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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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Display by:	European Settlement Expansion			Unauthorized Immigrant Population (U.S.)			Sea-Surface Temperature Anomalies: El Niño					Latin America, 1650
	Settled 1750–1850	Settled by 1750	Settled by 1910	Class	Rank	Millions people	-0.25 to 0.25	0.75 to 1.0	1.0 to 1.25	1.25 to 1.5	1.5 to 1.75	Viceroyalty of New Spain
Saskatchewan			19.8%
Alberta			11.0%
Québec	3.95%
Manitoba			7.10%
Ontario	9.16%		1.76%
Connecticut		99.9%			18	113000.0
District of Columbia		100%			42	21000.00
Idaho			17.6%		38	29000.00
Illinois	98.6%	1.40%			6	425000.0
Indiana	100%				20	102000.0
Iowa	45.5%		54.5%		37	37000.00
Kentucky	100%				35	46000.00
Michigan	31.3%		37.6%		21	91000.00
Minnesota	2.69%		91.1%		26	81000.00
Montana			22.9%		51	3000.000
Nebraska			84.7%		36	42000.00
New Hampshire	68.1%	28.3%	3.60%		43	11000.00
North Dakota			97.5%		47	5000.000
Ohio	100%				23	89000.00
Oregon	2.57%		45.6%		19	108000.0
Pennsylvania	82.4%	17.6%			16	153000.0
South Dakota			82.4%		46	7000.000
Utah	4.68%		30.1%		24	89000.00
Vermont	97.2%	2.78%			50	3000.000
West Virginia	93.8%	6.16%			49	4000.000
Wisconsin	2.94%		82.7%		28	70000.00
Wyoming			7.05%		45	7000.000
Alaska					44	10000.00	0.318%
Rhode Island		2.94%			40	24000.00	4.64%
Washington	1.36%		26.5%		11	246000.0	0.513%
Nunavut							0.352%
Maine	60.5%	4.65%	34.3%		48	5000.000	0.133%
Nova Scotia	13.9%	5.00%					0.847%
Virginia	27.6%	72.3%			10	251000.0	0.126%
Delaware		99.6%			41	24000.00	0.762%
Prince Edward Island		21.9%					1.25%		0.264%
Hawaii					33	51000.00	1.74%	1.20%	0.113%	0.444%	2.10%
North Carolina	58.0%	5.50%			8	296000.0	0.319%
New Brunswick	65.9%	3.53%					0.522%
British Columbia			1.58%				0.126%
Newfoundland and Labrador		1.24%					0.392%
New Jersey	1.38%	98.3%			5	440000.0	0.329%
Massachusetts	10.9%	87.0%			13	209000.0	1.78%
New York	83.0%	2.86%	3.57%		3	835000.0	0.105%
Maryland	11.6%	87.5%			12	225000.0	0.874%
Arizona			1.44%		9	273000.0						93.6%
Florida	35.0%	1.81%	44.5%		4	772000.0	0.596%					98.6%
Mississippi	98.9%				39	25000.00						99.9%
Texas	22.3%		1.00%		2	1739000	0.183%					99.7%
Missouri	98.8%	1.13%			34	50000.00						33.1%
Louisiana	80.3%	9.57%	5.23%		27	70000.00	0.184%					98.2%
Alabama	98.2%	1.78%			31	62000.00						99.9%
New Mexico	7.36%	6.25%	57.8%		30	63000.00						92.3%
Kansas			99.9%		29	69000.00						38.9%
South Carolina	49.6%	50.3%			25	88000.00						0.669%
Colorado			88.3%		15	162000.0						10.7%
Nevada			13.0%		14	168000.0						5.56%
Georgia	90.2%	4.67%	5.08%		7	339000.0						86.5%
Oklahoma			100%		22	90000.00						100%
Tennessee	100%				17	128000.0						25.9%
California	1.21%		26.0%		1	2739000	0.110%					25.7%
Arkansas	100%				32	58000.00						98.5%

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