Hi Everyone, I found the following statistics for the 1850 U.S. Census for Monterey County to be quite fascinating. The total population for the county was 1,862 individuals, including 13 Blacks and 5 Mulattos. No Chinese, Japanese, or Native Americans were included. ------------------------------------------------------------ AGE STATISTICS 96.7% of the population of Monterey County was under the age of 30. Under One Year: 50 [26.8%] One Year to Under 20: 825 [44.3%] 20 Something = 478 [25.6%] 30 Something = 277 [14.8%] 40 Something = 131 [7.0%] 50 Something = 70 [3.8%] 60 Something = 18 [9.7%] 70 Something = 8 [.4%] 80 Something = 1 [.05%] ------------------------------------------------------------ NATIVITY STATISTICS Native Californians: 1,198 or 64% Lower California [Baja]: 167or 9% The Americas [201 or 10.8%] - Mexico: 162 / Sonora: 14 / Sonoma: 3 / Chile: 16 / Argentina: 2 Guatamala: 1 / Columbia: 1 / Canada: 2 Caribbean [3 or 0.2%] - Cuba: 1 / Jamaica: 1 / Martinique: 1 South Pacific [18 or 1%] - Australia: 7 / New Zealand: 1 / Van Dimean [Tasmania]: 9 / Malay: 1 United Kingdom [112 or 6%] - England: 55 / Ireland: 42 / Scotland: 11 / Wales: 3 / Shetland: 1 Europe [49 or 2.6%] - Spain: 14 / Portugal: 5 / France: 21 / Switzerland: 2 Poland: 2 / Prussia: 2 / Italy: 3 Scandinavia [5 or 0.3%] - Denmark: 3 / Sweden: 1 / Norway: 1 United States [234 or 12.6%]- Washington D.C.: 5 / FL: 1 / GA: 3 / IA: 10 / IL: 7 / IN: 6 /LA: 2 / KY: 12 ME: 1 / MD: 13 / MA: 15 / MO: 6 // NC: 3 / NH: 1 / NJ: 1 / NM: 7 / NY: 84 OH: 6 / PA: 25 / RI: 4 / SC: 1 / TN: 2 / TX: 3 / VA: 10 / VT: 5 / WI: 1 New Holland: 3 At Sea: 4 Take care, Anita C. Monterey County

Hi Everyone, I accidentally forgot the Germans. ;( > ------------------------------------------------------------ > NATIVITY STATISTICS > > Europe [71 or 3.8%] - > Spain: 14 / Portugal: 5 / France: 21 / Switzerland: 2 > Poland: 2 / Prussia: 2 / Italy: 3 /Germany: 22 > > Take care, > Anita C. > Monterey County