APPENDIX II
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STATISTICS OF THREE MINNESOTA COUNTIES
From the U. S. Census Reports
Chisago County 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900
White population 1,729 4,358 7,982 10,359 13,248
White native-born 1,209 2,164 4,017 5,613 8,230
White foreign-born 734 2,194 3,965 4,746 5,018
White foreign Danish —— 14 50 67 55
White foreign Norwegian —— 1,674 3,160 50 69
White foreign Swedish —— —— —— 3,955 4,215
Acres in farms
Improved 3,468 8,004 31,198 43,476 85,277
Unimproved 18,484 34,593 72,595 101,649 129,501
Cash value of farms $124,019 $477,720 $1,171,426 $2,563,630 $3,419,310
Fillmore County
White population 13,542 24,887 28,162 25,966 28,238
White native-born 9,045 15,178 19,243 19,034 22,378
White foreign-born 4,497 9,709 8,919 6,932 5,860
White foreign Danish —— 13 96 68 59
White foreign Norwegian —— 6,61 5,191 4,171 3,593
White foreign Swedish —— —— —— 66 53
Acres in farms
Improved 75,542 185,087 361,100 357,083 389,386
Unimproved 216,454 214,459 134,333 117,670 131,875
Cash value of farms $1,844,797 $6,636,880 $9,535,815 $9,935,202 $14,240,595
Otter Tail County
White population 178 1,968 18,675 34,232 45,375
White native-born 178 888 11,249 20,884 30,988
White foreign-born —— 1,080 7,426 13,348 14,387
White foreign Danish —— 41 214 345 372
White foreign Norwegian —— 889 4,772 5,955 5,738
White foreign Swedish —— —— —— 2,470 3,038
Acres in farms
Improved 306 3,632 131,804 311,175 505,358
Unimproved 2,118 28,898 340,355 405,380 439,374
Cash value of farms $17,550 $151,281 $3,650,223 $8,511,465 $12,478,640