Note 451:A — Chapter LVIII
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The population of the colonies at this time was as follows:—
COLONIES. Increase per cent. per annum.
Connecticut 100,000 4·65
Georgia 6,000 .....
Maryland 85,000 5·00
Massachusetts 220,000 4·46
New Hampshire 30,000 4·17
New Jersey 60,000 6·25
New York 100,000 4·86
North Carolina 45,000 16·67
Pennsylvania[451:B] 250,000 23·96
Rhode Island 35,000 5·21
South Carolina 30,000 6·84
Virginia 85,000 2·34
All classes 1,046,000 6·23
By this table it appears that the greatest advance in population took place in Pennsylvania and North Carolina; the least in Virginia. The average increase of all the colonies was a little more than six per cent. in forty-eight years, from 1701 to 1749.