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"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.

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
1730	114,000	1880	1,512,565
1740	180,440	1890	1,655,980
1750	231,033	1900	1,854,184

CCR1-xvii: In 1634 the population of the Eastern Shore was 396 and by the middle of the centry had increased to one thousand.