Thirteen Colonies: population by colony 1620-1760 | Statista

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

Characteristic	Virginia	Massachusetts	Pennsylvania	Maryland	Connecticut	New York	North Carolina	South Carolina	New Jersey	Rhode Island	New Hampshire	Delaware	Georgia	Plymouth
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
1630	2,500	506	-	-	-	350	-	-	-	-	500	-	-	390
1620	2,200	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	102

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1999

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