Ernie S.
Diamond Member
In fact, among the 13 original states, circa 1787, the greatest population difference from state to state was an 10:1 ratio between Virginia and Delaware.
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>12 to one as of the first census in 1790. By your date of 1787 Tennessee has become the 16th state and the population ratio was 21:1 (VA vs TN)