Approximate number of Native Americans living in New England when the Pilgrams first arrived: 100,000

Number of English colonists who settled in to New England in the 17th century: 21,000² Number of English colonists who settled in the Chesapeake region: 120,000
Number of English colonists who settled in the Caribbean: 180,000
Number of English colonists who settled in Ireland: 180,000³

Percentage of all 17th-century English immigrants to North America bound for New England: 12.8%

Estimated number of sermons the average Puritan listened to in his or her lifetime: 7,000
Average length of each sermon: two hours or more⁴

Average age at which women in colonial New England first married: 22
Average number of children born to each woman: 7⁵

African-American proportion of the total population of New England in 1660: 1.7%
In 1700: 1.8%⁶

African-American proportion of the total population of the Middle Colonies in 1660: 11.5%
In 1700: 6.8%

African-American proportion of the total population of the Upper South in 1660: 3.6%
In 1700: 13.1%

African-American proportion of the total population of the Lower South in 1660: 2.0%
In 1700: 17.6%

African-American proportion of the total population of the British West Indies in 1660: 42.0%
In 1700: 77.7%