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3. Historical Perspective
"The Population of the Eastern Shore in 1623/4 and 1624/5", W. E.
Wilkins Jr. Studies and Research, Madison College Harrisonburg, Va. March, 1976
Volume xxxiv, Number 3, March, 1976.
To give a perspective of the population during the period of John Wilkins's
life:
From The Hornbook of Virginia History. Edited by Emily J. Salmon
and Edward D. C. Campbell, Jr. The Library of Virginia, 1994, page 92.
Population of Virginia
| Year |
Population |
Year |
Population |
Year |
Population |
| 1610 |
350 |
1760 |
330,726 |
1910 |
2,061,612 |
| 1620 |
2,200 |
1770 |
447,016 |
1920 |
2,309,187 |
| 1630 |
2,500 |
1780 |
538,004 |
1930 |
2,421,851 |
| 1640 |
10,442 |
1790 |
747,610 |
1940 |
2,677,773 |
| 1650 |
18,731 |
1800 |
886,149 |
1950 |
3,318,680 |
| 1660 |
27,020 |
1810 |
983,152 |
1960 |
3,966,949 |
| 1670 |
35,309 |
1820 |
1,075,069 |
1970 |
4,648,494 |
| 1680 |
43,596 |
1830 |
1,220,978 |
1980 |
5,346,818 |
| 1690 |
53,046 |
1840 |
1,249,764 |
1990 |
6,187,358 |
| 1700 |
58,560 |
1850 |
1,421,661 |
2000 |
|
| 1710 |
78,281 |
1860 |
1,596,318 |
|
|
| 1720 |
87,757 |
1870 |
1,225,163 |
|
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| 1730 |
114,000 |
1880 |
1,512,565 |
|
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| 1740 |
180,440 |
1890 |
1,655,980 |
|
|
| 1750 |
231,033 |
1900 |
1,854,184 |
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CCR1-xvii: In 1634 the population of the Eastern Shore was 396 and by the middle
of the centry had increased to one thousand.
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