THE IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATIONACT OF 1965:

The Making of Modern American Society

Graphs, Charts & Maps of Foreign-Born Population(1790-2008)

Teaching American History Project, 2010Portland State University and the

Beaverton School District

Immigrants Admitted to the United States by Period (1820-2008)

Period Number % of Total1820-1840 750,949 1.1

1841-1860 4,311,465 5.81861-1880 5,127,015 6.91881-1900 8,934,177 12.01901-1920 14,531,197 19.51921-1940 4,635,640 6.21941-1960 3,550,518 4.81961-1980 7,814,991 10.51981-2000 16,421,117 22.12000-2008 8,327,610 11.2

TOTAL 74,404,679

Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 1860(as a percent of total population, by county)

Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 1880(as a percent of total population, by county)

Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 1900(as a percent of total population, by county)

Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 1940(as a percent of total population, by county)

Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 1970(as a percent of total population, by county)

Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2000(as a percent of total population, by county)

19701940

190018801860

2000

Foreign-Born Population in the United States(as a percent of total population, by county)

Source: U.S. Census

Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 1860(total population by county)

Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 1880(total population by county)

Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 1900(total population by county)

Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 1940(total population by county)

Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 1970(total population by county)

Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2000(total population by county)

1860 1880 1900

1940 1970 2000

Total Foreign-Born Population in the United States(by county)

Source: U.S. Census

Region% of Total Immigrants (per decade)

1850-60 1880-90 1900-10 1930-40 1960-70 2000-08

Western Europe 94.9 87.0 42.6 52.1 11.2 7.8Eastern Europe 0.4 10.6 45.8 30.7 9.1 15.8China 1.3 1.4 0.4 1.1 3.3 10.5Japan 0.0 0.0 1.4 0.5 1.2 1.4SE Asia & Middle East 0.0 0.1 3.0 2.0 30.0 41.8Mexico 0.1 0.1 3.3 6.1 15.3 3.0Other Americas 0.6 0.6 3.1 6.5 27.1 3.6Africa (non-slave) 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 1.8 11.4Other 2.7 0.3 0.2 0.6 1.0 4.7

Persons Obtaining Legal Permanent Resident Status by Region of Origin (data table)

KEY IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION:Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)Immigration Act of 1891 (Immigration Service established)National Origin Quota Act of 1924Refugee Act of 1942Displaced Persons Act of 1948Immigration Act of 1952Immigration Act of 1965 (Hart-Cellar Act)Immigration Control Act of 1986 (amnesty provisions for illegal aliens)Immigration Act of 1990 (diversity provisions – lottery) Department of Homeland Security (established 2002)

Western Europe: Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France,Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden,Switzerland, United Kingdom (including Wales and Scotland)Eastern/Mediterranean Europe: Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Italy,Poland, Romania, Russia, Yugoslavia, Other EuropeSE Asia/Middle East: India, Iran, Palestine/Israel, Jordan,Korea, Philippines, Syria, Taiwan, Turkey, Vietnam, Other AsiaOther Americas: Central America, South America & CaribbeanOceana: Australia, New Zealand, Micronesia, Polynesia, IndonesiaNote: On the table, other includes Oceana and Not-Specified.Source: Immigration and Naturalization Service, Statistical Yearbook (2008).

Foreign-Born Population in the United States by county

(1860)

Foreign-Born Population in the United States by county

(1880)

Foreign-Born Population in the United States by county

(1900)

Foreign-Born Population in the United States by county

(1940)

Foreign-Born Population in the United States by county

(1970)

Foreign-Born Population in the United States by county

(2000)