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When was each U.S. state settled by colonists
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08-27-2024, 04:46 PM
08-27-2024, 07:34 PM
Population density (not including Native Americans) in year 1830:
(I also added population figures for every state) https://i.imgur.com/WbGi0pU.png ![]() Population density (not including Native Americans) in year 1847: (I also added population figures for every state) https://i.imgur.com/jWp0XRb.png ![]() As you can see the Wild West was pretty much empty of white people.
08-27-2024, 08:47 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-28-2024, 12:19 AM by Cejo.
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Nice maps, well done.
Some interesting nuances hinted at with the density maps added. For example, looking at year of first permanent settlement, Rhode Island and Delaware have some old colonies. However, they don't reach 50k until the mid (RI) to late (DE) 1700's. By the time they reach 100k, non-natives had lived there for over 200 years in the case of Delaware, and close to that in Rhode Island. Looking more closely at the numbers (via Wikipedia), Delaware had a population density of 10 people per square mile by the year 1740, something that neighboring Pennsylvania didn't accomplish until after 1800. Rhode Island reached that density mark between 1710-1720. Contrast this with states farther west, where we see rapid surges from 5k to 100k. In Oklahoma, a classic example, this took 1 year (land rush of 1889). While dramatic, Oklahoma is roughly 35 times larger than Delaware, and it had an abundance of arable land becoming "available" (taken from natives) precisely during the age of mass migration, as was the case in most states west of the Mississippi. When Oklahoma reached 100k, the population density was still just over 1.4 people per square mile. Delaware had reached that density some time between 1690-1700, Rhode Island between 1650-1660. Also worth noting that according to the Census Bureau, the frontier was "closed" in 1890. Edit: Just saw the population density maps and edited - I was sitting on my original post and didn't hit send! |
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