TABLE III
INCREASE OF FOREIGN-BORN IN POPULATION BY DECADES
| Population. | Increase. | Increase. | |
| Census Year. | Foreign-Born | Percentage | |
| 1850 | 2,244,602 | ||
| 1860 | 4,138,697 | 1,894,095 | 84.4 |
| 1870 | 5,567,229 | 1,428,532 | 34.5 |
| 1880 | 6,679,943 | 1,112,714 | 20.0 |
| 1890 | 9,249,560 | 2,569,617 | 38.5 |
| 1900 | 10,341,276 | 1,091,716 | 11.8 |
| 1910 | 13,343,583 | 3,129,766 | 30.6 |