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
TABLE IV FOREIGN-BORN IN UNITED STATES IN 1910
Per cent Country of Birth. Number. of total. Total foreign born. 13,515,886 100.0 Europe 11,791,841 87.2 Northwestern Europe 6,740,400 49.9 Great Britain 1,221,283 9.0 England 877,719 6.5 Scotland 261,076 1.9 Wales 82,488 0.6 Ireland 1,352,251 10.0 Germany 2,501,333 18.5 Scandinavian countries 1,250,733 9.3 Norway 403,877 3.0 Sweden 665,207 1.9 Denmark 181,649 1.3 Netherlands (Holland), Belgium, and Luxemburg 172,534 1.3 Netherlands 120,063 0.9 Belgium 49,400 0.4 Luxemburg 3,071 France 117,418 0.9 Switzerland 124,848 0.9 Southern and Eastern Europe 5,048,583 37.4 Portugal 59,360 0.4 Spain 22,108 0.2 Italy 1,343,125 9.9 Russia and Finland 1,732,462 12.8 Russia 1,602,782 11.9 Finland 129,680 1.0 Austria-Hungary 1,670,582 12.4 Austria 1,174,973 8.7 Hungary 495,609 3.7 Balkan peninsula 220,946 1.6 Roumania 65,923 0.5 Bulgaria 11,498 0.1 Servia 4,639 Montenegro 5,374 Greece 101,282 0.7 Turkey in Europe 32,230 0.2 Country not specified 2,858 Asia 191,484 1.4 China 56,756 0.4 Japan 67,744 0.5 India 4,664 Turkey in Asia 59,729 0.4 All other countries 2,591 America 1,489,231 11.0 Canada and Newfoundland 1,209,717 9.0 Canada—French 385,083 2.8 Canada—Other 819,554 6.1 Newfoundland 5,080 West Indies 47,635 0.4 Mexico 221,915 1.6 Central and South America 9,964 0.1 All other 43,330 0.3
TOTAL FOREIGN BORN, 1910: 13,515,886 TOTAL FOREIGN BORN, 1900: 10,341,276
