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History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia

Note 383:A — Chapter XLIX

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The comparative population of the eleven Anglo-American colonies in 1715 was as follows:—

White Men. Negroes. Total.

New Hampshire 9,500 150 9,650

Massachusetts 94,000 2,000 96,000

Rhode Island 8,500 500 9,000

Connecticut 46,000 1,500 47,500

New York 27,000 4,000 31,000

New Jersey 21,000 1,500 22,500

Pennsylvania 43,300 2,500 45,800

Maryland 40,700 9,500 50,200

Virginia 72,000 23,000 95,000

North Carolina 7,500 3,700 11,200

South Carolina 6,250 10,500 16,750

375,750 58,850 434,600

(Chalmers' Amer. Colonies, ii. 7.)

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