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Facts & Figures:
Colonial Period

Population
 
Year

Population
(total number)

1630

4 600

1650

50 300

1670

111 900

1690

210 400

1710

331 700

1730

629 400

1750

1 170 800

   
Population 1630 - 2000
Immigration 1821 - 2004
 
 
  Geography

 
Year

Colony

1607

Virginia

1620

Massachusetts

1626

New York

1633

Maryland

1636

Rhode Island

1636

Connecticut

1638

Delaware

1638

New Hampshire

1652

North Carolina

1663

South Carolina

1664

New Jersey

1682

Pennsylvania

1732

Georgia

     
  Colonial boundaries do not necessarily conform to modern state boundaries.
     
  Land Area 1790 - 2000
Statehood
   
  Money

The first paper money was issued by the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1690. Until indedependence, American colonists continued to use English, Spanish, and French money.

Prices:
1860 - 1890 | |1900 - 1999
Price Index
Value of the Dollar 1800 - 2000
   
 
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Updated: April 2006