Beaver Island History - Helen Collar Papers
Poverty
(1850 census) Paupers - all states have legal provisions for the support of the indigent.
Total for year ending June, 1850 - 134,972 (66,434 native; 68,538 foreign-born).
#Paupers Native[-born] Foreign-born Total Pop. %Paupers
NY 59,855 19,275 40,580 3,097,394 2.0%
Mass. 15,777 6,530 9,247 994,514 1.5%
Penn. 11,551 5,898 5,653 2,311,786 .5%
Mich. 1,190 649 541 397,654 .3%
Michigan, in # of paupers, ranks 16th in a list of 30 states.