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1790   New England has a million people   population
1800   With 1,400,000 people N.E. contains 28 percent of the U.S. population    
1800   Population in Connecticut stagnates while Maine explodes   population distribution
1850   At 2,729,000, N.E. composes less than 12 percent of the U.S. population    
1850   45 out of 100 New Englanders live in Maine, NH, or Vermont   population distribution
1870   Most female wage workers are employed in factories or as household servants. In Boston, 8 of 10 household servants are foreign born. In textile mills, most are immigrants or the children of immigrants. women's work, population, immigration
1894   Immigration Restriction League Founded at Harvard   labor, population
1900   New England's 5.5 million people make up 7 percent of the U.S. population    
1900   75 of 100 New Englanders live in Mass, Conn, or RI   population distribution
1924   Congress passes restrictive immigration laws   population
1925   Vermont launches a Eugenics Survey   population, immigration
1950   New England has over 9 million people, 6 percent of the nation's population   population
2000   N. E.'s 12 million people compose less than 5 percent of the U.S. population   population

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