Colonial New England Statistics

English colonists in North America in 1625: 2,000
…in 1700: 250,000
…in 1750: over 1 million²

Rate at which the population doubled during the eighteenth century: every 25 years³

Average town population in Massachusetts (including what is now Maine) in 1750: 1,280
…in New Hampshire: 640⁴⁶

Population of the largest town north of Boston in 1754 (Salem, Mass.): 3,462⁵⁷

Number of incorporated business in New England between 1700 and 1750: 6⁸

Number of Ulster Scots (people commonly referred to as the "Scotch- Irish"), mostly Presbyterians transplanted from Scotland to confiscated lands in Northern Ireland, who moved to America between 1717 and 1775: more than 145,000¹