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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			Sea-Level Rise Vulnerability (1 m)	Wheat Production
	Settled 1750–1850	Settled by 1750	Settled by 1910	Sea-Level Rise Vulnerability (1 m)	Class	Rank	Metric tons
Alabama	98.2%	1.78%		0.215%		32	2.35e+5
Alaska				0.230%		50	0.00
Alberta			11.0%			2	1.13e+7
Arizona			1.44%			30	2.61e+5
Arkansas	100%					33	2.16e+5
British Columbia			1.58%			38	1.11e+5
California	1.21%		26.0%	0.557%		31	2.44e+5
Colorado			88.3%			17	9.73e+5
Connecticut		99.9%		0.331%		55	0.00
Delaware		99.6%		5.31%		37	1.12e+5
District of Columbia		100%		6.93%		53	0.00
Florida	35.0%	1.81%	44.5%	0.876%		49	0.00
Georgia	90.2%	4.67%	5.08%	0.545%		35	1.58e+5
Hawaii				1.26%		63	0.00
Idaho			17.6%			8	2.55e+6
Illinois	98.6%	1.40%				14	1.20e+6
Indiana	100%					24	5.29e+5
Iowa	45.5%		54.5%			57	0.00
Kansas			99.9%			4	6.65e+6
Kentucky	100%					19	8.16e+5
Louisiana	80.3%	9.57%	5.23%	0.728%		58	0.00
Maine	60.5%	4.65%	34.3%	0.127%		56	0.00
Manitoba			7.10%			5	4.76e+6
Maryland	11.6%	87.5%		0.568%		27	3.61e+5
Massachusetts	10.9%	87.0%		0.375%		48	0.00
Michigan	31.3%		37.6%			18	9.37e+5
Minnesota	2.69%		91.1%			10	2.01e+6
Mississippi	98.9%					39	1.06e+5
Missouri	98.8%	1.13%				21	6.70e+5
Montana			22.9%			7	3.79e+6
Nebraska			84.7%			20	7.14e+5
Nevada			13.0%			54	0.00
New Brunswick	65.9%	3.53%		0.167%		45	1.34e+4
New Hampshire	68.1%	28.3%	3.60%	0.244%		62	0.00
New Jersey	1.38%	98.3%		2.79%		43	4.19e+4
New Mexico	7.36%	6.25%	57.8%			44	3.93e+4
New York	83.0%	2.86%	3.57%	0.163%		34	1.96e+5
Newfoundland and Labrador		1.24%				61	0.00
North Carolina	58.0%	5.50%		0.189%		23	6.53e+5
North Dakota			97.5%			3	8.16e+6
Northwest Territories				0.106%		59	0.00
Nova Scotia	13.9%	5.00%		0.134%		46	1.25e+4
Nunavut				0.118%		64	0.00
Ohio	100%					16	1.00e+6
Oklahoma			100%			12	1.87e+6
Ontario	9.16%		1.76%			9	2.40e+6
Oregon	2.57%		45.6%	0.116%		13	1.33e+6
Pennsylvania	82.4%	17.6%				26	4.17e+5
Prince Edward Island		21.9%		1.21%		41	7.45e+4
Québec	3.95%					28	3.47e+5
Rhode Island		2.94%		3.07%		47	0.00
Saskatchewan			19.8%			1	1.48e+7
South Carolina	49.6%	50.3%		3.55%		36	1.55e+5
South Dakota			82.4%			11	1.95e+6
Tennessee	100%					22	6.66e+5
Texas	22.3%		1.00%			15	1.06e+6
Utah	4.68%		30.1%			40	8.62e+4
Vermont	97.2%	2.78%				60	0.00
Virginia	27.6%	72.3%		0.108%		29	2.78e+5
Washington	1.36%		26.5%	0.110%		6	3.92e+6
West Virginia	93.8%	6.16%				51	0.00
Wisconsin	2.94%		82.7%			25	5.09e+5
Wyoming			7.05%			42	4.40e+4
Yukon						52	0.00

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