ers here and there.
Virginian pioneers had also betaken themselves southwestward to the head
of the Tennessee. North and South Carolina were inhabited as far west as
the mountains, though the population was not dense. In Northern
Kentucky, along the Ohio, lay considerable settlements, and in
Tennessee, where Nashville now is, there was another centre of
civilization. In the Northwest Territory, Detroit, Vincennes, Kaskaskia,
Prairie du Chien, Mackinac, and Green River were outposts, at each of
which a few white men might have been found.

The following table shows pretty nearly the population of the several
States about the
end of the Revolution:
New Hampshire 102,000
Massachusetts 330,000
Rhode Island [1783] 51,869 [2,342 of them negroes,
464 mulattoes, 525 Indians.]
Connecticut [1782] 208,870
New York [1786] 215,283
New Jersey[1785] 138,934 [10,500 of them negroes.]
Pennsylvania 330,000
Delaware 37,000
Maryland 250,000 [80,000 of them negroes.]
Virginia 532,000 [280,000 of them negroes.]
North Carolina 224,000 [60,000 of them negroes.]
South Carolina 188,000 [80,000 of them negroes.]
Georgia [rough estimate] 80,000 [20,000 of them negroes.]

Another table exhibits approximately the number of houses in the
principal cities of the country in 1785-86. It was customary then in
estimating population to allow seven persons to each house. This
multiplier is probably too large rather than too small.

Population, multiplying
Houses. number of houses by seven.
Portsmouth, N. H 450 3,150
Newburyport 510 3,570
Salem, Mass 730 5,210
Boston 2,200 15,400
Providence 560 3,920
Newport 790 5,530
Hartford 300 2,100
New Haven 400 2,800
New York 3,340 23,380
Albany and suburbs 550 3,850
Trenton 180 1,260
Philadelphia and suburbs 4,500 31,500
Wilmington 400 2,800
Baltimore 1,950 13,650
Annapolis 260 1,820
Frederick, Md. 400 2,800
Alexandria 300 2,100
Richmond