
Mills | 366 | 55,575 | 169,310 | 14,279 | 32,885 | 2,430 | 697 | 35,039 | 2,746 | 39,686 | 29,661 | 332,454 | 104,355 |
Monroe | 728 | 130,342 | 469,450 | 25,633 | 16,918 | 1,735 | 1,282 | 64,298 | 4,217 | 63,951 | 67,170 | 732,116 | 519,666 |
Montgomery | 26 | 3,127 | 5,363 | 90 | 45 | 2,720 | 201 | 4,561 | 2,405 | 16,539 | |||
Monona | 24 | 25 | 1,400 | 489 | 8,593 | 2,576 | 12,810 | ||||||
Marshall | 272 | 64,172 | 268,841 | 11,008 | 5,555 | 1,270 | 471 | 25,517 | 1,342 | 21,593 | 21,953 | 360,849 | 124,296 |
Muscatine | 1,384 | 247,190 | 1,768,060 | 877,530 | 154,560 | 23,007 | 2,611 | 144,961 | 7,757 | 109,112 | 184,149 | 3,286,534 | 2,114,932 |
Page | 171 | 15,855 | 39,363 | 565 | 4,952 | 1,500 | 412 | 17,905 | 1,110 | 20,893 | 18,121 | 109,518 | 47,458 |
Polk | 916 | 198,092 | 934,913 | 129,180 | 43,845 | 15,150 | 1,595 | 64,189 | 4,461 | 62,314 | 113,344 | 1,386,309 | 1,017,382 |
Pottawatamie | 507 | 48,565 | 131,396 | 121,413 | 233,626 | 620 | 37,595 | 3,493 | 52,999 | 52,643 | 637,820 | 150,728 | |
Powashiek | 350 | 147,278 | 614,132 | 8,718 | 2,600 | 588 | 20,574 | 1,983 | 25,595 | 36,749 | 716,621 | 189,875 | |
Scott | 1,616 | 307,200 | 2,533,853 | 129,573 | 22,619 | 2,841 | 151,525 | 11,137 | 128,745 | 839,746 | 3,841,116 | 2,840,914 | |
Story | 146 | 38,236 | 96,876 | 727 | 600 | 196 | 9,539 | 686 | 11,270 | 11,138 | 132,557 | 46,651 | |
Shelby | 59 | 720 | 1,390 | 69 | 4,600 | 446 | 7,887 | 1,937 | 22,643 | ||||
Tama | 174 | 73,993 | 218,883 | 1,018 | 682 | 266 | 12,807 | 1,044 | 17,701 | 21,663 | 276,605 | 81,403 | |
Taylor | Estimated | 40,000 | 22,582 | ||||||||||
Van Buren | 2,471 | 310,645 | 1,606,520 | 67,468 | 36,669 | 4,207 | 184,637 | 12,534 | 138,792 | 212,127 | 2,302,675 | 2,101,426 | |
Union | 3,012 | 7,233 | 11 | 695 | 82 | 1,696 | 541 | 10,496 | |||||
Washington | 1,498 | 274,134 | 1,262,143 | 95,482 | 45,605 | 18,439 | 2,709 | 50,729 | 8,809 | 131,501 | 200,687 | 1,851,639 | 1,180,190 |
Wayne | 41,990 | 89,081 | 3,259 | 374 | 19,572 | 1,378 | 21,628 | 25,720 | 166,731 | 117,580 | |||
Wapello | 1,502 | 216,584 | 864,124 | 149,692 | 52,504 | 8,673 | 3,054 | 132,969 | 9,003 | 115,249 | 167,816 | 1,538,308 | 1,313,801 |
Warren | Estimated | 800,000 | 619,180 | ||||||||||
Webster | 18,567 | 58,748 | 720 | 143 | 7,035 | 632 | 9,223 | 10,680 | 89,164 | 20,658 | |||
Winneshiek | 663 | 152,089 | 670,277 | 20,631 | 17,200 | 3,630 | 500 | 32,665 | 3,441 | 72,118 | 48,754 | 875,066 | 210,610 |
Woodbury | Estimated | 40,000 | |||||||||||
48,675 | 9,175,097 | $40,772,532 | $6,564,458 | $2,359,504 | $1,639,411 | 82,586 | $4,164,762 | 279,977 | $3,906,277 | $5,904,278 | $72,327,204 | $49,540,304 | |
In 1853 | 27,620 | 6,977,192 | 27,527,106 | 3,108,002 | 1,231,704 | 253,464 | 73,558 | 3,218,759 | 243,730 | 2,856,538 | 4,217,482 | 49,549,304 | |
Increase in 1 yr. | 21,055 | 2,197,905 | $13,245,426 | $3,456,456 | $1,127,800 | $385,947 | 9,028 | $946,003 | 36,247 | $1,109,639 | $1,636,796 | $22,786,900 |
p106 The following items are omitted in the preceding Table, but included in the "Total Value" column:—
No. of Mules in the State | 2,232 |
Value of Mules in the State | $116,955 |
No. of Sheep in the State | 169,542 |
Value of Sheep in the State | $204,061 |
No. of Hogs in the State | 611,923 |
Value of Hogs in the State | $873,103 |
The increase in value of property in any county for the past year, can be ascertained by comparing the items of the counties, in the two total columns, for 1853 and 1854.
State Revenue on hand, Nov. 1, 1852 |
$8,602 88 |
Receipts from above date up to Oct. 31, 1854 |
114,946 87 |
Proceeds from Sale of Saline Lands up to Oct. 31, 1854 |
10,515 70 |
Total amount of Receipts |
$134,065 45 |
During the same period there has been paid out on Auditor's Warrants |
118,542 90 |
Leaving a balance in Treasury of |
$15,522 55 |
Agricultural Societies |
$5,000 00 |
Governor, Superintendent, Secretary, Auditor, Attorney-General, Treasurer, and Librarian's salaries |
9,300 00 |
Blind Asylum |
6,000 00 |
Deaf and Dumb |
4,000 00 |
p107 Funded debt — bonds now due |
16,442 00 |
General contingent fund |
2,000 00 |
Interest account |
13,000 00 |
Judges' salary |
24,000 00 |
Miscellaneous disbursements |
6,000 00 |
Penitentiary |
6,000 00 |
Supreme Court expenditures |
2,000 00 |
State printing |
7,000 00 |
State officers' contingent fund |
3,000 00 |
State House |
6,000 00 |
Stationery |
5,000 00 |
Legislative expenditures and other special appropriations |
25,000 00 |
$139,742 00 |
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