what was the population of San Francisco from 1840 to 1860?

-- Chris Carrabba (taimaishoos2x@aol.com), December 03, 2003

Answers

I don't have a reliable source for 1840, but here are some fairly- well documented census numbers for 1842 - 1860:

1844 = 50; 1846 = 200; April 1848 = 850; July 1849 = 5,000; December 1849 = 25,000(!); 1851 = 21,000; 1852 = 36,151; 1860 = 56,802.

Source: the San Francisco History Index http://www.zpub.com/sf50/sf/hgpop.htm

-- John Martini (jamartini@slip.net), December 03, 2003.

It's amazing that the population went from 50 to 25,000 in 5 years. This page has some more info:

http://sfpl4.sfpl.org/librarylocations/main/gic/sfpop.htm

-- bug (bugmo@myrealbox.com), December 04, 2003.