364 The States

364 The States 
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As it was with the cities so it was with the states -- the North had grown beyond the South . In 1790 Virginia had as many inhabitants as the states of New York and Pennsylvania put together . In 1860 Vir - ginia had only about one - quarter as many in - habitants as these two states . Indeed , in 1860 New York had nearly four million inhabitants , or nearly as many inhabitants as the whole United States in 1791( p .156). But the growth of the states of the Northwest had been even more remarkable . Ohio now had a milion more people than Virginia and stood third in pop - ulation among the states of the Union . Illinois was the fourth state and Indiana the sixth . Even more interesting are the facts brought out by a study of the map showing the density of pop - ulation or the number of people to the square mile in the several states . It appears that in 

1860 Ohio , Pennsylvania , Maryland , Delaware , New Jersey , New York , Connecticut , Rhode Is - land , and Massachusetts each had over forty - five inhabitants to the square mile , while not a single Southern state had as many as forty - five inhabitants to the square mile . This shows us at once that although the Southern states were larger in extent than the Northern states , they were much less powerful .