Economic+Structure+of+Augusta

Augusta County's economy depended largely on agriculture rather than manufacturing, focusing on corn production. See the graphs below. The first Graph shows that Franklin County (PA) invested nearly double the amount of capital towards manufacturing than Augusta County (VA), and earned nearly double the profit from their products. The second graph shows that the agriculturally based economy of Augusta was focused on growing corn followed by wheat, oats, and rye.
 * Economic Structure of Augusta County **
 * = __**Augusta**__ ||= __**Franklin**__ ||= ||
 * = **Capital Invested** ||= 639,010 ||= 1,146,320 ||
 * = **Capital Invested per capita** ||= 23 (all) 30 (white) ||= 27 ||
 * = **Value of Products** ||= 915,713 ||= 1,722,626 ||
 * = **Capital Invested per capita** ||= 32 (all) 42 (white) ||= 41 ||

** Wealth and Land Value ** This graph shows that the real estate in the Franklin was higher in value. This difference in value is likely representative of many Northern Counties compared to Southern Counties such as Augusta. Although Franklin had more valuable real estate, Augusta held a greater value in personal estate. This is due to the slaves that were regarded as personal property. Most of the Southern Counties held this advantage over Northern Counties simply because the north did not have slaves.
 * =  ||= ** Augusta, VA ** ||||= ** Franklin, PA ** ||
 * = ** Real Estate ** ||= 13,859,766 ||= 20,079,966 ||= ||
 * = ** Personal Estate ** ||= 10,113,154 ||= 6,586,922 ||= ||
 * = ** Total Wealth ** ||= 23,963,930 ||= 26,666,478 ||=  ||