Immigration, 1971-1994

Immigration by Region and Selected Country of Last Residence





Region and country of last residence	1971-80	1981-90	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	Total: 175 years, 1820-1994

All countries	4,493,314	7,338,062	1,536,483	1,827,167	973,977	904,292	804,416	61,503,866

Europe	800,368	761,550	124,026	146,671	153,260	165,711	166,279	37,732,981
Austria-Hungary	16,028	24,885	4,733	4,455	3,934	2,914	2,123	4,356,208
Austria	9,478	18,340	3,774	3,511	2,895	1,880	1,314	1,838,546
Hungary	6,550	6,545	959	944	I ,039	I ,034	809	1,671,586
Belgium	5,329	7,066	827	701	957	776	621	213,611
Czechoslovakia	6,023	7,227	578	625	874	792	759	148,851
Denmark	4,439	5,370	674	629	769	762	639	373,211
France	25,069	32,353	4,265	3,978	4,492	3,959	3,592	803,608
Germany	74,414	91,961	12,152	10,887	12,875	9,965	8,940	7,126,132
Greece	92,369	38,377	3,887	2,929	2,168	2,460	2,539	714,000
Ireland	11,490	31,969	9,740	4,608	12,035	13,396	16,525	4,771,697
Italy	129,368	67,254	16,246	30,316	I I ,962	3,899	2,664	5,421,949
Netherlands	10,492	12,238	1,515	1,303	1,687	1,542	1,359	380,123
Norway-Sweden	10,472	15,182	1,930	1,796	2,296	2,253	1,804	2,154,103
Norway	3,941	4,164	552	554	790	713	515	803,796
Sweden	6,531	11,018	1,378	1,242	1,506	1,540	1,289	1,290,052
Poland	37,234	83,252	18,364	17,106	24,491	27,288	27,597	702,818
Portugal	101,710	40,431	4,066	4,576	2,774	2,075	2,163	512,849
Romania	12,393	30,857	3,496	6,786	4,907	4,517	2,932	223,983
Soviet Union	38,961	57,677	14,779	31,557	37,069	59,949	64,502	3,636,783
Spain	39,141	20,433	2,744	2,663	2,041	1,791	1,756	293,399
Switzerland	8,235	8,849	1,288	1,003	1,303	1,263	1,183	364,191
United Kingdom	137,374	14,667	19,054	16,768	21,924	20,422	17,666	5,195,930
Yugoslavia	30,540	18,762	2,778	2,802	2,741	2,781	3,183	147,778
Other Europe	9,287	8,234	910	1,183	1,961	2,907	3,732	191,757

Asia	1,588,178	2,738,157	321,879	342,157	344,802	345,425	282,449	7,334,013
China	124,326	346,747	40,639	23,995	29,554	57,775	58,867	1,084,567
Hong Kong	113,467	98,215	14,367	15,895	16,802	14,026	11,953	360,906
India	164,134	250,786	28,809	42,707	34,841	38,653	33,173	605,090
Iran	45,136	116,172	14,905	9,927	6,995	8,908	6,998	209,679
Israel	37,713	44,273	5,906	5,116	5,938	5,216	3,982	157,792
Japan	49,775	47,085	6,431	5,600	11,735	7,673	6,974	494,226
Korea	267,638	333,746	30,964	25,430	18,734	17,320	15,417	719,149
Philippines	354,987	548,764	71,279	68,750	63,478	63,406	52,832	1,275,119
Turkey	13,399	23,233	3,205	3,466	3,203	3,487	3,880	426,363
Vietnam	172,820	280,782	14,755	14,847	31,172	31,894	32,387	568,577
Other Asia	244,783	648,354	90,619	126,424	122,350	97,067	55,986	1,432,545

AMERICA	1,982,735	3,615,225	1,050,527	1,297,580	445,194	361,476	325,173	15,496,971
Canada & Newfoundland	169,939	156,938	24,642	19,931	21,541	23,898	22,243	4,407,840
Mexico	640,294	1,655,843	680,186	947,923	214,128	126,642	111,415	5,969,623
Caribbean	741,126	872,051	112,635	138,591	95,945	98,185	103,750	3,139,648
Cuba	264,863	144,578	9,436	9,474	10,890	12,976	14,216	796,266
Dominican Republic	148,135	252,035	42,136	41,422	41,948	45,464	51,221	690,191
Haiti	56,335	138,379	19,869	47,046	10,756	9,899	13,166	315,624
Jamaica	137,577	20,474	23,667	22,977	18,280	16,761	13,909	501,427
Other Caribbean	134,216	128,911	17,527	17,672	14,071	13,085	11,238	836,140
Central America	134,640	468,088	146,243	110,820	57,849	58,666	40,256	1,087,219
El Salvador	34,436	213,539	79,601	46,923	26,077	26,794	17,669	392,130
Other Central America	100,204	254,549	66,642	63,897	31,772	31,872	22,587	695,089
South America	295,741	461,847	86,821	80,308	55,725	54,077	47,505	1,487,918
Argentina	29,897	27,327	5,953	4,231	4,083	2,972	2,474	144,878
Colombia	77,347	122,849	23,783	19,272	12,885	12,597	10,653	350,760
Ecuador	50,077	56,315	12,474	9,962	7,322	7,400	5,943	186,394
Other South America	138,420	255,356	44,611	46,843	31,435	31,108	28,435	805,886
Other America	995	458	0	7	6	8	4	110,151

Africa	80,779	176,893	32,797	33,542	24,707	25,532	24,864	442,790

Oceania	41,242	45,205	6,804	7,061	5,994	6,144	S,647	229,468

Not specified	12	1,032	450	156	20	4	4	267,643

SOURCE: U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Statistical Yearbook of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1994, U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, D.C., 1996, Table 2.