Thirteen Colonies: population by colony 1620-1760

Published by Statista Research Department, Jan 1, 1999
For most of the colonial period, Virginia was the most populous of the Thirteen Colonies, apart from when it was overtaken by Massachusetts between 1710 and 1740. The Plymouth colony was one of the first permanent settlements in what would become the United States, but is not included as one of the Thirteen Colonies as it was incorporated into Massachusetts in 1691.

Total population in each of the Thirteen Colonies (the United States) from 1620 to 1760

CharacteristicVirginiaMassachusettsPennsylvaniaMarylandConnecticutNew YorkNorth CarolinaSouth CarolinaNew JerseyRhode IslandNew HampshireDelawareGeorgiaPlymouth
1760 339,726 220,600 183,703 162,267 142,470 117,138 110,442 94,074 93,813 45,471 39,093 33,250 9,578 -
1750 231,033 188,000 119,666 141,073 111,280 76,696 72,984 64,000 71,393 33,226 27,505 28,704 5,200 -
1740 180,440 151,613 85,637 116,093 89,580 63,665 51,760 45,000 51,373 25,255 23,256 19,870 2,021 -
1730 114,000 114,116 51,707 91,113 75,530 48,594 30,000 30,000 37,510 16,950 10,755 9,170 - -
1720 87,757 91,008 30,962 66,133 58,830 36,919 21,270 17,045 29,818 11,680 9,375 5,385 - -
1710 78,281 62,390 24,450 42,741 39,450 21,625 15,120 10,883 19,872 7,573 5,681 3,645 - -
1700 58,560 55,941 17,950 29,604 25,970 19,107 10,720 5,704 14,010 5,894 4,958 2,470 - -
1690 53,046 49,504 11,450 24,024 21,645 13,909 7,600 3,900 8,000 4,224 4,164 1,482 - 7,424
1680 43,596 39,752 680 17,904 17,246 9,830 5,430 1,200 3,400 3,017 2,047 1,005 - 6,400
1670 35,309 30,000 - 13,226 12,603 5,754 3,850 200 1,000 2,155 1,805 700 - 5,333
1660 27,020 20,082 - 8,426 7,980 4,936 1,000 - - 1,539 1,555 540 - 1,980
1650 18,731 14,307 - 4,504 4,139 4,116 - - - 785 1,305 185 - 1,566
1640 10,442 8,932 - 583 1,472 1,930 - - - 300 1,055 100 - 1,020
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1999

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1620 to 1760

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