Interpreting Statistics
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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. | ||||
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| 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?