| Estimated Population of American Colonies, 1630-1780 | ||||||||||
| Source: Bureau of the Census, U.S. Dept. of Commerce | ||||||||||
| from 1998 World Almanac and Book of Facts, pg. 378 | ||||||||||
| (in thousands) | ||||||||||
| Colony | 1780 | 1770 | 1750 | 1740 | 1720 | 1700 | 1690 | 1670 | 1650 | 1630 |
| Total (copied) | 2780.4 | 2148.1 | 1170.8 | 905.6 | 466.2 | 250.9 | 210.4 | 111.9 | 50.4 | 4.6 |
| Total (recomputed) | 2780.2 | 2148.1 | 1170.8 | 905.7 | 466.2 | 251.0 | 210.2 | 111.9 | 50.3 | 4.7 |
| Maine (counties)(1) | 49.1 | 31.3 | 1.0 | 0.4 | ||||||
| New Hampshire(2) | 87.8 | 62.4 | 27.5 | 23.3 | 9.4 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.5 |
| Vermont(3) | 47.6 | 10.0 | ||||||||
| Plymouth and Massachusetts(1,2,4) | 268.6 | 235.3 | 188.0 | 151.6 | 91.0 | 55.9 | 56.9 | 35.3 | 15.6 | 0.9 |
| Rhode Island(2) | 52.9 | 58.2 | 33.2 | 25.3 | 11.7 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 2.2 | 0.8 | |
| Connecticut(2) | 206.7 | 183.9 | 111.3 | 89.6 | 58.8 | 26.0 | 21.6 | 12.6 | 4.1 | |
| New York(2) | 210.5 | 162.9 | 76.7 | 63.7 | 36.9 | 19.1 | 13.9 | 5.8 | 4.1 | 0.4 |
| New Jersey(2) | 139.6 | 117.4 | 71.4 | 51.4 | 29.8 | 14.0 | 8.0 | 1.0 | ||
| Pennsylvania(2) | 327.3 | 240.1 | 119.7 | 85.6 | 31.0 | 18.0 | 11.4 | |||
| Delaware(2) | 45.4 | 35.5 | 28.7 | 19.9 | 5.4 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | |
| Maryland(2) | 245.5 | 202.6 | 141.1 | 116.1 | 66.1 | 29.6 | 24.0 | 13.2 | 4.5 | |
| Virginia(2) | 538.0 | 447.0 | 231.0 | 180.4 | 87.8 | 58.6 | 53.0 | 35.3 | 18.7 | 2.5 |
| North Carolina(2) | 270.1 | 197.2 | 73.0 | 51.8 | 21.3 | 10.7 | 7.6 | 3.8 | ||
| South Carolina(2) | 180.0 | 124.2 | 64.0 | 45.0 | 17.0 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 0.2 | ||
| Georgia(2) | 56.1 | 23.4 | 5.2 | 2.0 | ||||||
| Kentucky(5) | 45.0 | 15.7 | ||||||||
| Tennessee(6) | 10.0 | 1.0 | ||||||||
| (1) For 1660-1750, Maine counties are included with Massachusetts. Maine was part of Massachusetts until it became a separate state in 1820. | ||||||||||
| (2) One of the original 13 states. | ||||||||||
| (3) admitted to statehood in 1791. | ||||||||||
| (4) Plymouth became a part of the Province of Massachusetts in 1691. | ||||||||||
| (5) Admitted to statehood in 1792. | ||||||||||
| (6) Admitted to statehood in 1796. | ||||||||||
| Note: Please advise merrill@crocker.com if you discover these data at the Census Bureau web site or in another official location. | ||||||||||