Total United States Immigration by Country

neat observation re france

Ireland did that because of the Potato Famine... *know-it-all*

i think here everyone is a know it all by that standard ahah

Ireland's population still hasn't fully recovered

The next biggest shift in population looks like Austria and Hungary where the numbers in this quiz are about 20% of the current population.Also it's surprising that Brazil doesn't make the list.

Ah, to be a refugee fleeing Europe during World War II only to be barred entry from the United States and forced to return to Europe (or for the lucky ones to sail over to Canada or Mexico instead).

Nice quiz. Most of my time was gone before I paid any attention to the peak dates, that would have helped!

When the US purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867, did those newly Americanised inhabitants get classed as being "sent" to the US?

There were about 10,000 people living in areas under the control of the Russian fur company, and an estimated 50,000 Inuit living in other areas of Alaska. Most of the 10,000 Russian subjects chose to leave and go to Russia shortly after the purchase. The Inuit in other areas I'm guessing don't count, but maybe the small number of Russians that chose to remain would.

There are still some Russian communities left over from that time period. The Kenai Peninsula hosts a number of them. A lot of the people still dress in the old Russian style.

Amazing how you can get completely disconnected from your roots within a few generations... A lot of Americans do not identify at all with the nation of their grandparents.

And somehow, some of them do, like the Irish and Italians... why is that?

Identity does not necessarily concern a nation at all. Italians and Irish were looked down upon when they first began to emigrate en masse, so they were sort of forced to develop an identity distinct from the "white" America of the time.

Some of us are totally mutts and have too many to celebrate each individually. My grandchildren are mixed with Irish, Scots, Welsh, German, and English from our side, and from their other parents have added Polish, Italian and Swiss, Norwegian and Swedish, and Russian. I'm happy that some of them continue to practice specific identity traditions, especially at Christmas, but some of our "American" traditions are actually from other countries, such as the Christmas tree or singing Auld Lang Syne on New Year's Eve. And don't forget, on March 17th, everyone's Irish!

Irish and Italians were not considered white, so they didn't adapt to a lot of the american culture. and since the country has been around since 1770's, i guess so many people don't know their roots. I usually assume they're british.

you are using "the country has been around since 1770's" as an argument NOT to know their roots?? I really thought that sentence would have ended differently. Less than 250 years, that is only a couple of generations!

Blox is right. The Irish weren't considered white. Look it up.

A generation is 125 years now? Who knew?

XD "Less than 250 years, that is only a couple of generations!" Yes, obviously, people have kids at age 125. or maybe you meant 3 by a couple, I guess we all have kids at 83.

I have ancestors who emigrated on the Mayflower from Plymouth. Others who came from Germany to be poor indentured servants in Virginia in the early 1600s. And others who were Cherokee. My peeps been here for thousands of years. And include some who called themselves Irish, French, Italian, and other things. Though from 1500 - 1700 or so at least a plurality of them would have identified as English, most likely. Going back far enough of course they were African. But does it really matter? We are all humans, all part of the one and only human race, all residents of this one small planet.

Also "white" is a completely bullshit meaningless label that should not be applied to anyone. Nobody is white. Not the Irish. Not the Swedes. Not the English. Not Iranians. Same with "black," for that matter. Race in homo sapiens is made up nonsense.

I can't explain *exactly* why but for me I just don't feel a connection past a few generations. I remember my grandma telling me about Japan and my other telling me about Norway. I used to go to Midsummer and Obon celebrations. One more generation back and you have my Swiss great-grandmother. I never met her. I know almost nothing about her. I don't know how Swiss German culture impacts my family, or if it even does to any noteworthy amount. I identify a bit with Norway and Japan because I can place them in the context of heritage that I have experienced and felt, at least to some small degree. I have no such foundation for the other ethnicities/nationalities.

Interesting quiz, nice to see Vietnam and Cuba repairing foreign relations.

I think about 97 of those were actually just to play in the MLB.

If it was fleeing the regime it would be 1960s. 2010s immigration would probably be due to economic opportunities or better US-Cuba relations

@relessness yeah, the same is true of Vietnam.

On that note, I was really surprised to see that the peak of Cuban immigration was the past decade. People are still coming from Cuba en masse? I assumed most of them would have been refugees in the 60s, 70s, and maybe 80s.

Dangit, I missed 'Nam

wow, that's a large group of El Salvadorese people living in the US for such a tiny country!

El Salvador has sadly been a horrible state for a long time. Decades of dictatorship followed by a 12-year-long civil war, and now huge problems with gang influence and violence. Then there's the lack of economic opportunities common in many places in Central America right now.

I missed Canada. Kill meh.

Eh!

This is the best website.

The community of Polandball is ashamed of you.

Countryballs ans Polandball are cringe

no u

Kinda missing africans from this list.

I guess those who arrived through slave trade either weren't people or weren't lawful.

"countries that sent the most of these immigrants" sounds as if the governments of those countries actively pursued migration to the US. I'm pretty sure the migrants went to the US for other reasons. I think it would sound more realistic if the sentence were worded "countries where the most of these immigrants came from." I admit the current wording isn't entirely wrong, it just sounds funny.

In a sort of twisted way you could say that a lot these countries sent the immigrants by being in dire conditions. Push factors are just as relevant as pull. :p

I do agree that it's worded funny though lol

I am afraid that Austria and Hungary, peaking in 1910s, still stand for the territories that were AT THAT TIME part of the Habsburg Empire. Therefore, including Czech Republic, Slovakia, part of Romania, Slovenia, Croatia, part of Serbia, Bosnia-Hercegovina, part of Italy...

I assume British and American culture were so closely intertwined no significant change was necessary, if that makes sense

Maybe the Irish did not want to leave but were compelled to by natural circumstances whereas the British who left were sick of being there and left to escape political circumstances. And there is that whole thing where many of the British who came to America fought two wars against them. That probably helps hasten the separation. Your good insight got me thinking though. :)

I've seen many quoted on television and in newspapers, as well as spoken directly to many in person, who made it no secret that their support of Brexit was largely due to their distaste for large numbers of immigrants coming from other EU countries. Romania was among those countries mentioned along with Lithuania, Poland, and so on. Germany and France have not voted to leave the EU, though they are host to their own bigots and xenophobes. Like I said, these people are everywhere.

Rated five stars just for the thumbnail of Salma. Thank you.

I wonder how many "Canadians" immigrants are actually from Québec. Fleeing from racism of the early 20th Century.

There were apparently a number of "Little Canada's" set up around the American Northeast during the 20th Century, and these communities were French-spaking Quebecois in nature. I found this interesting, although I don't know much more.

I think Canada got about 30000 Americans (african american slaves) via the Underground Railroad. Not what you asked, but also interesting.

That's true, I can't speak for the rest of Canada but in Alberta everyone is meant to study that in grade school. It would be interesting to hear how well known that bit of history is known in other parts of Canada and the United States.

aaaah, I always make the same mistakes. Got all but one, didn't bother to try all the Central American countries after trying three and not getting one.

Aaaarrrghhh.. Got all but Jamaica.

Haha, same.

I almost didn't get Canada. Spent so much time puzzling over European countries that would've sent tons of immigrants in the 1920s, only to finally remember that Canada exists.

Missed Jamaica, South Korea, and Vietnam

Missed Haiti, and I was kind of surprised Japan wasn't on here. Good quiz!

Soooo weird I didn't think of Canada. I am Canadian. Yikes.

why do I so often forget about existence of hungary... and it's my neigbhouring country! probably cause it makes no sense being there surrounded by all those slavic nations

I am surprised there are zero middle eastern countries on this list... maybe it's just my area but there are a lot of Pakistani and Afghan markets.

I’m surprised neither the Armenian or Rwandan genocide was on here.

There is a fairly large Armenian expat community around Los Angeles but I never heard of any Rwandans in the US. Not in large numbers, anyway. From the cursory Internet search I did just now there are only about half a million Rwandan refugees living outside their home country - even if 100% of them ended up in the USA, and I'm sure most of them are probably still in Africa, that wouldn't be enough to crack this list.

Austria is probably the country I forget more than any other. I'll remember Sao Tome and Principe before Austria.

Tried all Central American countries apart from El Salvador...