explain why 150,000 Jews come to America each year. In all there are
1,250,000 here.
"ALIEN PASSENGERS" AND IMMIGRANTS ENTERING THE UNITED STATES FROM
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, 1820-1910
| Last Permanent Residence | 1820-30 | 1831-30 | 1841-50 | 1851-60 | 1861-70 | 1871-80 | 1881-90 | 1891-1900 | 1901-1910 | Total |
| Austria-Hungary | | | | | 7,800 | 72,969 | 353,717 | 597,047 | 2,145,266 | 3,176,801 |
| Belgium | 27 | 22 | 5,074 | 4,738 | 6,734 | 7,221 | 20,177 | 20,062 | 41,635 | 105,690 |
| Denmark | 169 | 1,063 | 539 | 3,749 | 17,094 | 31,771 | 88,132 | 52,670 | 65,285 | 260,472 |
| France | 8,497 | 45,575 | 77,262 | 76,358 | 35,984 | 72,206 | 50,464 | 36,006 | 73,379 | 475,731 |
| Germany | 6,761 | 152,454 | 434,626 | 951,667 | 787,468 | 718,182 | 1,452,970 | 543,922 | 341,498 | 5,389,548 |
| Greece | | | | | | | 15,996 | 167,519 | 183,515 | |
| Italy | 408 | 2,253 | 1,870 | 9,231 | 11,728 | 55,759 | 307,309 | 655,694 | 2,045,877 | 3,090,129 |
| Netherlands | 1,078 | 1,412 | 8,251 | 10,789 | 9,102 | 16,541 | 53,701 | 31,816 | 48,262 | 180,952 |
| Norway, Sweden | 91 | 1,201 | 13,903 | 20,931 | 109,298 | 211,245 | 568,362 | 95,264 | 190,505 | 1,691,013 |
| Sweden | 230,679 | 249,534 | ||||||||
| Russia | 91 | 646 | 656 | 1,621 | 4,536 | 52,254 | 265,088 | 593,703 | 1,597,306 | 2,515,901 |
| Spain, Portugal | 2,622 | 2,954 | 2,759 | 10,353 | 8,493 | 9,893 | 6,535 | 6,723 | 27,935 | 170,426 |
| Portugal | 23,010 | 69,149 | ||||||||
| Switzerland | 3,226 | 4,821 | 4,644 | 25,011 | 23,286 | 28,293 | 81,988 | 33,149 | 34,922 | 239,340 |
| England | 22,167 | 73,143 | 263,332 | 385,643 | 568,128 | 460,479 | 657,488 | 271,094 | 388,017 | 3,089,491 |
| Scotland | 2,912 | 2,667 | 3,712 | 38,331 | 38,768 | 87,564 | 149,869 | 60,053 | 120,469 | 504,345 |
| Ireland | 50,724 | 207,381 | 780,719 | 914,119 | 435,778 | 436,871 | 655,482 | 403,496 | 339,065 | 4,223,635 |
| Wales | 11,186 | 17,464 | 28,650 | |||||||
| Europe; unspecified | 43 | 96 | 155 | 116 | 210 | 656 | 10,318 | 4,370 | 1,719 | |
| Total | 98,816 | 495,688 | 1,597,502 | 2,452,657 | 2,064,407 | 2,261,904 | 4,721,602 | 3,703,061 | 8,136,016 | 25,531,653 |
Immigrants from British North America and other countries 2,535,810
Estimated number of immigrants prior to October 1, 1819 250,000
[Transcriber's note: Norway/Sweden and Spain/Portugal are combined totals in
columns where only one value is given.]
TOTAL NUMBER OF IMMIGRANTS, 1891 TO 1910