Campbell Gibson American Demographic History Chartbook: 0 to www.demographicchartbook.com Chapter. Country of Birth of the Foreign-Born Population With a few exceptions, data on the foreign-born population by country of birth refer to foreign countries as defined at each census. Thus, for example, data for Austria and Hungary to 0 are not comparable to data for 0 forward because of changes in the map of Europe following World War I. Even though Poland ceased to exist as an independent country in, Poland was identified as a country of birth in U.S. censuses from 0 to. Poland was not so identified in 0, but was again in 0 following World War I. The 0 foreign-born population with Polish mother tongue provides an estimate of the 0 foreign-born population from Poland. The world regions of birth used here to classify the foreign-born population are Europe, Northern America (about percent of which was from Canada in ), Latin America, Asia, Africa, and Oceania. For more information on time-series data on the foreign-born population by country of birth and world region of birth, see Campbell Gibson and Kay Jung (00), Historical Census Statistics on the Foreign-Born Population of the United States: 0 to, U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division Working Paper No.. Census reports for 0 to showed data on the foreign-born population for country of birth by mother tongue and for mother tongue by country of birth. These data shown in Figures - and - for 0 and, respectively. For many countries the data are not comparable for the two years due to boundary changes after World War I. In some cases, the countries and mother tongues of the foreign-born population identify nearly the same population (e.g., Italy and Italian, or Norway and Norwegian). In other cases, there are major differences. For example, in 0, the foreign-born population from Austria was very diverse by mother tongue, with five different mother tongues each accounting for 0 percent or more of the total. Figures -. Foreign-Born Population by World Region of Birth for the United States: 0 to -. Percent Distribution of the Foreign-Born Population by World Region of Birth by Region of Residence in the United States:,,,,, and -. Foreign-Born Population from Europe by Subregion of Birth for the United States: 0 to -. Ten Leading Countries of Birth of the Foreign-Born Population for the United States: 0 to -. Largest Foreign-Born Population by Country of Birth with the Three Leading States of Residence for the United States: Year with Maximum in the 0 to Period -. Country of Birth by Mother Tongue and Mother Tongue by Country of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population from Europe, for the United States: 0 -. Country of Birth by Mother Tongue and Mother Tongue by Country of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population from Europe, for the United States:
Figure -. Foreign-Born Population by World Region of Birth for the United States: 0 to (Data by world region of birth not available for the total foreign-born population for and 0) Europe Northern America Latin America Asia Africa Oceania Not shown separately* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NUMBER (in millions).0........0.. 0.........0... 0............. Numbers (in thousands) and percent distribution (excluding not reported) Not Northern Latin report- Europe America America Asia Africa Oceania ed 0,,0 (.) (.) (0.) (0.) (0.0) (0.0),,0 (.) 0 (.0) (0.) (0.) (0.0) (0.) 0,, (.) (.) (.0) (.) (0.0) (0.) 0,0, (.) (0.) 0 (.) 0 (.) (0.0) (0.),0,00 (.) (0.) 0 (.) (.) (0.0) (0.) 0,, (.0),0 (.) (.) 0 (.) (0.0) (0.) 0,,0 (.),0 (.0) 0 (.) (.) (0.0) (0.) 0 0,, (.), (.) (.) (.) (0.) (0.),0, (.0),0 (.) (.) (.) (0.) (0.),, (.),0 (.) 0 (.) (.) (0.) (0.),, (.),0 (.) (.) 0 (.) (0.0) (0.) 0 0,, (.) (.) 0 (.) 0 (.) (0.) (0.),, (.) (0.) 0 (.) 0 (.) (0.) 0 (0.),, (.0) (.) 0 (.) (.) (0.) (0.) 0,, (.) (.),0 (.) (.) 0 (0.) (0.) 0,00,0 (.0) (.), (.),0 (.) 00 (.) (0.) 0,,0 (.) (.0),0 (.) (.) (.) 0 (0.) 0,0, (.) (.),0 (.), (.) (.) (0.) 0,, (.) 0 (.0), (.), (.),0 (.0) (0.) 0...0.......... 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION (excludes not reported)....0... 0.. 0..0...0....0............ 0...0........0.....0.........0...0 * Number includes world regions with number below 00,000 and not reported. Percent distribution includes world regions with percentage less than 0. percent. Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, decennial census publications and for, the American Community Survey (ACS), and Campbell Gibson and Kay Jung (00), "Historical Census Statistics on the Foreign-Born Population of the United States: 0 to," Population Division Working Paper No.. See www.demographicchartbpook.com, References. Copyright 0 by Campbell Gibson. Graphics may be copied for personal use or for educational purposes, but may not be sold. February, 0
Figure -. Percent Distribution of the Foreign-Born Population by World Region of Birth by Region of Residence for the United States:,,,,, and (Excludes not reported. Data for are for the foreign-born population) Europe United States North South West United States Europe Northern America Latin America Asia Northern America Latin America PERCENT DISTRIBUTION BY WORLD REGION OF BIRTH (excludes not reported) PERCENT DISTRIBUTION BY REGION OF RESIDENCE IN THE UNITED STATES Asia Africa Not shown separately..0..0................ 0...0...0 0... 0...0 0.........0.0.0 0... 0...... 0...0. 0..0........ 0......0.0. 0.... 0.. 0.... 0.0 0.. 0.. 0. 0...... 0....... 0....0..0.0.0 North South West............0.............. 0..... 0........ 0... 0.... 0...........0....0............ 0.... 0.....0..... Not shown because data limited to population are not comparable with data for other years. Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, decennial census publications and for, the American Community Survey (ACS), and Campbell Gibson and Kay Jung (00), "Historical Census Statistics on the Foreign-Born Population of the United States: 0 to," Population Division Working Paper No.. See www.demographicchartbpook.com, References. Copyright 0 by Campbell Gibson. Graphics may be copied for personal use or for educational purposes, but may not be sold. March, 0
Figure -. Foreign-Born Population from Europe by Subregion of Birth for the United States : 0 to 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NUMBER (in millions; total includes Europe, country not reported). 0..0.....0.. 0... Numbers not shown on figure: Scandinavia:, 0.; 0, 0.;, 0.; 0, 0.; 0, 0.;, 0.;, 0. Southern Europe: 0, 0.;, 0. Eastern Europe: 0, 0.; 0, 0. Northern Europe British Isles Scandinavia Western Europe Southern Europe Eastern Europe. 0.. 0..0... 0........0.....................0..... 0...... 0...... 0..... 0..... 0..... 0..... 0.. 0... 0..0 0... PERCENT DISTRIBUTION (excludes, Europe, country not reported) 0.0... 0.. 0.0 0...... 0......0.. 0.....0 0...0... 0. 0.... 0. 0........ 0.. 0. 0................ 0. 0....0. 0......0...0... 0.0.. Percentages not shown on figure: Scandinavia: 0, 0.;,. Southern Europe: 0, 0.;, 0.; 0, 0.; 0,. Eastern Europe: 0, 0.;, 0.; 0,. Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, decennial census publications and for, the American Community Survey (ACS), and Campbell Gibson and Kay Jung (00), "Historical Census Statistics on the Foreign-Born Population of the United States: 0 to," Population Division Working Paper No.. See www.demographicchartbpook.com, References. Copyright 0 by Campbell Gibson. Graphics may be copied for personal use or for educational purposes, but may not be sold. March, 0
Figure -. Ten Leading Countries of Birth of the Foreign-Born Population for the United States: 0 to (Numbers in thousands. Data by country of birth not available for the total foreign-born population for and 0. For a list of countries by region, see Figure -) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 IRE IRE, IRE,,,, IRE, GB GB GB 0 GB CAN CAN 0 CAN CAN FRA FRA 0 FRA SWE SWI SWI NOR NOR MEX NOR SWE FRA 0 NOR CHI SWI CHI 0 HOL 0 HOL CHI SWI ITA MEX HOL BOH 0 0,,, IRE, IRE, ITA,0 CAN,0 ITA, RUS,00 GB, GB, POL,0 SWE CAN,0 CAN, ITA RUS, GB, RUS POL IRE,0 POL SWE SWE NOR AUS AUS AUS HUN MEX - 0- ITA, ITA, ITA,, CAN 0 CAN,0 CAN UK,0 USSR UK RUS,0 POL POL POL UK USSR IRE IRE 0 MEX AUS 0 MEX IRE SWE AUS 0 AUS 0 MEX SWE HUN ITA CAN MEX UK POL USSR CUB IRE AUS IRE GB CAN SWE NOR RUS ITA POL DEN,,, ITA UK CAN POL RUS IRE MEX SWE CZE,0,0,0,0,, 0,00 MEX, CAN 0 ITA UK CUB 0 PHI 0 CHI* POL USSR 0 0 MEX, MEX, CHI* CHI*, PHI PHI, CAN INDIA,0 CUB VIE CUB UK 0 KOR ITA CAN KOR ES VIE 0 MEX, CHI*, IND,0 PHI, VIE, ES, Europe, Northern or Western CUB,0 Europe, Southern or Eastern KOR,00 Northern America DR GUAT Latin America Asia *Data for China for 0 include Hong Kong and Taiwan, which were also reported separately in those years. Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, decennial census publications and for, the American Community Survey (ACS), and Campbell Gibson and Kay Jung (00), "Historical Census Statistics on the Foreign-Born Population of the United States: 0 to," Population Division Working Paper No.. See www.demographicchartbpook.com, References. Copyright 0 by Campbell Gibson. Graphics may be copied for personal use or for educational purposes, but may not be sold. March, 0
Figure -. Largest Foreign-Born Population by Country of Birth with the Three Leading States of Residence for the United States: Year with Maximum in the 0 to Period (Numbers in thousands. Countries with a maximum of 00,000 or more) Leading states Country st nd rd EUROPE Northern Europe United Kingdom NY PA MA Great Britain PA NY MA England NY PA MA Scotland NY PA MI Wales PA OH NY Northern Ireland NY PA MA Ireland NY MA PA Denmark CA IA IL Finland MI MN MA Norway MN WI ND Sweden MN IL NY Western Europe Netherlands MI NY IL Austria PA NY IL France NY CA PA Germany NY IL WI Switzerland NY CA OH Southern Europe Greece NY IL CA Italy NY PA NJ Portugal (total)* MA CA NJ Eastern Europe Czechoslovakia PA IL OH Hungary PA NY OH Lithuania IL PA MA Poland NY IL PA Romania CA NY IL Russia/USSR NY PA IL Yugoslavia PA OH IL ASIA Eastern Asia China (total)* CA NY TX Japan CA NY HI Korea CA NY NJ South Central Asia Bangladesh NY TX NJ India CA NJ TX Iran CA TX NY Pakistan NY TX CA U.S. maximum,0, 0 00, 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0, 0 0,0 0 0 0, 0,00,,00,0 00 Leading states Country st nd rd ASIA con. South Eastern Asia Cambodia CA WA MA Laos CA MN WI Philippines CA HI NY Thailand CA NY MN Vietnam CA TX WA Western Asia Iraq MI CA IL Israel NY CA FL Lebanon CA MI NY Turkey NY CA NJ AFRICA Eastern Africa Ethiopia MD CA VA Northern Africa Egypt CA NJ NY Western Africa Ghana NY VA NJ Nigeria TX NY MD LATIN AMERICA Caribbean Cuba FL NJ CA Dominican Rep. NY NJ FL Haiti FL NY MA Jamaica NY FL NJ Trinidad & Tobago NY FL NJ Central America Mexico CA TX IL El Salvador CA TX NY Guatemala CA FL TX Honduras FL TX CA Nicaragua FL CA TX Panama NY FL CA South America Argentina FL CA NY Brazil MA FL CA Colombia FL NY NJ Ecuador NY NJ FL Guyana NY FL NJ Peru FL CA NJ Venezuela FL TX NY NORTHERN AMERICA Canada MA MI NY French MA NH MI Other (British) MI MA NY Newfoundland MA NY MI U.S. maximum 0 0 0,,0 0 0, 0 0,,0, North South West * Portugal includes Azores. China includes Hong Kong and Taiwan. Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, decennial census publications and for, the American Community Survey (ACS), and Campbell Gibson and Kay Jung (00), "Historical Census Statistics on the Foreign-Born Population of the United States: 0 to," Population Division Working Paper No.. See www.demographicchartbpook.com, References. Copyright 0 by Campbell Gibson. Graphics may be copied for personal use or for educational purposes, but may not be sold. April, 0
Figure -. Country of Birth by Mother Tongue and Mother Tongue by Country of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population from Europe, for the United States: 0 (Numbers in thousands for countries and languages with 00,000 or more with both country of birth and mother tongue reported) st nd rd th th th th th th COUNTRY OF BIRTH (mother tongue in rank order as percentage of number) Language Number Germany,.0 German.. Russia,. Yiddish..... Ireland, 00.0 English 00.0 Italy,. Italian. Great Britain,. English Austria,. Polish.. 0. 0..0.. Sweden Swedish Hungary. Magyar...... Norway 0 Norwegian Denmark. Danish. Finland 0. Finnish.. Switzerland. German... Netherlands 0. Dutch.0. France.0 French.. Greece 0. Greek. Percentages for languages not labeled on figure (includes languages representing.0 percent or more of total): Germany: Polish (.). Russia: Polish (.), Lithuanian (.), German (.), Russian (.). Great Britain: Yiddish (.). Austria: Bohemian (.), German (.), Yiddish (0.), Slovenian (0.), Serbo-Croatian (.0), Slovak (.), Ruthenian (.), Russian (.). Hungary: Slovak (.), German (.), Yiddish (.), Roumanian (.), Serbo-Croatian (.), Slovenian (.). Finland: Swedish (.). Switzerland: French (.), Italian (.). Netherlands: German (.0). France: German (.), Italian (.0). MOTHER TONGUE (country of birth in rank order as percentage of number) Language Number German,. Germany..... English,0.0 Ireland.0 00.0 Italian,. Italy. Yiddish,0 0.0 Russia... Polish. Russia.0 0.. Swedish. Sweden. Norwegian 0. Norway. Magyar. Hungary. Bohemian. Austria.. Danish.0 Denmark.. Slovak.0 Hungary. French. France...0 Lithuanian. Russia Dutch. Netherlands.. Slovenian. Austria.. Finnish 0. Finland.0. Greek. Greece 0..0 Serbo-Croatian 0. Austria.... Percentages for countries not labeled on figure (includes countries representing.0 percent or more of total): German: Austria (.), Russia (.), Switzerland (.), Hungary (.). English: Great Britain (.0). Yiddish: Austria (.), Romania (.), Hungary (.), Great Britain (.). Polish: Austria (.0), Germany (0.). Swedish: Finnish (.). Bohemian: Germany (.). Danish: Germany (.). Slovak: Austria (.), Russia (.0). French: Belgium (.), Switzerland (.), Germany (.). Lithuanian: Germany(.), Austria (.0). Dutch: Germany (.), Belgium (.). Slovenian: Hungary (.). Finnish: Russia (.0), Sweden (.). Greek: Turkey (0.), Russia (.). Serbo-Croatian: Hungary (.), Montenegro.), Serbia (.). Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, decennial census publications. See www.demographicchartbpook.com, References. Copyright by Campbell Gibson. Graphics may be copied for personal use or for educational purposes, but may not be sold. June,
Figure -. Country of Birth by Mother Tongue and Mother Tongue by Country of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population From Europe, for the United States: (Numbers in thousands for countries and languages with 00,000 or more with both country of birth and mother tongue reported) st nd rd th th th th th th 0th Language Italy, Germany,0 United Kingdom, Poland, Russia, Ireland Sweden Czechoslovakia Norway Austria Hungary Yugoslavia 0 Lithuania Denmark Greece Rumania Finland France Netherlands Switzerland Portugal 0 Language German, English, Italian, Yiddish,0 Polish Swedish Norwegian Russian Magyar Slovak Czech 00 Danish Greek Lithuanian French Dutch Finnish Portuguese 0 Number COUNTRY OF BIRTH (mother tongue in rank order as percentage of number).. Italian German English... Polish..0. Yiddish..0.0 00.0 English Swedish 00.0. Slovak..... Norwegian.. German..... Magyar.... Croatian....0.. Lithuanian.... Danish Greek..0. Rumanian..... Finnish... French 0... Dutch.. German... Portuguese Percentages for languages not labeled on figure (includes languages representing.0 percent or more of total): Poland: Yiddish (.), Ukrainian (.0), German (.), Russian (.). Russia: Russian (.), German (.0), Polish (.), Ukrainian (.0). Czechoslovakia: Czech (.), German (.), Magyar (.), Yiddish (.), Ruthenian (.), Russian (.). Austria: Yiddish (.), Magyar (.), Polish (.), Russian (.), Slovak (.), Czech (.), Ukrainian (.), Slovenian (.), Croatian (.). Hungary: German (.), Yiddish (.) Yugoslavia: Slovenian (.), Serbian (.), German (.), Slovak (.0), Magyar (.). Lithuania: Yiddish (.), Polish (.0), German (.), Russian (.). Greece: Bulgarian (.) Rumania: Yiddish (.), German (.), Magyar (.), Russian (.). Finland: Swedish (.). France: German (0.), Italian (.). Netherlands: German (.0). Switzerland: French (.), Italian (.). Number MOTHER TONGUE (country of birth in rank order as percentage of number). Germany...0.. United Kingdom.. Italy.. Russia 0..0.... Poland Sweden.0.. Norway.. Russia... Hungary.0.0.. Czechoslovakia.. Czechoslovakia.. Denmark. Greece. Lithuania.. France... Netherlands.0 Finland 00.0 Portugal Percentages for countries not labeled on figure (includes countries representing.0 percent or more of total): German: Austria (.), Russia (.), Switzerland (.0), Hungary (.), Poland (.), Czechoslovakia (.), Rumania (.), Yugoslavia (.). English: Ireland (.). Yiddish: Poland (0.), Austria (.0), Rumania (.), Lithuania (.), Hungary (.). Polish: Russia (.), Austria (.0), Germany (.0). Swedish: Finland (.). Russian: Poland (.), Czechoslovakia (.), Austria (.0). Magyar: Czechoslovakia (.0), Austria (.0), Rumania (.), Yugoslavia (.). Slovak: Yugoslavia (.), Austria (.), Hungary (.0). Czech: Austria (.), Poland (.0). Lithuanian: Russia (.). French: Belgium (.), Switzerland (.). Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, decennial census publications. See www.demographicchartbpook.com, References. Copyright by Campbell Gibson. Graphics may be copied for personal use or for educational purposes, but may not be sold..........0 00.0 June,