Immigration in the US

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Immigration in the US

• People and Places

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The Colonial Period

• French established colonies in the lower
  Mississippi Valley (New Orleans 1718) where the
  fertile soil and warm climate enabled the
  settlers to establish successful farms and
  plantations.
• Population of French immigrants - 80,000

• English population of 1,500,000 was concentrated
  in the thirteen colonies along the Atlantic
  seaboard.
• 16th Century -Spanish centered around Florida and
  southern areas totaling 200,000
• Dutch arrived in 1609- Dutch West India Co. up
  to 8,000

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The Mid-Nineteenth Century

• Northern Europeans
• Irish Famine 2 million migrated to US
• By 1840s British numbered more than half of all
  emigrants leaving from Europe

• 1848-1858 over 1 million Germans migrated to the
  US

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The Turn of the Twentieth Century

• Southern and Eastern Europe
• Russians came in 1900s
• Italians, from 1890-1900, 655,888 arrived in the
  US, of whom 2/3s were men

• 1901-1910 when 8.8 million people arrived
  increasing the total U.S. population by 1 percent
  per year as the U.S. population grew from 76 to
  92 million

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Countries Contributing to the US Population

• Germany 6,978,000 14.3
• Italy 5,294,000 10.9
• Britain 4,898,000 10
• Ireland 4,723,000 9.7
• Austria-Hungary 4,315,000 8.9
• Russia 3,374,000 6.9
• Sweden 1,272,000 2.6

• Norway 856,000 1.8
• France 751,000 1.5
• Greece 655,000 1.3
• Portugal 446,000 .9
• Turkey 385,000 .8
• Denmark 364,000 .7
• Holland 359,000 .7
• Finland 33,000 .1

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Major Cities for Immigrants