Pennsylvania Statistics

Wealth Distribution in Philadelphia, 1693-1774

                                                                            Percentage of Total Wealth
Wealth holding population                            1693        1767        1774

0-30(poorest)                                                    2.2        1.8            1.1
31-60                                                                15.2        5.5            4.0
61-90                                                                36.6        27.0           22.6
91-100                                                              46.0        65.7           72.3

91-95                                                                13.2        16.2        16.8
96-100                                                              32.8        49.5        55.5

*Philadelphia's estimated population in 1767 was 16,000

Land Acquisition by Former Indentured Servants, 1686-1720

Number of Acres                        Number of Former Servants                %

1-50                                                                27                                        46.6
51-100                                                            14                                        20.6
101-150                                                          5                                            7.4
151-200                                                          10                                          14.7
200+                                                                12                                          17.7

*The servants represented here were indentured between 1682 and 1686