Migration from Northwestern Europe to the US 1820-1957| ��ƽ��

Number of documented migrants from Northern and Western Europe to the United States between 1820 and 1957

Year	Great Britain	Ireland*	Scandinavia*	Other Northwestern European*
1957	24,020	8,227	6,189	25,109
1956	19,008	5,607	5,681	15,254
1955	15,761	5,222	5,159	10,707
1954	16,672	4,655	5,459	11,853
1953	16,639	4,304	5,537	11,145
1952	22,177	3,526	5,416	12,476
1951	14,898	3,144	5,502	10,973
1950	12,755	5,842	5,661	10,857
1949	21,149	8,678	6,665	12,288
1948	26,403	7,534	6,127	13,721
1947	23,788	2,574	4,918	14,562
1946	33,552	1,816	1,278	8,651
1945	3,029	427	224	365
1944	1,321	112	281	619
1943	974	165	239	1,531
1942	907	83	371	5,622
1941	7,714	272	1,137	9,009
1940	6,158	839	1,260	7,743
1939	3,058	1,189	1,178	5,214
1938	2,262	1,085	1,393	3,352
1937	1,726	531	971	2,512
1936	1,310	444	646	1,745
1935	1,413	454	688	1,808
1934	1,305	443	557	1,270
1933	979	338	511	1,045
1932	2,057	539	938	1,558
1931	9,110	7,305	3,144	4,420
1930	31,015	23,445	6,919	9,170
1929	21,327	19,921	17,379	9,091
1928	19,958	25,268	16,184	9,079
1927	23,669	28,545	16,860	9,134
1926	25,528	24,897	16,818	8,773
1925	27,172	26,650	16,810	8,548
1924	59,490	17,111	35,577	16,077
1923	45,759	15,740	34,184	12,469
1922	25,153	10,579	14,625	11,149
1921	51,142	28,435	22,854	29,317
1920	38,471	9,591	13,444	24,491
1919	6,787	474	5,590	5,126
1918	2,516	331	6,506	3,146
1917	10,735	5,406	13,771	6,731
1916	16,063	8,639	14,761	8,715
1915	27,237	14,185	17,883	12,096
1914	48,729	24,688	29,391	25,591
1913	60,328	27,876	32,267	28,086
1912	57,148	25,879	27,554	22,921
1911	73,384	29,112	42,285	25,549
1910	68,941	29,855	48,267	23,852
1909	46,793	25,033	32,496	17,756
1908	62,824	30,556	30,175	22,177
1907	79,037	34,530	49,965	26,512
1906	67,198	34,995	52,781	23,277
1905	84,189	52,945	60,625	24,693
1904	51,448	36,142	60,096	23,321
1903	33,637	35,310	77,647	17,009
1902	16,898	29,138	54,038	10,322
1901	14,985	30,561	39,234	9,279
1900	12,509	35,730	31,151	5,822
1899	13,456	31,673	22,192	5,150
1898	12,894	25,128	19,282	4,698
1897	12,752	28,421	21,089	5,323
1896	24,565	40,262	33,199	7,611
1895	28,833	46,304	26,852	7,313
1894	22,520	30,231	32,400	9,514
1893	35,189	43,578	58,945	17,888
1892	42,215	51,383	66,295	21,731
1891	66,605	55,706	60,107	21,824
1890	69,730	53,024	50,368	20,575
1889	87,992	65,557	57,504	22,010
1888	108,692	73,513	81,924	23,251
1887	93,378	68,370	67,629	17,307
1886	62,929	49,619	46,735	11,737
1885	57,713	51,795	40,704	13,732
1884	65,950	63,344	52,728	18,768
1883	76,606	81,486	71,994	24,271
1882	102,991	76,432	105,326	27,796
1881	81,376	72,342	81,582	26,883
1880	73,278	71,603	65,657	15,042
1879	29,955	20,013	21,820	9,081
1878	22,150	15,932	12,254	6,929
1877	23,581	14,569	11,274	8,621
1876	29,291	19,575	12,323	10,923
1875	47,905	37,957	14,322	11,987
1874	62,021	53,707	19,178	15,998
1873	89,500	77,344	35,481	22,892
1872	84,912	68,732	28,575	15,614
1871	85,455	57,439	22,132	7,174
1870	103,677	56,996	30,742	9,152
1869	84,438	40,786	43,941	10,585
1868	24,127	32,068	11,985	4,293
1867	52,641	72,879	8,491	12,417
1866	94,924	36,690	14,495	13,648
1865	82,465	29,772	7,258	7,992
1864	53,428	63,523	2,961	5,621
1863	66,882	55,916	3,119	3,245
1862	24,639	23,351	2,550	4,386
1861	19,675	23,797	850	3,769
1860	29,737	48,637	840	5,278
1859	26,163	35,216	1,590	3,727
1858	28,956	26,873	2,662	4,580
1857	58,479	54,361	2,747	6,879
1856	44,658	54,349	1,330	12,403
1855	47,572	49,627	1,349	14,571
1854	58,647	101,606	4,222	23,070
1853	37,576	162,649	3,396	14,205
1852	40,699	159,548	4,106	11,278
1851	51,487	221,253	2,438	20,905
1850	51,085	164,004	1,589	11,470
1849	55,132	159,398	3,481	7,634
1848	35,159	112,934	1,113	9,877
1847	23,302	105,536	1,320	24,336
1846	22,180	51,752	2,030	12,303
1845	19,210	44,821	982	9,466
1844	14,353	33,490	1,336	4,343
1843	8,430	19,670	1,777	4,364
1842	22,005	51,342	588	5,361
1841	16,188	37,772	226	6,077
1840	2,618	39,430	207	7,978
1839	2,613	23,963	380	7,891
1838	10,271	12,645	112	3,839
1837	5,420	28,508	399	5,769
1836	12,218	30,578	473	5,189
1835	13,106	26,927	68	3,369
1834	8,970	24,474	66	4,468
1833	10,490	8,648	189	5,355
1832	4,916	12,436	334	5,695
1831	5,331	5,772	36	2,277
1830	2,475	2,721	19	1,305
1829	1,153	7,415	30	1,065
1828	3,179	12,488	60	4,700
1827	5,352	9,766	28	1,829
1826	4,186	5,408	26	968
1825	2,319	4,888	18	719
1824	1,264	2,345	20	671
1823	1,100	1,908	7	528
1822	1,221	2,267	28	522
1821	3,210	1,518	24	521
1820	2,410	3,614	23	452

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Belgium, Denmark, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Sweden, United States, United Kingdom (Great Britain, Northern Ireland)

Survey time period

1820 to1957

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* Figures for Ireland include Northern Ireland. Figures for Scandinavia are for Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Figures for 'Other Northwestern European' are for Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg), France and Switzerland.

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Over 13 million people legally migrated from Northern and Western Europe to the United States between 1820 and 19257. The majority of these migrants came from the British Isles, with over 4.6 million migrants coming from the island of Ireland, and over 4.5 million from Great Britain. After this there were just under 2.5 million immigrants from Scandinavia, and almost 1.5 million from the rest of Northwest Europe. The period with the highest levels of migration from Northwest Europe to the US was in the 1880s, as the Long Depression, increased industrialization and harsh winters continued to weaken Europe's agricultural sector, prompting many (mostly young men and their families) to migrate to the US in search of economic opportunities there. The period around 1850 also saw increased migration from Northwest Europe to the US, however the majority of this was due to the Great Famine in Ireland, which caused the death of over one million people due to starvation or famine-related illnesses, while another one million people migrated abroad to escape the hardships brought by the famine. The early 1930s saw the period with the lowest levels of emigration from Europe to the US, as the Great Depression made it difficult and impractical to migrate to the United States.