<Tr> <Th> </Th> <Th> 1850 </Th> <Th> 1860 </Th> <Th> 1870 </Th> <Th> 1880 </Th> <Th> 1890 </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> New England </Td> <Td> 2,507 </Td> <Td> 3,660 </Td> <Td> 4,494 </Td> <Td> 5,982 </Td> <Td> 6,831 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Middle States </Td> <Td> 3,202 </Td> <Td> 6,705 </Td> <Td> 10,964 </Td> <Td> 15,872 </Td> <Td> 21,536 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Southern States </Td> <Td> 2,036 </Td> <Td> 8,838 </Td> <Td> 11,192 </Td> <Td> 14,778 </Td> <Td> 29,209 </Td> </Tr>

The transformation of the american economy in the 1840s and 1850s