Estimates of Men Subject to Militia Law, 23 October 1805
23 Oct. 1805
of the age of 18. & under 45. Militia law.
of 16. & under 26. | 384,554 | } | Census of 1800. |
of 26. & under 45 | 423,836 |
of 106,951 persons of 16. & under 26. by Buffon, 22,362 are in yr 17th. or 18th
then As 106,951: 22,362:: 384,554: 80,405. in yr 17th or 18th. year in US.
subtract this from | 384,554 |
remain of 18. & under 26. | 304,149 |
add of 26. & under 45. | 423,836 |
gives whole of 18. & under 45 | 727, 985 |
Buffon | |||
from | 106,951 | persons of 16 & under 26 | |
subtract | 22,362 | in their 17th. or 18th. year | |
remain | 84,589 | of 18. & under 26. by Buffon | |
add | 168,200 | of 26 & under 45, the no stated in Buffon’s table | |
gives | 252,789 | whole of 18 & under 45 in his tables |
Buffon | US | Buffon 19th | ||
then As | 252,789 : | 727,985 :: | 11,014 : x | those in yr 19th year in US. |
x = 727,985/252,789 x 11,014 = 2.87981 x 11,014 or say 2.88 x 11,014
those in their | 19th. | year are 2.88 x | 11,014 | = | 31,720 | ||
20th | 10,919 | = | 31,446 | ||||
21st | 10,768 | = | 31,011 | ||||
22d | 10,675 | = | 30,744 | ||||
23d | 10,514 | = | 30,280 | ||||
24th | 10,380 | = | 29,894 | ||||
25th | 10,259 | = | 29,545 | ||||
26th | 10,060 | = | 28,972 | 243,612 | |||
27th | 9,926 | = | 28,586 | ||||
28th | 9,793 | = | 28,203 | ||||
29th | 9,640 | = | 27,763 | ||||
30th | 9,544 | = | 27,486 | ||||
31st | 9,307 | = | 26,803 | ||||
32d | 9,245 | = | 26,625 | ||||
33d | 9,045 | = | 26,049 | ||||
34th | 8,912 | = | 25,655 | ||||
35th | 8,770 | = | 25,257 | ||||
36th | 8,515 | = | 24,523 | ||||
37th | 8,328 | = | 23,984 | ||||
38th | 8,176 | = | 23,546 | ||||
39th | 8,016 | = | 23,085 | ||||
40th | 7,929 | = | 22,846 | ||||
41st | 7,525 | = | 21,672 | ||||
42d | 7,444 | = | 21,438 | ||||
43d | 7,252 | = | 20,885 | ||||
44th | 7,124 | = | 20,516 | ||||
45th | 7,008 | = | 20,182 | ||||
46th | 6,701 | = | 19,298 | 484,402 | |||
728,014 |
DLC: Papers of Thomas Jefferson.