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IMMIGRATION

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The following table shows the total immigration to the United States since 1821 :

Countries

1821-1830

18-31-1840

1841-1850

1851-1800

England and Wales . Scotland Ireland (Jreat Britain, not specified Germany British North American Provinces Norway and Sweden Austria-lliinyary Italy . France Russia and Poland China . Switzerland Denmark . Netherlands Other Countries

Total

14,225 2,ill2 50,724 7,t>42 6,761 2,277 91 408 8,497 91 2 3,226 169 1,078 45,036

7,796 2,667 207,381 65,347 152,454 13,624 1,201 2,253 45,575 646 8 4,821 1,063 1,412 92,877

33,353 3,712 780,719 229,979 434,626 41,723 13,903 1,870 77,262 656 35 4,644 539 8,251 81,979

143,439

599,125

1,713,251

253,444 38,331 914,119 132,199 951,667 59,309 20,931 9,231 76,358 1,621 41.397 25,011 3,749 10,789 60,058

2,598,214

Countries

Eng-land and Wales . Scotland Ireland Great Britain, not specified Germany British North American Provinces Norway and Sweden Austria-Hungary Italy . . . France Russia and Poland China . Switzerland Denmark . Netherlands Other Countries

Total

1861-1870

226,590 38,768 435,778 341,538 787,468 153,871 109,298 7,800 11,728 35,984 4,536 64,301 23,286 17,094 9,102 47,682

2,314,824

1871-1880

444,337 87,564 436,851 16,142 718,182 383,269 211,245 72,969 55,759 72,206 52,254 123,201 28,293 81,771 16,541 61,587

2,812,191

1881-1890

657,320 149,809 655,482 168 1,452,970 392.8021 568.362 353,719 307,309 50,464 265,088 61,711 81,988 88,132 5;3,701 107,528

5,246,613

1891-1898

251,020 54,437 334,425 83 503,761 1,152 278,102 361,850 468,407 31,599 409,034 19,824 30,286 46,720 28,092 243,929

3,062,721

1 1831 to 1885. Since 1885 no account has been taken of the Canadians coming over the border.

The following statement shows the countries from which the principal elements of the total immigration for the past 78 years have been derived, although many persons born in Ireland have been included in the number of immigrants coming from England and are brought in under "Great Britain not speci- fied" and the British American Provinces. The figures are also incomplete in this, that no separate record has been kept of the English, Scotch-Irish, and French-Canadians and Mexi- cans who have come over the land borders :