Population density map of the United States in 1790 (published 1903)

2829 x 3607

• bit.ly/3FntyCF

‘White is the populated parts, but not by them

I’m sure I already know the answer to this, but I wonder if the map makers gave any consideration to areas with larger populations that they knew about, and just decided that the the “under 2 per sq mi” still applied in those cases.

Again, I’m thinking I know the answer already. Being generous maybe in “the population” at the top, the means our’