| Nonnative Population Increases from Gold Rush in United States and Australiab | |||||||||
| California, United States | Victoria, Australia | ||||||||
| Total | Women | Nonwhite | Total | Women | Nonwhite | ||||
| 1845 | 11,000 | ||||||||
| 1850 | 93,000 | 7,000 | 7% | 1% | 1851 | 97,000 | 39,000 | 40% | 0% |
| 1860 | 380,000 | 120,000 | 31% | 15% | 1861 | 540,000 | 219,000 | 40% | 5% |
| 1870 | 560,000 | 211,000 | 37% | 11% | 1871 | 746,000 | 339,000 | 40% | 4% |