The following data on
immigration by decade and by geographic region is taken from the
Statistical
Yearbook of the Immigration and Naturalization Service
for 1994 and updated for 1995 data:
Period Total Europe Asia Americas Africa Oceania *
1821-30 143,439 98,797 30 11,564 16 33,032
1831-40 599,125 495,681 53 33,424 54 69,911
1841-50 1,713,251 1,597,442 141 62,469 55 53,144
1851-60 2,598,214 2,452,577 41,538 74,720 210 29,169
1861-70 2,314,824 2,065,141 64,759 166,607 312 18,005
1871-80 2,812,191 2,271,925 124,160 404,044 358 11,704
1881-90 5,246,613 4,735,484 69,942 426,967 857 13,363
1891-00 3,687,564 3,555,352 74,862 38,972 350 18,028
1901-10 8,795,386 8,056,040 323,543 361,888 7,368 46,547
1911-20 5,735,811 4,321,887 247,236 1,143,671 8,443 14,574
1921-30 4,107,209 2,463,194 112,059 1,516,716 6,286 8,954
1931-40 528,431 347,566 16,595 160,037 1,750 2,483
1941-50 1,035,039 621,147 37,028 354,804 7,367 14,693
1951-60 2,515,479 1,325,727 153,249 996,944 14,092 25,467
1961-70 3,321,677 1,123,492 427,642 1,716,374 28,954 25,215
1971-80 4,493,314 800,368 1,588,178 1,982,735 80,779 41,254
1981-90 7,338,062 761,550 2,738,157 3,615,225 176,893 46,237
1991-95 5,230,313 760,106 1,582,764 2,706,615 151,101 29,727
175 yrs. 62,215,942 37,853,476 7,601,938 15,773,776 485,245 501,507*
* includes others unidentified by nationality, as often happened before 1911.
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