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Number of migrants from Germany* documented in United States between 1820 and 1957

Year	Number of migrants
1957	60,353
1956	44,409
1955	29,596
1954	33,098
1953	27,329
1952	104,236
1951	87,755
1950	128,592
1949	55,284
1948	19,368
1947	13,900
1946	2,598
1945	172
1944	238
1943	248
1942	2,150
1941	4,028
1940	21,520
1939	33,515
1938	17,199
1937	10,895
1936	6,346
1935	5,201
1934	4,392
1933	1,919
1932	2,670
1931	10,401
1930	26,569
1929	46,751
1928	48,513
1927	50,421
1926	46,068
1925	75,091
1924	48,277
1923	17,931
1922	6,803
1921	1,001
1920	52
1919	447
1918	1,857
1917	2,877
1916	7,799
1915	35,734
1914	34,329
1913	27,788
1912	32,061
1911	31,283
1910	25,540
1909	32,309
1908	32,309
1907	37,807
1906	37,564
1905	40,574
1904	46,380
1903	40,086
1902	28,304
1901	21,651
1900	18,507
1899	17,476
1898	17,111
1897	22,533
1896	31,885
1895	32,173
1894	53,989
1893	78,756
1892	119,168
1891	113,554
1890	92,427
1889	99,538
1888	109,717
1887	106,865
1886	84,403
1885	124,443
1884	179,676
1883	194,786
1882	250,630
1881	210,485
1880	84,638
1879	34,602
1878	29,313
1877	29,298
1876	31,937
1875	47,769
1874	87,291
1873	149,671
1872	141,109
1871	82,554
1870	118,225
1869	131,042
1868	55,831
1867	133,426
1866	115,892
1865	83,424
1864	57,276
1863	33,162
1862	27,529
1861	31,661
1860	54,491
1859	41,784
1858	45,310
1857	91,781
1856	71,028
1855	71,918
1854	215,009
1853	141,946
1852	145,918
1851	72,482
1850	78,896
1849	60,235
1848	58,465
1847	74,281
1846	57,561
1845	34,355
1844	20,731
1843	14,441
1842	20,370
1841	15,291
1840	29,704
1839	21,028
1838	11,683
1837	23,740
1836	20,707
1835	8,311
1834	17,686
1833	6,988
1832	10,194
1831	2,413
1830	1,976
1829	597
1828	1,851
1827	432
1826	511
1825	450
1824	230
1823	183
1822	148
1821	383
1820	968

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August 2019

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Germany, United States, German Democratic Republic

Survey time period

1820-1927

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*Includes Austria from 1938 to 1945, and some of Poland between 1899 and 1919.

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Between 1820 and 1957, more than six million people emigrated from Germany to the United States. The period with the highest levels of migration came during the 1850s and the 1880s, and over 250 thousand documented migrants came to the US from Germany in 1882 alone. The reasons for these mass migrations were not linked to individual events, but were because of the improved access to trans-Atlantic travel, poor economic opportunities at home (particularly for farmers, who struggled with the rapid industrialization of Germany), and to escape religious persecution in Europe. The periods with the lowest levels of migration from Germany were between 1915 and 1945, and were likely caused by the First and Second World Wars, and also the Great Depression.