Pre-Civil War Society
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Digital History ID 3839 Interpreting Statistics Immigration as a Source of Population Increase | Year | Percent of Total Population Increase | 1820s | 4 percent | 1830s | 13 percent | 1840s | 23 percent | 1850s | 34 percent | 1860s | 25 percent | 1870s | 27 percent | 1880s | 41 percent | 1890s | 28 percent | Immigration to the U.S. | Year | Number | Percentage of Composition | Irish | English | German | 1820 | 8,385 | | | | 1830 | 23,322 | | | | 1840 | 84,066 | 47 | 10 | 35 | 1850 | 369,980 | 44 | 14 | 21 | 1860 | 153,640 | 32 | 19 | 35 | Questions To Think About 1. During which decades was immigration the greatest source of population increase? 2. Where did most pre-Civil War immigrants come from?
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