Immigration by year, port of arrival and country of origin. Numbers expressed in thousands.

Year Total In US New York Boston Philadelphia Baltimore New Orleans Charleston Portland Galveston San Francisco Germany Ireland Enland/Wales Scotland Switzerland France Scandinavia Holland
1820 10 3 2                    
1821 11 4 1 1 1                    
1822 8 4   1   1                        
1823 8 4   1                        
1824 9 4 1 1                            
1825 12 7   1 1                          
1826 13 6 1 2 1 1                        
1827 21 12 1 3 1 1                        
1828 30 19 1 3 1 1                        
1829 24 14 1 1 1 3                        
1830 24 13 1 1 3 2                        
1831 23 10 1 3 3 3                        
1832* 61 35 3 4 9 4                        
1833 59 39 3 4 4 4                        
1834 67 46 2 4 6 4                        
1835 48 32 3 1 3 3                        
1836 80 58 3 2 6 4   2                    
1837 84 51 3 4 6 8                        
1838 45 24 2 2 5 7                        
1839 74 47 3 3 6 10                        
1840 92 60 5 4 7 11                        
1841 87 55 8 3 4 10                        
1842 110 74 8 3 5 12                        
1843* 56 38 3 2 2 6                        
1844 84 59 6 4 5 3                        
1845 119 75 10 5 7 15                        
1846 158 98 13 7 9 22                        
1847 239 145 20 14 12 34   1 3 53 52 9 2 1 3 1 3
1848 229 160 22 9 7 19   2 1 51 91 24 6 1 2 1 1
1849 299 213 29 15 8 25 1 2   55 112 30 8 1 2 4 2
1850* 380 221 31 13 9 51 1 2 1 43 45 45 117 29 6 2 3 1
1851 408 294 25 18 8 52 1 2 1 unknown 69 163 30 7 4 5 3 1
1852 397 3.3 21 17 14 32 1 1 2 unknown 118 118 34 7 6 8 3 1
1853 400 294 25 19 11 43 1   2 unknown 119 113 28 6 4 7 2 1
1854 460 327 27 15 13 51 1 1 3 14 176 82 31 4 8 7 2 1
1855 230 161 17 7 6 20     2 4 52 43 24 4 3 4    
1856 224 158 19 8 6 18     1 5 56 44 25 4 2 2 1 1
1857 271 204 17 5 9 21   2   6 80 57 29 5 2 3 1 1
1858 144 101 9 2 3 13 1   5 31 25 12 2 1 1 5    
1859 155 113 12 3 3 11 1   4 28 32 10 2   1      
1860 179 131 12 3 6 13   2 1 5 37 47 12 1 1 1    
* 15 month period for 1832 and 1850; 9 month period for 1843. Year ending Sept. 30, 1820-32; Dec. 31, 1833-43; Sept. 30, 1844-50; Dec. 31, 1851. San Francisco unavailable for 1851-1853.

The port figures include foreign travelers as well as immigrants since the two were not segregated in the annual federal reports until 1856. The statistics by port are adapted from the Treasury Dept., Bureau of Statistics, Tables showing Arrivals of Alien Passengers and Immigrants in the US from 1820 to 1888.

The figures by nationalities arriving at New York from 1847 to 1860, the boom years of immigration, include immigrants alone and are derived from the Annual Reports of the Commissioners of Emigration of the State of New York from 1847 to 1860. The periods do not exactly coincide, as the latter are based on the claendar year throughout, whereas the federal figures were based on the year ending September 30 until 1851 and thereafter the calendar year.

Last Updated on 4/5/2000
By Patty MacFarlane Prather