Immigration and the Commissioners of Emigration of the state of New York/Appendix/7/Table 1
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Statement of the number of Alien Passengers arriving in the United States by sea from foreign countries, from September 30, 1819, to December 31, 1860.
Year. | Males. | Females. | Sex not stated. |
Total. |
Year ending Sept. 30, 1820, | 4,871 | 2,393 | 1,121 | 8,385 |
1821, | 4,651 | 1,636 | 2,840 | 9,127 |
1822, | 3,816 | 1,013 | 2,082 | 6,911 |
1823, | 3,598 | 848 | 1,908 | 6,354 |
1824, | 4,706 | 1,393 | 1,813 | 7,912 |
1825, | 6,917 | 2,959 | 823 | 10,199 |
1826, | 7,702 | 3,078 | 57 | 10,837 |
1827, | 11,803 | 5,939 | 1,133 | 18,875 |
1828, | 17,261 | 10,060 | 61 | 27,382 |
1829, | 11,303 | 5,112 | 6,105 | 22,520 |
1830, | 6,439 | 3,135 | 13,748 | 23,322 |
1831, | 14,909 | 7,724 | . . | 22,633 |
1832, | 34,596 | 18,583 | . . | 53,179 |
Quarter ending Dec. 31, 1832, | 4,691 | 2,512 | 100 | 7,303 |
Year ending Dec. 31, 1833, | 41,546 | 17,094 | . . | 58,640 |
1834, | 38,796 | 22,540 | 4,029 | 65,365 |
1835, | 28,196 | 17,027 | 151 | 45,374 |
1836, | 47,865 | 27,553 | 824 | 76,242 |
1837, | 48,837 | 27,653 | 2,850 | 79,340 |
1838, | 23,474 | 13,685 | 1,755 | 38,914 |
1839, | 42,932 | 25,125 | 12 | 68,069 |
1840, | 52,883 | 31,132 | 51 | 84,066 |
1841, | 48,082 | 32,031 | 176 | 80,289 |
1842, | 62,277 | 41,907 | 381 | 104,565 |
First three quarters of 1843, | 30,069 | 22,424 | 3 | 52,496 |
Year ending Sept. 30, 1844, | 44,431 | 34,184 | . . | 78,615 |
1845, | 65,015 | 48,115 | 1,241 | 114,371 |
1846, | 87,777 | 65,742 | 897 | 154,416 |
1847, | 136,086 | 97,917 | 965 | 234,968 |
1848, | 133,906 | 92,149 | 472 | 226,527 |
1849, | 177,232 | 119,280 | 512 | 297,024 |
Year ending Sept. 30, 1850, | 196,331 | 112,635 | 1,038 | 310,004 |
Quarter ending Dec. 31, 1850, | 32,990 | 26,805 | 181 | 59,976 |
Year ending Dec. 31, 1851, | 217,181 | 162,219 | 66 | 379,466 |
1852, | 212,469 | 157,696 | 1,438 | 371,603 |
1853, | 207,958 | 160,615 | 72 | 368,645 |
1854, | 256,177 | 171,656 | . . | 427,833 |
1855, | 115,307 | 85,567 | 3 | 200,877 |
1856, | 115,846 | 84,590 | . . | 200,436 |
1857, | 146,215 | 105,091 | . . | 251,306 |
1858, | 72,824 | 50,002 | 300 | 123,126 |
1859, | 69,161 | 51,640 | 481 | 121,282 |
1860, | 88,477 | 65,077 | 86 | 153,640 |
Total, . . | 2,977,603 | 2,035,536 | 49,275 | 5,062,414 |
The following aggregates also exhibit the number of arrivals of passengers from foreign countries during periods of nearly ten years each, and thus indicate the accelerated progress of immigration:
Periods. | Passengers of Foreign Birth. |
American and Foreign. |
In the 10 years ending September 30, 1829, . . | 128,502 | 151,636 |
In the 10¼ years ending December 31, 1839, . . | 538,381 | 572,716 |
In the 9¾ years ending September 30, 1849, . . | 1,427,337 | 1,479,478 |
In the 11¼ years ending December 31, 1860, . . | 2,968,194 | 3,255,591 |
In the 41¼ years ending December 31, 1860, . . | 5,062,414 | 5,459,421 |
Adjusting the returns to the periods of the decennial census, by the aid of the quarterly reports, we find very nearly the following numbers:
Three Census Periods. | Passengers of Foreign Birth. |
In the 10 years previous to June 1, 1840, . . . | 552,000 |
Do. do. do. 1850, . . . . | 1,558,300 |
Do. do. do. 1860, . . . . | 2,707,624 |