Thirteen Colonies: middle colonies population by ethnicity and state 1620-1760
New York was the most populous of the Thirteen Colonies' middle colonies in the 17th century, before it was overtaken by Pennsylvania in the early 18th century. New York also had the largest Black population in the middle colonies throughout the colonial era - the majority of these people lived in slavery, however, at just 14 percent of the total population, Blacks made up a much smaller share of the total population in New England and the middle colonies than they did in the southern colonies.
