Population at the Beginning of the Period of Independence Entire United States 1776...............2,750,000 1783...............3,250,000 1790...............3,929,214 Population by States from First Census 1790 Connecticut....................237,946 Delaware........................59,096 Georgia.........................82,548 Kentucky*.......................73,677 Maryland.......................319,728 Massachusetts..................378,787 Maine*..........................96,540 New Hampshire..................141,885 New Jersey.....................184,139 New York.......................340,120 North Carolina.................393,751 Pennsylvania...................434,373 Rhode Island....................68,825 South Carolina.................249,073 Tennessee*......................35,691 Vermont*........................85,425 Virginia.......................747,610 * In 1790 these were only territories. Data from "HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES" Bourne and Benton by D.C. Heath & Co.