Census of 1888
Area — Productive and Unproductive Land
| Productive Land. | ||
| Forest | 7,714.2 | square kilometres. |
| Vineyards | 305.0 | ”” |
| Cultivated | 21,618.3 | ”” |
| Total | 29,637.5 | ”” |
| Unproductive Land. | ||
| Glaciers | 1,838.8 | square kilometres. |
| Lakes | 1,386.1 | ”” |
| Cities, villages, and outer buildings | 161.8 | ”” |
| Area of railroads, turnpikes, etc., rivers and rocky wastes | 8,365.6 | ”” |
| Total | 11,752.3 | ”” |
| Population as to Confessions. | ||
| Protestants | 1,724,869 | |
| Catholics | 1,189,662 | |
| Jews | 8,384 | |
| Others | 10,697 | |
| As to Languages. | ||
| German | 2,092,479 | |
| French | 637,710 | |
| Italian | 156,482 | |
| Others | 8,565 | |