The population of the thirteen colonies grew tenfold from 1700 to 1776. The Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars in Europe caused a disruption of immigration and depressed the slave trade. Immigration did not nick UD again until after 1815.

 Decade Africans Germans N. Irish S. Irish Scots English Welsh Other Total 1700-1709 9,000 100 600 800 200 400 300 100 11,500 1710-1719 10,800 3,700 1,200 0 500 1,300 900 200 20,300 1720-1729 9,900 2,300 2,100 3,000 800 2,200 1,500 200 22,000 1730-1739 40,500 13,000 4,400 7,400 2,000 4,900 3,200 800 76,200 1740-1749 58,500 16,600 9,200 9,100 3,100 7,500 4,900 1,100 110,000 1750-1759 49,600 29,100 14,200 8,100 3,700 8,800 5,800 1,200 120,500 1760-1769 82,300 14,5OO 21,200 8,500 10,000 11,900 7,800 1,600 157,800 1770-1775 17,800 5,200 13,200 3,900 15,000 7,100 4,600 700 67,500 TOTAL 278,400 84,500 66,100 42,500 35,300 44,100 29,000 5,900 585,800 All figures are approximate. Source: Aaron S. Fogleman, Hopeful Journeys: German Immigration, Settlement, and Political Culture in Colonial America, 1717-1775 (Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania, 1996).