I'm sure many good ideas besides this one will come in. The first
complete provincial census, taken in 1698 on the order of Governor
Bellomont, came up with a population of 18,067. This information is in
Ira Rosenwaike, Population History of New York City (Syracuse UP, 1972),
  p7, citing the Census of the State of New York for 1855 (Albany,
1857), which contained data from numerous early censuses. Rosenwaike
should be available in good local NY libraries

Gerard Koeppel
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> I had an inquiry from the mother of a 4th grader doing a project on NYS
> History and she is looking for a population circa 1700 for what later became
> NYS.  I checked a few sources and I know that the 1st Federal census was in
> 1790.  Any ideas?
>
> Kelly A. Yacobucci Farquhar
> County Historian/RMO
> Montgomery Co. Dept. of History & Archives
> Old Courthouse, P.O. Box 1500
> Fonda, NY  12068-1500
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