Year	Pop (in millions)	Area (sq. mi)
1790	3.93	891
1800	5.31	891
1810	7.24	1722	~93% increase
1820	9.64	1792
1830	12.9	1792
1840	17.1	1792
1850	23.2	2991	~67% increase
1860	31.4	3021
1870	39.8	3021	population growth slowing
..	…	…	(26.6% v.35.6%)
2000	281	3717
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~pol_s.358/