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xciv 15.60; among colored persons, highest 34.14; lowest 18.78 per 1000. Of the population of the States and Territories in 1890 53,372,703 (or 85.23 per cent) were natives and 9,249,547 (or 14.77 per cent) foreign born. In 1880 there were 43,475,840 natives and 6,679,943 foreign born (13.32 per cent). In 1870 the population was 14.44 per cent foreign born; in 1860, 13.16 per cent; in 1850, 9.68 per cent.

The following table shows the origin of the foreign-born population at the census of 1890:

Thus of the foreign-born population 33.76 per cent were from the United Kingdom (20.23 per cent from Ireland, 10.91 per cent from England and Wales, and 2.62 per cent from Scotland); 30.11 per cent were from Germany; 10.61 per cent from Canada; 10.09 per cent from Norway, Sweden, and Denmark; 1.22 per cent from France; and 14.21 per cent from other countries.

IMMIGRATION

From 1775 to 1815 immigration into the United States was very small, on account of the American Revolution and the European wars, not over 3000 or 4000 a year arriving during this period. When peace between England and America was reestablished, in 1815, immigration took a fresh start. Prior to 1820 no official record of arrivals was kept, but it is estimated that, from the foundation of the Government up to that year, about 250,000 alien passengers arrived, 98 per cent of whom were immigrants. The total number of immigrants from 1821 to 1898 (June 30) was 18,490,368.