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Country where born.
| Countries. | 1820 to 1830. | 1831 to 1840. | 1841 to 1850. | 1851 to 1860. | 1820 to 1860. |
| England, . . . | 15,837 | 7,611 | 32,092 | 247,125 | 302,665 |
| Ireland, . . . | 27,106 | 29,188 | 162,332 | 748,740 | 967,366 |
| Scotland, . . . | 3,180 | 2,667 | 3,712 | 38,331 | 47,890 |
| Wales, . . . | 170 | 185 | 1,261 | 6,319 | 7,935 |
| Gt. Britain and Irel'd, | 35,534 | 243,540 | 848,366 | 297,578 | 1,425,018 |
| Total U. Kingdom, | 81,827 | 283,191 | 1,047,763 | 1,338,093 | 2,750,874 |
| France, . . . | 8,868 | 45,575 | 77,262 | 76,358 | 208,063 |
| Spain, . . . | 2,616 | 2,125 | 2,209 | 9,298 | 16,248 |
| Portugal, . . . | 180 | 829 | 550 | 1,055 | 2,614 |
| Belgium, . . . | 28 | 22 | 5,074 | 4,738 | 9,862 |
| Prussia, . . . | 146 | 4,250 | 12,149 | 43,887 | 60,432 |
| Germany, . . . | 7,583 | 148,204 | 422,477 | 907,780 | 1,486,044 |
| Holland, . . . | 1,127 | 1,412 | 8,251 | 10,789 | 21,579 |
| Denmark, . . . | 189 | 1,063 | 539 | 3,749 | 5,540 |
| Norway and Sweden, | 94 | 1,201 | 13,903 | 20,931 | 36,129 |
| Poland, . . . | 21 | 369 | 105 | 1,164 | 1,659 |
| Russia, . . . | 89 | 277 | 551 | 457 | 1,374 |
| Turkey, . . . | 21 | 7 | 59 | 83 | 170 |
| Switzerland, . . | 3,257 | 4,821 | 4,644 | 25,011 | 37,733 |
| Italy, . . . | 389 | 2,211 | 1,590 | 7,012 | 11,202 |
| Greece, . . . | 20 | 49 | 16 | 31 | 116 |
| Sicily, . . . | 17 | 35 | 79 | 429 | 560 |
| Sardinia, . . . | 32 | 7 | 201 | 1,790 | 2,030 |
| Corsica, . . . | 2 | 5 | 2 | .. | 9 |
| Malta, . . . | 1 | 35 | 78 | 5 | 119 |
| Iceland, . . . | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 10 |
| Europe, . . . | 2 | .. | 51 | 473 | 526 |
| British America, . | 2,486 | 13,624 | 41,723 | 59,309 | 117,142 |
| South America, . | 542 | 856 | 3,579 | 1,224 | 6,201 |
| Central America, . | 107 | 44 | 368 | 449 | 968 |
| Mexico, . . . | 4,818 | 6,599 | 3,271 | 3,078 | 17,766 |
| West Indies, . . | 3,998 | 12,301 | 13,528 | 10,660 | 40,487 |
| China, . . . | 3 | 8 | 35 | 41,397 | 41,443 |
| East Indies, . . | 9 | 39 | 36 | 43 | 127 |
| Persia, . . . | .. | .. | 7 | 15 | 22 |
| Asia, . . . | 3 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 27 |
| Liberia, . . . | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 19 |
| Egypt, . . . | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 4 |
| Morocco, . . . | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | 5 |
| Algiers, . . . | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
| Barbary States, . | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
| Cape of Good Hope, . | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Africa, . . . | 10 | 36 | 47 | 186 | 279 |
| Azores, . . . | 13 | 29 | 327 | 2,873 | 3,242 |
| Canary Islands, . | 271 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 286 |
| Madeira Islands, . | 70 | 52 | 3 | 189 | 314 |
| Cape Verd Islands, . | 4 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 29 |
| Sandwich Islands, . | 1 | 6 | 28 | 44 | 79 |
| Society Islands, . | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Australia, . . . | 2 | 3 | .. | 104 | 109 |
| St. Helena, . . | .. | 1 | 3 | 13 | 17 |
| Isle of France, . . | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 |
| South Sea Islands, . | 79 | .. | .. | .. | 79 |
| New Zealand, . . | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 |
| Not stated, . . | 32,892 | 69,799 | 52,725 | 25,438 | 180,854 |
| Total Aliens, . | 151,824 | 599,125 | 1,713,251 | 2,598,214 | 5,062,414 |
| United States, . . | 24,649 | 40,961 | 54,924 | 276,473 | 397,007 |
| Total, . . | 176,473 | 640,086 | 1,768,175 | 2,874,687 | 5,459,421 |
