Draft:1756 Connecticut Census

The 1756 Connecticut Census, officially titled An Account of the Number of Inhabitants as returned in 1756, was a census done in Connecticut Colony around 1756.[1] The census put the population at a total of 130,612.[2][3]

Data

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City County Total Whites Negroes Indians
Middletown Hartford 5,664 5,446 218 0
Norwich New-London 5,540 5,317 223 0
New-Haven New-Haven 5,085 5,085 0 0
Fairfield Fairfield 4,455 4,195 260 0
Windsor Hartford 4,220 4,170 50 0
Wallingford New-Haven 3,713 3,713 0 0
Farmington Hartford 3,707 3,595 112 0
Stratford Fairfield 3,658 3,508 150 0
Stonington New-London 3,518 2,953 200 365
Lebanon Windham 3,274 3,171 103 0
New-London New-London 3,171 3,171 0 0
Norwalk Fairfield 3,050 2,956 94 0
Hartford Hartford 3,027 2,926 101 0
Lyme New-London 2,956 2,762 100 94
Woodbury Litchfield 2,911 2,880 31 0
Groton New-London 2,869 2,532 179 158
Stanford Fairfield 2,768 2,648 120 0
Wethersfield Hartford 2,483 2,374 109 0
Windham Windham 2,446 2,406 40 0
Guilford New-Haven 2,321 2,262 59 0
Colchester Hartford 2,312 2,228 84 0
Symsbury Hartford 2,245 2,222 23 0
Killingly Windham 2,100 2,100 0 0
Greenwich Fairfield 2,021 2,021 0 0
Preston New-London 2,018 1,940 78 0
East Haddam Hartford 1,978 1,913 65 0
Saybrook New-London 1,931 1,898 33 0
Hebron Hartford 1,855 1,855 0 0
Waterbury New-Haven 1,829 1,802 27 0
Plainfield Windham 1,800 1,751 49 0
Branford New-Haven 1,800 1,694 106 0
Promphret Windham 1,727 1,677 50 0
Coventry Windham 1,635 1,617 18 0
Milford New-Haven 1,633 1,633 0 0
Mansfield Windham 1,614 1,598 16 0
Danbury Fairfield 1,527 1,509 18 0
Killingsworth New-London 1,458 1,442 16 0
Suffield Hartford 1,438 1,414 24 0
Woodstock Windham 1,366 1,336 30 0
Litchfield Litchfield 1,366 1,366 0 0
Canterbury Windham 1,260 1,240 20 0
New-Town Fairfield 1,253 1,230 23 0
Ashford Windham 1,245 1,245 0 0
Haddam Hartford 1,241 1,223 18 0
Sharon Litchfield 1,205 1,198 7 0
New-Milford Litchfield 1,137 1,121 16 0
Glastenbury Hartford 1,115 1,091 24 0
Ridgfield Fairfield 1,115 1,069 46 0
Canaan Litchfield 1,100 1,100 0 0
Salisbury Litchfield 1,100 1,100 0 0
Enfield Hartford 1,050 1,050 0 0
Voluntown Windham 1,048 1,029 19 0
Derby New-Haven 1,000 1,000 0 0
Kent Litchfield 1,000 1,000 0 0
Stafford Hartford 1,000 1,000 0 0
Tolland Hartford 917 902 15 0
Somers Hartford 900 900 0 0
Durham New-Haven 799 765 34 0
Bolton Hartford 766 755 11 0
New-Fairfield Fairfield 713 713 0 0
Willington Hartford 650 650 0 0
Goshen Litchfield 610 610 0 0
Union Windham 500 500 0 0
Cornwall Litchfield 500 500 0 0
New-Hartford Litchfield 260 260 0 0
Hawinton Litchfield 250 250 0 0
Torrington Litchfield 250 250 0 0
Norfolk Litchfield 84 84 0 0
Winchester Litchfield 24 24 0 0
Barkhemsted Litchfield 18 18 0 0
Hartland Litchfield 12 12 0 0

References

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  1. ^ Reference, GIS Government Information. "LibGuides Home: Colonial and State Census Records: Home". libguides.ctstatelibrary.org. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  2. ^ Colonial and Pre-Federal Statistics, p. 18.
  3. ^ Connecticut (1850). The public records of the colony of Connecticut [1636-1776]. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Hartford : Lockwood & Brainard Company. pp. 617–618.