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Digital History ID 3841

Number of Towns and Cities
	1800	1860
Towns 2,500-5,000	30	357
Cities 25,000-250,000	3	32
Cities 250,000 or more	0	3

Proportion of Population in Urban Areas
	1800	1860
Northeast	9	36
West	0	14
South	2	7

Declining Birth Rate
Year	Birth Rate
1800	7.0
1810	6.9
1820	6.7
1830	6.6
1840	6.1
1850	5.4
1860	5.2

Number of children under 5 per 1,000 women aged 15-50
	1830	1860
Illinois	1,165	737
Indiana	1,112	733
Michigan	945	627
Ohio	933	644