Table 4. Region and Country or Area of Birth of the Foreign-Born Population, With Geographic Detail Shown in Decennial Census Publications of 1930 or Earlier: 1850 to 1930 and 1960 to 1990
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census - Internet Release date: March 9, 1999 - extraits (See text for sources, definitions, and explanations)
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number		 Region and country or area 1990* 1980* 1970* 1960*
1          Total 19,767,316 14,079,906 9,619,302 9,738,091
2 Reported by region and/or country 18,959,158 13,192,563 9,303,570 9,678,201
3     Europe 4,350,403 5,149,572 5,740,891 7,256,311
4         Northern and Western Europe 2,058,853 2,384,257 2,629,200 3,334,971
5             Northern Europe 968,271 1,083,499 1,271,591 1,694,430
6                British Isles 809,972 866,966 937,474 1,171,777
7                    United Kingdom 640,145 669,149 686,099 833,055
14                    Ireland 169,827 197,817 251,375 338,722
15                Scandinavia 158,299 216,533 334,117 522,653
21             Western Europe 1,090,582 1,300,758 1,357,609 1,640,541
22                Low countries 132,617 142,748 155,513 173,069
23                    Belgium 34,366 36,487 41,412 50,294
25                    Netherlands 96,198 103,136 110,570 118,415
26                Austria 87,673 145,607 214,014 304,507
27                France 119,233 120,215 105,385 111,582
28                Germany 711,929 849,384 832,965 989,815
29                Switzerland 39,130 42,804 49,732 61,568
31         Southern and Eastern Europe 2,285,513 2,748,547 3,090,991 3,907,020
32             Southern Europe 1,054,141 1,336,805 1,363,195 1,541,441
33                Greece 177,398 210,998 177,275 159,167
34                Italy 580,592 831,922 1,008,533 1,256,999
35                Portugal 210,122 209,968 119,899 80,276
36                    Azores 29,656 32,531 28,865 22,586
37                    Portugal 180,466 177,437 91,034 57,690
38                Spain 76,415 73,735 57,488 44,999
40             Eastern Europe 1,231,372 1,411,742 1,727,796 2,365,579
41                Albania 5,627 7,381 9,180 9,618
42                Bulgaria 8,579 8,463 8,609 8,223
43                Czechoslovakia 87,020 112,707 160,899 227,618
44                Estonia 9,210 12,169 12,163 13,991
45                Hungary 110,337 144,368 183,236 245,252
46                Latvia 26,179 34,349 41,707 50,681
47                Lithuania 29,745 48,194 76,001 121,475
48                Poland 388,328 418,128 548,107 747,750
49                Romania 91,106 66,994 70,687 84,575
50                Soviet Union 333,725 406,022 463,462 690,598
52                Yugoslavia 141,516 152,967 153,745 165,798
54         Europe n.e.c. 6,037 16,768 20,700 14,320
55     Asia 4,979,037 2,539,777 824,887 490,996
64     Africa 363,819 199,723 80,143 35,355
67     Oceania 104,145 77,577 41,258 34,730
71     Latin America 8,407,837 4,372,487 1,803,970 908,309
75         Central America 5,431,992 2,553,113 873,624 624,851
76             Mexico 4,298,014 2,199,221 759,711 575,902
77             Other Central America 1,133,978 353,892 113,913 48,949
78         South America 1,037,497 561,011 255,238 89,536
79     Northern America 753,917 853,427 812,421 952,500
80         Canada 744,830 842,859 812,421 952,500
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number		 Region and country or area 1930 1920 1910 1900 1890 1880 1870 1860 1850   Line
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1          Total 14,204,149 13,920,692 13,515,886 10,341,276 9,249,547 6,679,943 5,567,229 4,138,697 2,244,602   1
2 Reported by region and/or country 14,197,553 13,911,767 13,506,272 10,330,534 9,243,535 6,675,875 5,563,637 4,134,809 2,202,625   2
3     Europe 11,784,010 11,916,048 11,810,115 8,881,548 8,030,347 5,751,823 4,941,049 3,807,062 2,031,867   3
4         Northern and Western Europe 5,850,256 6,241,916 7,306,325 7,204,649 7,288,917 5,499,889 4,845,679 3,773,347 2,022,195   4
5             Northern Europe 3,415,551 3,501,149 3,953,947 3,917,815 4,056,160 3,212,431 2,867,926 2,271,661 1,358,887   5
6                British Isles 2,147,733 2,172,723 2,573,534 2,783,082 3,122,911 2,772,169 2,626,241 2,199,079 1,340,812   6
7                    United Kingdom 1,402,923 (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)   7
14                    Ireland 744,810 1,037,234 1,352,251 1,615,459 1,871,509 1,854,571 1,855,827 1,611,304 961,719   14
15                Scandinavia 1,267,818 1,328,426 1,380,413 1,134,733 933,249 440,262 241,685 72,582 18,075   15
21             Western Europe 2,434,705 2,740,767 3,352,378 3,286,834 3,232,757 2,287,458 1,977,753 1,501,686 663,308   21
22                Low countries 206,375 207,038 172,534 127,719 107,349 86,461 65,157 37,353 11,161   22
23                    Belgium 64,194 62,687 49,400 29,757 22,639 15,535 12,553 9,072 1,313   23
24                    Luxembourg 9,048 12,585 3,071 3,031 2,882 12,836 5,802 (NA) (NA)   24
25                    Netherlands 133,133 131,766 120,063 94,931 81,828 58,090 46,802 28,281 9,848   25
26                Austria 370,914 575,627 626,341 275,907 123,271 38,663 30,508 25,061 946   26
27                France 135,592 153,072 117,418 104,197 113,174 106,971 116,402 109,870 54,069   27
28                Germany 1,608,814 1,686,108 2,311,237 2,663,418 2,784,894 1,966,742 1,690,533 1,276,075 583,774   28
29                Switzerland 113,010 118,659 124,848 115,593 104,069 88,621 75,153 53,327 13,358   29
31         Southern and Eastern Europe 5,918,982 5,670,927 4,500,932 1,674,648 728,851 248,620 93,824 32,312 9,672   31
32             Southern Europe 2,133,092 1,939,600 1,544,149 539,968 216,387 66,249 30,416 21,726 8,152   32
33                Greece 174,526 175,976 101,282 8,515 1,887 776 390 328 86   33
34                Italy 1,790,429 1,610,113 1,343,125 484,027 182,580 44,230 17,157 11,677 3,679   34
35                Portugal 108,775 103,976 77,634 40,376 25,735 15,650 8,973 5,477 1,274   35
36                    Azores 35,611 33,995 18,274 9,768 9,739 7,512 4,431 1,361 (NA)   36
37                    Portugal 73,164 69,981 59,360 30,608 15,996 8,138 4,542 4,116 1,274   37
38                Spain 59,362 49,535 22,108 7,050 6,185 5,121 3,764 4,244 3,113   38
40             Eastern Europe 3,785,890 3,731,327 2,956,783 1,134,680 512,464 182,371 63,408 10,586 1,520   40
41                Albania 8,814 5,608 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)   41
42                Bulgaria 9,399 10,477 11,498 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)   42
43                Czechoslovakia 491,638 362,438 219,214 156,891 118,106 85,361 40,289 (NA) (NA)   43
44                Estonia 3,550 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)   44
45                Hungary 274,450 397,283 495,609 145,714 62,435 11,526 3,737 (NA) (NA)   45
46                Latvia 20,673 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)   46
47                Lithuania 193,606 135,068 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)   47
48                Poland 1,268,583 1,139,979 937,884 383,407 147,440 48,557 14,436 7,298 (NA)   48
49                Romania 146,393 102,823 65,923 15,032 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)   49
50                Soviet Union 1,153,628 1,400,495 1,184,412 423,726 182,644 35,722 4,644 3,160 1,414   50
51                Turkey in Europe 2,257 5,284 32,230 9,910 1,839 1,205 302 128 106   51
52                Yugoslavia 211,416 169,439 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)   52
53                Other Eastern Europe 1,483 2,433 10,013 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)   53
54         Europe n.e.c. 14,772 3,205 2,858 2,251 12,579 3,314 1,546 1,403 (NA)   54
55     Asia 275,665 237,950 191,484 120,248 113,383 107,630 64,565 36,796 1,135   55
64     Africa 18,326 16,126 3,992 2,538 2,207 2,204 2,657 526 551   64
67     Oceania 17,343 14,626 11,450 8,820 9,353 6,859 4,028 2,140 588   67
71     Latin America 791,840 588,843 279,514 137,458 107,307 90,073 57,871 38,315 20,773   71
75         Central America 651,976 491,330 223,651 107,290 79,045 69,106 42,736 27,699 13,458   75
76             Mexico 641,462 486,418 221,915 103,393 77,853 68,399 42,435 27,466 13,317   76
77             Other Central America 10,514 4,912 1,736 3,897 1,192 707 301 233 141   77
78         South America 33,623 18,551 8,228 4,733 5,006 4,566 3,565 3,263 1,543   78
79     Northern America 1,310,369 1,138,174 1,209,717 1,179,922 980,938 717,286 493,467 249,970 147,711   79
80         Canada 1,310,369 1,138,174 1,209,717 1,179,922 980,938 717,157 493,464 249,970 147,711   80

* Indicates sample data.- (NA) Not available. - n.e.c. Not elsewhere classified.
1/ Prior to 1980, Taiwan included with China. See Table 3.