Population of Perry County. 

    1820 .......................................   8,459
     1830 ....................................... 13,970
     1840 ....................................... 19,344
     1850 ....................................... 20,775
     1860 ....................................... 19,678
     1870 ....................................... 18,453
     1880 ....................................... 28,218
     1890.......................................  31,151
     1900 ......................................  31,841

     The census of 1860 and 1870 show a decrease in
population. The first was caused by the removal of
Californian gold-hunters, known as the "Fifty-Sixers."
The second decrease was the result of the Civil War.

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