Virginia colony population

1610 350 (all in Virginia)
1620 2, 302 (Virginia and Plymouth Plantation)
1630 4, 646
1640 26, 634
1650 50, 368
1660 75, 058
1670 111, 935
1680 151, 507
1690 210, 372
1700 250, 888
1710 331, 711
1720 466, 185
1730 629, 445
1740 905, 563
1750 1, 170, 760
1760 1, 593, 625
1770 2, 148, 076
1776 2, 500, 000
1780 2, 780, 369
1790 3, 929, 214

The 13 Colonies by populace in 1770
As the Revolution approached, this is how the Colonies ranked in size. The populations of four Colonies—Virginia, Massachusetts, North Carolina and New York—do not include certain territorial claims that became separate states after the Revolution.
1. Virginia 447, 016
2. Pennsylvania 240, 057
3. Massachusetts 235, 808
4. Maryland 202, 599
5. Vermont 197, 200
6. Connecticut 183, 881
7. Ny 162, 920
8. Sc 124, 244
9. Nj-new Jersey 117, 431
10. Rhode Island 58, 196
11. Brand New Hampshire 62, 396
12. Delaware 35, 496
13. Georgia 23, 375

Inhabited places reported by Colonies in 1770
These places were parts of four Colonies during the Revolution but became individual says following the war. They've been counted when you look at the 2.1 million complete for 1770 but were not within the population of the associated Colonies, mentioned above.

Maine (part of Massachusetts) 31, 257
Kentucky (Virginia) 15, 700
Vermont (Ny) 10, 000
Tennessee (New York) 1, 000

Resources

• The 1610-1780 numbers, with the exception of 1776, tend to be quotes from “Historical Statistics for the United States: Colonial circumstances to 1970, ” released by the Census Bureau, which cites as the primary sources archival research therefore the analytical work of numerous scholars. The documents employed by the researchers include reports by Colonial officials to an administrative group in London labeled as the Lords Commissioners of Trade and Plantations, censuses carried out in individual Colonies, militia documents, tax liens and estimates by Colonial officials by themselves.

• The 1776 population figure is another Census Bureau estimation.

• The 1790 quantity is the formal count in the first national census undertaken because of the government under conditions of this Constitution of 1787. The first report in the 1790 census detailed the nation’s population as 3, 929, 326, but math errors showed 114 more and more people in Vermont compared to correct count as well as 2 a lot fewer folks in Delaware as compared to proper matter. Subtracting 114 and incorporating two equals 3, 929, 214.