Facts and Figures

US Immigration Levels
by decade
 

Period
Total Immigration
1821-30 
143,439 
1831-40 
599,125 
1841-50 
1,713,251 
1851-60 
2,598,214 
1861-70 
2,314,824 
1871-80 
2,812,191 
1881-90 
5,246,613 
1891-00 
3,687,564 
1901-10 
8,795,386 
1911-20 
5,735,811 
1921-30 
4,107,209 
1931-40 
528,431 
1941-50 
1,035,039 
1951-60 
2,515,479 
1961-70 
3,321,677 
1971-80 
4,493,314 
1981-90 
7,338,062 
1991-97 
6,944,591 

Source:  Statistical Yearbook of the Immigration and Naturalization Service for 1994 and updated for 1997 data.

US Immigration Levels, by decade

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