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Population      Race/Foreign Birth      Religion      Slavery

1850

Schooling

Total Public Schools         349
   Teachers                           360
   Pupils                             7,946
   Percentage of                   14%
   children ages 5-19

Total colleges                        2
(Washington and
Nacogdoches counties)
   Teachers                             7    
   Pupils
                             165         

Academies and                    97
other schools
   Teachers
                          137
   Pupils                            3,389

Total persons                19,389
attending school

   Percentage of                 10%
   total population

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Literacy

Cannot read or write:

Total persons
                   10,583
Percent of                              14%
population

White Adults
                     10,525
  Females                              5,537
  Males                                  4,988

Free African Americans         58
  Females                                   24
  Males                                       34

Native-born                          8,095
Foreign-born                        2,488

1860

There is no entry for Education and Literacy for 1860

Public Schools 1850
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The darker colors represent a higher density of population

Total white persons           19,369
attending school
   Female
                                 8,799
   Male                                   10,570

Total free African                      20
Americans attending
school
   Female
                                        9
   Male                                         11

Total native-born              18,788
attending school

Total foreign-born                  601
attending school

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Literacy 1850
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The darker colors represent a higher density of population

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