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European Settlement Expansion

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European settlement in North America from 1750–1910. Use timeline controls at bottom of the map to display data by time period.

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A map highlights the European settlement expansion across North America.

The orange regions indicate areas where European settlers expanded, primarily covering the eastern and central United States, extending from the East Coast, including states like New York, Virginia, and Massachusetts, to the Midwest, including Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana. It also extends to parts of the South, including Georgia, Florida, and Texas, and further west into areas like California, Oregon, and Washington.

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European Settlement Expansion

Unauthorized Immigrant Population (U.S.)

Sea Ice Extent

Settled 1750–1850

Settled by 1750

Settled by 1910

Class

Rank

Millions people

Sea Ice Extent

Nova Scotia
13.9%5.00%
Saskatchewan
19.8%
New Brunswick
65.9%3.53%
British Columbia
1.58%
Alberta
11.0%
Québec
3.95%
Manitoba
7.10%
Ontario
9.16%1.76%
Alabama
98.2%1.78%3162000.00
Alaska
4410000.00
Arizona
1.44%9273000.0
Arkansas
100%3258000.00
California
1.21%26.0%12739000
Colorado
88.3%15162000.0
Connecticut
99.9%18113000.0
Delaware
99.6%4124000.00
District of Columbia
100%4221000.00
Florida
35.0%1.81%44.5%4772000.0
Georgia
90.2%4.67%5.08%7339000.0
Hawaii
3351000.00
Idaho
17.6%3829000.00
Illinois
98.6%1.40%6425000.0
Indiana
100%20102000.0
Iowa
45.5%54.5%3737000.00
Kansas
99.9%2969000.00
Kentucky
100%3546000.00
Louisiana
80.3%9.57%5.23%2770000.00
Maine
60.5%4.65%34.3%485000.000
Maryland
11.6%87.5%12225000.0
Massachusetts
10.9%87.0%13209000.0
Michigan
31.3%37.6%2191000.00
Minnesota
2.69%91.1%2681000.00
Mississippi
98.9%3925000.00
Missouri
98.8%1.13%3450000.00
Montana
22.9%513000.000
Nebraska
84.7%3642000.00
Nevada
13.0%14168000.0
New Hampshire
68.1%28.3%3.60%4311000.00
New Jersey
1.38%98.3%5440000.0
New Mexico
7.36%6.25%57.8%3063000.00
New York
83.0%2.86%3.57%3835000.0
North Carolina
58.0%5.50%8296000.0
North Dakota
97.5%475000.000
Ohio
100%2389000.00
Oklahoma
100%2290000.00
Oregon
2.57%45.6%19108000.0
Pennsylvania
82.4%17.6%16153000.0
Rhode Island
2.94%4024000.00
South Carolina
49.6%50.3%2588000.00
South Dakota
82.4%467000.000
Tennessee
100%17128000.0
Texas
22.3%1.00%21739000
Utah
4.68%30.1%2489000.00
Vermont
97.2%2.78%503000.000
Virginia
27.6%72.3%10251000.0
Washington
1.36%26.5%11246000.0
West Virginia
93.8%6.16%494000.000
Wisconsin
2.94%82.7%2870000.00
Wyoming
7.05%457000.000
Nunavut
0.158%
Prince Edward Island
21.9%1.54%
Newfoundland and Labrador
1.24%0.162%
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