Appendix B
POPULATION CONTINENTAL U.S. (MILLIONS) |
War Department |
Navy Department |
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SPENDING (MILLION DOLLARS) |
STRENGTH U.S. ARMY |
SPENDING (MILLION DOLLARS) |
STRENGTH U.S. NAVY |
STRENGTH USMC |
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1790 |
3.9 |
.632 |
1,000+ est. |
.570 |
Unknown |
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(1789–91) |
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1800 |
5.3 |
2.5 |
4,000+ est. |
3.4 |
5,400 |
525 |
1810 |
7.2 |
2.2 |
5,956 |
1.6 |
5,149 |
449 |
1820 |
9.6 |
2.6 |
10,554 |
4.3 |
3,988 |
571 |
1830 |
12.8 |
4.7 |
6,122 |
3.2 |
4,929 |
891 |
1840 |
17.0 |
7.0 |
12,330 |
6.1 |
8,017 |
1,269 |
1850 |
23.0 |
9.4 |
10,929 |
7.9 |
8,794 |
1,101 |
1860 |
31.0 |
16.4 |
16,215 |
11.5 |
9,942 |
1,801 |
1870 |
39.8 |
57.6 |
37,240 |
21.7 |
10,562 |
2,546 |
1880 |
50.0 |
38.1 |
26,594 |
13.5 |
9,361 |
1,939 |
1890 |
62.9 |
44.5 |
27,373 |
22.0 |
9,246 |
2,047 |
1900 |
75.0 |
134.0 |
101,713 |
55.0 |
18,796 |
5,414 |
1910 |
91.0 |
189.0 |
81,251 |
123.0 |
48,533 |
9,560 |
1920 |
105.0 |
1,600.0 |
204,292 |
736.0 |
121,845 |
17,165 |
1930 |
122.0 |
464.0 |
139,378 |
374.0 |
96,890 |
19,380 |
1940 |
131.0 |
907.0 |
269,023 |
891.0 |
160,997 |
28,345 |
Source: Statistical History of the United States, dated volumes. Social Science Research Council, rev. ed., (1965). U.S. Bureau of the Census, Historical Statistics of the United States of America, 1789–1945 (Government Printing Office, 1949).