Originally Posted by dragoon500ly
As part of my research into a larger Free State, ran some interesting numbers…
The states that make up the larger Free State are listed below, followed by three sets of numbers; the population as of the 2000 Census/remaining population following the 95% die off/ the new population with a 0.8% growth rate and 150 years of growth.
Alabama: 4,447,100//222,355//489,181
Georgia: 8,186,453//409,323//900,511
Kentucky:4,041,769//202,089//444,596
Maryland: 5,296,486//264,824//582,613
New York: 18,976,457//948,823//2,087,410
North Carolina: 8,049,313//402.466//885,425
Pennsylvania: 12,281,054//614,053//1,350,917
South Carolina: 4,012,012//200,601//441,322
Tennessee: 5,689,283//284,464//625,821
Vermont: 608,827//30,441//66,970
West Virginia: 1,808,344//90,417//198,917
The "new" population totals include only projected birth rates, and do not account for the influx of slaves.
Based on this, IMHO, I truly don't see Kentucky as the center of the Free State, more likely Pennsylvania/New York would be the new center, with larger populations, access to minerals, recovered technology and the extensive university system in those two states.
Thoughts?
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