Period 6 Question 2

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Primary Sources

One map containing the results of the of the twelfth census of the foreign immigrant population in the United States printed in 1900. Results were compiled by geographer Henry Gannett. Map shows that the largest foreign populations were in the Midwest regions.

Henry Gannett, “Proportion of Foreign Born to Total Population of the United States at the Twelfth Census 1900,” 1900 (The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History)

State of Residence

Foreign-Born Population of the United States by State of Residence

State or Territory Total Population Foreign Born Population
Percentage of Population That Was Foreign Born
Alabama 1,828,697 14,592 0.80%
Alaska 63,592 12,661 19.90%
Arizona 122,931 24,233 19.70%
Arkansas 1,311,564 14,289 1.10%
California 1,485,053 367,240 24.70%
Colorado 539,700 91,155 16.90%
Connecticut 908,420 238,210 26.20%
Delaware 184,735 13,810 7.50%
District of Columbia 278,718 20,119 7.20%
Florida 528,542 23,832 4.50%
Georgia 2,216,331 12,403 0.60%
Hawaii 154,001 90,780 58.90%
Idaho 161,772 24,604 15.20%
Illinois 4,821,550 966,747 20.10%
Indiana 2,516,462 142,121 5.60%
Indian Territory 392,060 4,858 1.20%
Iowa 2,231,853 305,920 13.70%
Kansas 1,470,495 126,685 8.60%
Kentucky 2,147,174 50,249 2.30%
Louisiana 1,381,625 52,903 3.80%
Maine 694,466 93,330 13.40%
Maryland 1,188,044 93,934 7.90%
Massachusetts 2,805,346 846,324 30.20%
Michigan 2,420,982 541,653 22.40%
Minnesota 1,751,394 505,318 28.90%
Mississippi 1,551,270 7,981 0.50%
Missouri 3,106,665 216,379 7%
Montana 243,329 67,067 27.60%
Nebraska 1,066,300 177,347 16.60%
Nevada 42,335 10,093 23.80%
New Hampshire 411,588 88,107 21.40%
New Jersey 1,883,669 431,884 22.90%
New Mexico 195,310 13,625 7%
New York 7,268,894 1,900,425 26.10%
North Carolina 1,893,810 4,492 0.20%
North Dakota 319,146 113,091 35.40%
Ohio 4,157,545 458,734 11%
Oklahoma 398,331 15,680 3.90%
Oregon 413,536 65,748 15.90%
Pennsylvania 6,302,115 985,250 15.60%
Rhode Island 428,556 134,519 31.40%
South Carolina 1,310,316 5,528 0.40%
South Dakota 401,570 88,508 22%
Tennessee 2,020,616 17,746 0.90%
Texas 3,048,710 179,357 5.90%
Utah 276,749 53,777 19.40%
Vermont 343,641 44,747 13%
Virginia 1,854,184 19,461 1%
Washington 518,103 111,364 21.50%
West Virginia 958,800 22,451 2.30%
Wisconsin 2,069,042 515,971 24.90%
Wyoming 92,531 17,415 18.80%
Servicemen Stationed Oversees 91,219 15,368 16.80%
Total 76,273,387 10,460,085 13.70%

Census Reports Volume 1. Twelfth Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1900. Population Part 1 (Washington, United States Census Office, 1901)

Country of Origin

Foreign-Born Population of the United States by Country of Origin

Country of Migration
Number of Immigrants
Africa 2,577
Asia (except China, Japan, and India) 11,928
Atlantic Islands 10,955
Australia 7,041
Austria 276,702
Belgium 29,848
Bohemia 156,999
Canada 1,183,225
Central America 3,911
China 106,659
Cuba 11,159
Denmark 154,616
England 843,491
Europe (Not otherwise specified) 2,272
Finland 63,440
France 104,534
Germany 2,669,164
Greece 8,655
Holland 105,098
Hungary 145,815
India 2,069
Ireland 1,619,469
Italy 484,703
Japan 81,590
Luxemburg 3,042
Mexico 103,445
Norway 338,426
Pacific Islands 2,659
Poland 383,645
Portugal 37,144
Romania 15,043
Russia 424,372
Scotland 234,699
South America 4,814
Spain 7,284
Sweden 574,625
Switzerland 115,959
Turkey 9,949
Wales 93,744
West Indies 14,468
Other countries (Not otherwise specified) 2,587
Born at Sea 8,310
  10,460,135

Census Reports Volume 1. Twelfth Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1900. Population Part 3 (Washington, United States Census Office, 1901)