1821-1830 143,439 1831-1840 599,125 1841-1850 1,713,251 1851-1860 2,598,214 1861-1870 2,314,824 1871-1880 2,812,191 1881-1890 5,246,613 1891-1900 3,687,564 1901-1910 8,795,386 TABLE III INCREASE OF FOREIGN-BORN IN POPULATION BY DECADES Population. Increase. Increase. CENSUS YEAR. Foreign-Born Percentage 1850 2,244,602 1860 4,138,697 1,894,095 84.4 1870 5,567,229 1,428,532 34.5 1880 6,679,943 1,112,714 20.0 1890 9,249,560 2,569,617 38.5 1900 10,341,276 1,091,716 11.8 1910 13,343,583 3,129,766 30.6 TABLE IV FOREIGN-BORN IN UNITED STATES IN 1910 Per cent COUNTRY OF BIRTH. Number. of total. Total foreign born. 13,515,886 100.0 ========== ===== Europe 11,791,841 87.2 _Northwestern Europe_ 6,740,400 49.9 Great Britain 1,221,283 9.0 England 877,719 6.5 Scotland 261,076 1.9 Wales 82,488 0.6 Ireland 1,352,251 10.0 Germany 2,501,333 18.5 Scandinavian countries 1,250,733 9.3 Norway 403,877 3.0 Sweden 665,207 1.9 Denmark 181,649 1.3 Netherlands (Holland), Belgium, and Luxemburg 172,534 1.3 Netherlands 120,063 0.9 Belgium 49,400 0.4 Luxemburg 3,071 France 117,418 0.9 Switzerland 124,848 0.9 _Southern and Eastern Europe_ 5,048,583 37.4 Portugal 59,360 0.4 Spain 22,108 0.2 Italy 1,343,125 9.9 Russia and Finland 1,732,462 12.8 Russia 1,602,782 11.9 Finland 129,680 1.0 Per cent COUNTRY OF BIRTH. Number. of total.
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