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Population Statistics Used in the U.S. Constitutional Convention
Paterson's Second Table of State Populations
Tuesday, 10 July 1787
Farrand also included this table made by Paterson which he reprinted from American Historical Review, IX, 328-330.
Population Statistics Used in the U.S. Constitutional Convention
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Farrand also included this table made by Paterson which he reprinted from American Historical Review, IX, 328-330.
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Number of Inhabitants.
New Hampshire in 1774 100,000.
Massachusetts in 1774 400,000.
Rhode-Island by a Return to the Legislature in Feby. 1783.
48.538 Whites. } 51.869.
3.331 Blacks. }
Connecticut in 1774
Whites 192.000. } 198.000.
Blacks (nearly) 6.000. }
in 1782 nearly 220.0.0.
New York in 1756. 96.775.
in 1771. 168.000.
in 1786. Whites 219.996. } 238.885.
Blacks 18.889 }
New Jersey in 1783. 139.000.
about 10,000 Blacks included —
Pennsylvania —
Delaware —
Maryland in 1774 estimated at 350.000.
Blacks 3/7 150.000.
Virginia in 1774 650.000.
Blacks as 10 to 11 300.000.
In the lower States the accts. are not to be depended on —
The Proportion of Blacks.
In Connecticut as 1. to 33.
The same Ratio will answer for Massachusetts —
In Rhode-Island as 1 to 15½.
In New York as 1 to 12 nearly.
In New Jersey as 1 to 13 nearly.
Virginia 9. 10
Massts. 7. 8
Pennsylva. 8. 8
Maryland 4. 6.
Connecticut 4. 5.
New York 5. 6.
N. Carolina 5. 5.
S. Carolina 5. 5.
N. Jersey 3. 4.
New Hampshire 2. 3.
Rh. Island 1. 1
Del. 1. 1
Georgia 2. 3.
56. 65
4 Eastn. States 17.
5 Middle States 25.
4 Southn. States 23.
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Paterson's Notes (Max Farrand, 1911)