Year | Number | Immigrants During this Decade as a Percentage of Total Population | |||
1821–1830 | 151,824 | 1.6 | |||
1831–1840 | 599,125 | 4.6 | |||
1841–1850 | 1,713,251 | 10.0 | |||
1851–1860 | 2,598,214 | 11.2 | |||
1861–1870 | 2,314,824 | 7.4 | |||
1871–1880 | 2,812,191 | 7.1 | |||
1881–1890 | 5,246,613 | 10.5 | |||
1891–1900 | 3,687,546 | 5.8 | |||
1901–1910 | 8,795,386 | 11.6 | |||
1911–1920 | 5,735,811 | 6.2 | |||
1921–1930 | 4,107,209 | 3.9 | |||
1931–1940 | 528,431 | 0.4 | |||
1941–1950 | 1,035,039 | 0.7 | |||
1951–1960 | 2,515,479 | 1.6 | |||
1961–1970 | 3,321,677 | 1.8 | |||
1971–1980 | 4,493,000 | 2.2 | |||
1981–1990 | 7,338,000 | 3.0 | |||
1991–2000 | 9,095,083 | 3.7 | |||
GRAND TOTAL | 66,088,703 | ||||
SOURCES: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970 (1975), part 1, 105–106; Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2001. |