ESTIMATED POPULATION OF AMERICAN COLONIES: 1640 TO 1780*
																HS/US VOL.2
Colony	1780	1770	1760	1750	1740	1730	1720	1710	1700	1690	1680	1670	1660	1650	1640	1630
Maine	49,133	31,257	20,000											1,000	900	400
New Hampshire	87,802	62,396	39,093	27,505	23,256	10,755	9,375	5,681	4,958	4,164	2,047	1,805	1,555	1,305	1,055	500
Vermont	47,620	10,000
Plymouth										7,424	6,400	5,333	1,980	1,566	1,020	390
Massachusetts	268,627	235,308	202,600	188,000	151,613	114,116	91,008	62,390	55,941	49,504	39,752	30,000	20,082	14,037	8,932	506
Rhode Island	52,946	58,196	45,471	33,226	25,255	16,950	11,680	7,573	5,894	4,224	3,017	2,155	1,539	785	300
Connecticut	206,701	183,881	142,470	111,280	89,580	75,530	58,830	39,450	25,970	21,645	17,246	12,603	7,980	4,139	1,472
New York	210,541	162,920	117,138	76,696	63,665	48,594	36,919	21,625	19,107	13,909	9,830	5,754	4,936	4,116	1,930	350
New Jersey	139,627	117,431	93,813	71,393	51,373	37,510	29,818	19,872	14,010	8,000	3,400	1,000
Pennsylvania	327,305	240,057	183,703	119,666	85,637	51,707	30,962	24,450	17,950	11,450	680
Delaware	45,385	35,496	33,250	28,704	19,870	9,170	5,385	3,645	2,470	1,482	1,005	700	540	185
Maryland	245,474	202,599	162,267	141,073	116,093	91,113	66,133	42,741	29,604	24,024	17,904	13,226	8,426	4,504	583
Virginia	538,004	447,016	339,726	231,033	180,440	114,000	57,757	78,281	58,560	53,046	43,596	35,309	27,020	18,731	10,442	2500
North Carolina	270,133	197,200	110,442	72,984	51,760	30,000	21,270	15,120	10,720	7,600	5,430	3,850	1,000
South Carolina	180,000	124,244	94,074	64,000	45,000	30,000	17,048	10,883	5,704	3,900	1,200	200
Georgia	56,071	23,375	9,578	5,200	2,021
Kentucky	45,000	15,700
Tennessee	10,000	1,000
Totals	2,780,369	2,148,076	1,593,625	1,170,760	905,563	629,445	436,185	331,711	250,888	210,372	151,507	111,935	75,058	50,368	26,634	4646
*Estimated Population of American Colonies, 1640-1780
Source: Bureau of the Census, U.S. Dept. of Commerce
from 1998 World Almanac and Book of Facts, p. 378
Gossett surname frequency in USA is currently 0.004223% (I.e., 0.04223 per 1000)
http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Default.aspx
Based on 1990 US census figures,
	% frequency	rank
GOSSETT	0.004	2877
http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/names_files.html