In 1869 not one per cent. of the total immigration came from
Austria-Hungary, Italy, Poland, and Russia, while in 1902 the percentage
was over seventy. In 1869 nearly three quarters of the total immigration
came from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Scandinavia; in 1902
only one fifth was from those countries. The proportion has held nearly
the same since.
[Sidenote: Change in Source]
The change is indicated most plainly in this table, which compares the
total immigration of certain nationalities for the period 1821 to 1902
with that for the year 1903:
1821 to 1902 1903
Country Number Per cent Number Per cent
Austria-Hungary 1,316,914 6.5 206,011 24.00
England, Wales 2,730,037 13.4 26,219 3.1
Germany 5,098,005 25.0 40,086 4.7
Ireland 3,944,269 19.3 35,300 4.1
Italy 1,358,507 6.7 230,622 26.9
Norway, Sweden 1,334,931 6.5 70,489 8.2
Russia, Poland 1,106,362 5.4 136,093 15.9
This table shows not only the nations which have added chiefly to our
population in the past, and which are adding to-day, but how the
percentage of each has varied in the period before 1903 compared with
1903.
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