Immigration Leading Country Region Last Residence

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Table HS-9

Immigration by Leading Country or Region of Last Residence (1901 to 2001)

In thousands (8,795.4 represents 8,795,400). Data for years prior to 1906 relate to country where alien came; data from 1906-1979 and 1984-2001 are for country of last permanent residence; and data for 1980-1983 refer to country of birth. Because of changes in boundaries, changes in lists of countries, and lack of data for specified countries, data are not comparable for all years. For 1938-45, Austria included with Germany

	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Immigration by Leading Country or Region of Last Residence (1901 to 2001)¹
Africa										25.5	24.9	39.8	49.6	44.7	37.5	33.7	41.0	50.2
All Countries										904.3	804.4	720.5	915.9	798.4	654.5	646.6	849.8	1064.3
Canada And Newfoundland										23.9	22.2	18.1	21.8	15.8	14.3	12.9	21.5	30.2
Caribbean										98.2	103.8	96.0	116.0	101.1	72.9	70.4	85.9	97.0
China²										57.8	58.9	41.1	51.0	44.4	41.0	29.6	41.9	50.8
Germany										10.0	8.9	7.9	8.4	6.9	6.9	7.4	12.4	22.1
Ireland³										13.4	16.5	4.9	1.6	0.9	0.9	0.8	1.3	1.6
Italy										3.9	2.7	2.6	2.8	2.2	2.0	1.7	2.7	3.4
Mexico⁴										126.6	111.4	90.0	163.7	146.7	130.7	146.4	171.7	204.8
Norway										0.7	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.6
Soviet Union										59.9	64.5	54.1	61.9	48.2	29.0	32.7	43.8	55.1
Sweden										1.5	1.3	1.1	1.5	1.1	1.0	0.9	1.5	2.0
United Kingdom										20.4	17.7	14.2	15.6	12.0	10.2	8.7	14.5	20.3
	1901-1910	1911-1920	1921-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1970	1971-1980	1981-1990	1984-1993	1985-1994	1986-1995	1987-1996	1988-1997	1989-1998	1990-1999	1991-2000	1992-2001

Africa	7.4	8.4	6.3	1.8	7.4	14.1	29.0	80.8	176.9								354.9
All Countries	8795.4	5735.8	4107.2	528.4	1035.0	2515.5	3321.7	4493.3	7338.1								9095.4
Canada And Newfoundland	179.2	742.2	924.5	108.5	171.7	378.0	413.3	169.9	156.9								192.0
Caribbean	107.5	123.4	74.9	49.7	49.7	123.1	470.2	741.1	872.1								978.8
China²	20.6	21.3	29.9	4.9	9.7	9.7	34.8	124.3	346.7								419.1
Germany	341.5⁵	143.9⁵	412.2	114.1	226.6	477.8	190.8	74.4	92.0								92.6
Ireland³	339.1	146.2	211.2	11.0	19.8	48.4	33.0	11.5	32.0								57.0
Italy	2045.9	1109.5	455.3	68.0	57.7	185.5	214.1	129.4	67.3								62.7
Mexico⁴	49.6	219.0	459.3	60.6	60.6	299.8	453.9	640.3	1655.8								2249.4
Norway	190.5	66.4	68.5	4.7	10.1	22.9	15.5	3.9	4.2								5.2
Soviet Union	1597.3⁵	921.2⁵	61.7	1.4	0.6	0.7	2.5	39.0	57.7								462.9
Sweden	249.5	95.1	97.2	4.0	10.7	21.7	17.1	6.5	11.0								12.7
United Kingdom	526.0	341.4	339.6	31.6	139.3	202.8	213.8	137.4	159.2								151.9

Footnotes

¹ Quantities in thousands.

² Beginning in 1957, China includes Taiwan.

³ Prior to 1926, data for Northern Ireland included in Ireland.

⁴ Land arrivals not completely enumerated until 1908.

⁵ From 1899-1919, data for Poland included in Austria-Hungary, Germany, and the Soviet Union.

Source

U.S. Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (formerly U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service), Statistical Yearbook, annual. See also .

<http://uscis.gov/graphics/shared/aboutus/statistics/index.htm>

<http://www.immigration.gov/graphics/shared/aboutus/statistics/ybpage.htm>

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