The 1850 United States census was the first federal U. S. census to query respondents about their "nativity"—i. e, where they were born, whether in the United States or outside of it—and is thus the first point at which solid statistics become available. The following chart, based on statistics from the U. S. Census from 1850 on, shows the numbers of non native residents according to place of birth. Because an immigrant is counted in each census during his or her lifetime, the numbers reflect the cumulative population of living non native residents. +Region and Country or Area of Birth of the Foreign Born Population, With Geographic Detail Shown in Decennial CensusRegion and country or area20001990198019701960193019201910190018901880187018601850Total31,107,88919,767,31614,079,9069,619,3029,738,09114,204,14913,920,69213,515,88610,341,2769,249,5476,679,9435,567,2294,295,510 2,244,602Reported by region and/or country31,107,57318,959,15813,192,5639,303,5709,678,20114,197,55313,911,76713,506,27210,330,5349,243,5356,675,8755,563,6374,134,8092,202,625Europe4,915,5574,350,4035,149,5725,740,8917,256,31111,784,01011,916,04811,810,1158,881,5488,030,3475,751,8234,941,0493,807,0622,031,867 Northern and Western Europe2,070,4462,058,8532,384,2572,629,2003,334,9715,850,2566,241,9167,306,3257,204,6497,288,9175,499,8894,845,6793,773,3472,022,195Northern Europe974,619968,2711,083,4991,271,5911,694,4303,415,5513,501,1493,953,9473,917,8154,056,1603,212,4312,867,9262,271,6611,358,887British Isles834,225809,972866,966937,4741,171,7772,147,7332,172,7232,573,5342,783,0823,122,9112,772,1692,626,2412,199,0791,340,812United Kingdom (total)677,715640,145669,149686,099833,0551,402,923(X)(X)(X)(X)(X)(X)(X)(X)Great Britain (total)677,751623,614649,318645,262764,8931,224,0911,135,4891,221,2831,167,6231,251,402917,598770,414587,775379,093England423,609405,588442,499458,114528,205809,563813,853877,719840,513908,141662,676550,924431,692278,675Scotland88,445104,168142,001170,134213,219354,323254,570261,076233,524242,231170,136140,835108,51870,550Wales10,94810,63813,52817,01423,46960,20567,06682,48893,586100,07983,30274,53345,76329,868Great Britain n. e. c.141,572100,00051,290(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)9511,4844,1221,802(NA)Northern Ireland13,17716,53119,83140,83768,162178,832(X)(X)(X)(X)(X)(X)(X)(X)Ireland156,474169,827197,817251,375338,722744,8101,037,2341,352,2511,615,4591,871,5091,854,5711,855,8271,611,304961,719Scandinavia140,394158,299216,533334,117522,6531,267,8181,328,4261,380,4131,134,733933,249440,262241,68572,58218,075Denmark31,42234,99942,73261,41085,060179,474189,154181,649153,690132,54364,19630,1079,9621,838Finland21,40822,31329,17245,49967,624142,478149,824129,68062,641(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)Iceland5,5535,0714,1562,8952,7802,764(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)Norway32,20742,24063,31697,243152,698347,852363,863403,877336,388322,665181,729114,24643,99512,678Sweden49,72453,67677,157127,070214,491595,250625,585665,207582,014478,041194,33797,33218,6253,559Western Europe1,095,8471,090,5821,300,7581,357,6091,640,5412,434,7052,740,7673,352,3783,286,8343,232,7572,287,4581,977,7531,501,686663,308Low Countries130,615132,617142,748155,513173,069206,375207,038172,534127,719107,34986,46165,15737,35311,161Belgium33,89534,36636,48741,41250,29464,19462,68749,40029,75722,63915,53512,5539,0721,313Luxembourg2,1502,0533,1253,5314,3609,04812,5853,0713,0312,88212,8365,802(NA)(NA)Netherlands94,57096,198103,136110,570118,415133,133131,766120,06394,93181,82858,09046,80228,2819,848Austria63,64887,673145,607214,014304,507370,914575,627626,341275,907123,27138,66330,50825,061946France151,154119,233120,215105,385111,582135,592153,072117,418104,197113,174106,971116,402109,87054,069Germany706,704711,929849,384832,965989,8151,608,8141,686,1082,311,2372,663,4182,784,8941,966,7421,690,5331,276,075583,774Switzerland43,10639,13042,80449,73261,568113,010118,659124,848115,593104,06988,62175,15353,32713,358Other Western Europe(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)263(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)Southern and Eastern Europe2,840,7212,285,5132,748,5473,090,9913,907,0205,918,9825,670,9274,500,9321,674,648728,851248,62093,82432,3129,672Southern Europe934,6651,054,1411,336,8051,363,1951,541,4412,133,0921,939,6001,544,149539,968216,38766,24930,41621,7268,152Greece165,750177,398210,998177,275159,167174,526175,976101,2828,5151,88777639032886Italy473,338580,592831,9221,008,5331,256,9991,790,4291,610,1131,343,125484,027182,58044,23017,15711,6773,679Portugal (total)203,119210,122209,968119,89980,276108,775103,97677,63440,37625,73515,6508,9735,4771,274Azores26,55929,65632,53128,86522,58635,61133,99518,2749,7689,7397,5124,4311,361(NA)Portugal (main)175,571180,466177,43791,03457,69073,16469,98159,36030,60815,9968,1384,5424,1161,274Spain82,85876,41573,73557,48844,99959,36249,53522,1087,0506,1855,1213,7644,2443,113Other Southern Europe(NA)9,61410,182(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)472132(NA)(NA)Eastern Europe1,906,0561,231,3721,411,7421,727,7962,365,5793,785,8903,731,3272,956,7831,134,680512,464182,37163,40810,5861,520Albania38,6635,6277,3819,1809,6188,8145,608(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)Bulgaria35,0908,5798,4638,6098,2239,39910,47711,498(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)Czechoslovakia (former)83,08187,020112,707160,899227,618491,638362,438219,214156,891118,10685,36140,289(NA)(NA)Estonia9,7859,21012,16912,16313,9913,550(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)Hungary92,071110,337144,368183,236245,252274,450397,283495,609145,71462,43511,5263,737(NA)(NA)Latvia27,23226,17934,34941,70750,68120,673(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)Lithuania28,49029,74548,19476,001121,475193,606135,068(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)Poland466,742388,328418,128548,107747,7501,268,5831,139,979937,884383,407147,44048,55714,4367,298(NA)Romania135,96691,10666,99470,68784,575146,393102,82365,92315,032(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)Soviet Union (former, total)838,809333,725406,022463,462690,5981,153,6281,400,4951,184,412423,726182,64435,7224,6443,1601,414Turkey in Europe(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)2,2575,28432,2309,9101,8391,205302128106Yugoslavia (former, total)278,314141,516152,967153,745165,798211,416169,439(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)Other Eastern Europe(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)1,4832,43310,013(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)Europe n. e. c.4,3706,03716,76820,70014,32014,7723,2052,8582,25112,5793,3141,5461,403(NA)Asia8,226,2544,979,0372,539,777824,887490,996275,665237,950191,484120,248113,383107,63064,56536,7961,135Armenia65,280(X)(X)(X)(X)32,16636,628(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)China988,857529,837286,120172,13299,73546,12943,56056,75681,534106,688104,46863,04235,565758India1,022,552450,406206,08751,00012,2965,8504,9014,6642,0312,1431,707586(NA)(NA)Japan347,539290,128221,794120,235109,17570,99381,50267,74424,7882,29240173(NA)(NA)Israel(NA)21,070(NA)(NA)(NA)6,1373,203(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)Syria54,56136,78222,08114,96216,71757,22751,901(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)Turkey in Asia78,37855,08751,91548,08552,22846,65411,01959,729(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)Other Asia(NA)3,595,7271,751,780418,473200,84510,5095,2362,59111,8952,2601,0548641,231377Africa881,300363,819199,72380,14335,35518,32616,1263,9922,5382,2072,2042,657526551Africa excl. Atlantic Islands(NA)349,451189,26661,46327,0538,8595,7813,9922,5382,2072,2042,657526551Atlantic Islands(NA)14,36810,45718,6808,3029,46710,345(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)Oceania168,046104,14577,57741,25834,73017,34314,62611,4508,8209,3536,8594,0282,140588Australia60,96542,26736,12024,27122,20912,81610,9149,0356,8075,9844,9063,1181,419(NA)Sandwich Islands (Hawaii)(X)(X)(X)(X)(X)(X)(X)(X)(X)1,3041,147584435588Other Oceania61,87841,45716,98712,5214,5273,7122,4152,0132,065806326286(NA)Latin America16,086,9748,407,8374,372,4871,803,970908,309791,840588,843279,514137,458107,30790,07357,87138,31520,773Caribbean2,953,0661,938,3481,258,363675,108193,922106,24178,96247,63525,43523,25616,40111,5707,3535,772Cuba872,716736,971607,814439,04879,15018,49314,87215,13311,081(NA)6,9175,319(NA)(NA)Other Caribbean(NA)1,201,377650,549236,060114,77287,74864,09032,50214,354(NA)9,4846,251(NA)(NA)Central America11,203,6735,431,9922,553,113873,624624,851651,976491,330223,651107,29079,04569,10642,73627,69913,458Mexico9,177,4874,298,0142,199,221759,711575,902641,462486,418221,915103,39377,85368,39942,43527,46613,317Other Central America2,026,1501,133,978353,892113,91348,94910,5144,9121,7363,8971,192707301233141South America1,930,2711,037,497561,011255,23889,53633,62318,5518,2284,7335,0064,5663,5653,2631,543Northern America829,442753,917853,427812,421952,5001,310,3691,138,1741,209,7171,179,922980,938717,286493,467249,970147,711Canada820,771744,830842,859812,421952,5001,310,3691,138,1741,209,7171,179,922980,938717,157493,464249,970147,711Canada French(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)370,852307,786385,083395,126302,496(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)Canada Other(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)915,537817,139819,554784,796678,442(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)Newfoundland(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)23,98013,2495,080(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)Other Northern America8,6719,08710,568(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)1293(NA)(NA)Region or country not reported316808,158887,343315,73259,8906,5968,9259,61410,7426,0124,0683,5923,88841,977Born at sea(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)5,0085,3366,9278,1965,5334,0682,6382,522(NA)Not reported(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)1,5883,5892,6872,546479(NA)9541,36641,977
(NA) Not available. n. e. c. Not elsewhere classified. 1/ Prior to 1980, Taiwan included with China.