from abroad since the foundation of the republic, as will be seen by this table:
Total Immigration Into The United States.
| Periods. | Numbers. |
|---|---|
| From 1789-1820 | 250,000 143 |
| 1820-1830 | 151,824 |
| 1831-1840 | 599,125 |
| 1841-1850 | 1,713,251 |
| 1851-1860 | 2,598,214 |
| 1861-1870 | 2,491,451 |
| 1871-1880 | 2,812,191 |
| 1881-1883 | 2,061,745 |
| Total | 12,677,801 |
Of this number, 5,333,991 came from the British Isles, of which 3,367,624 were Irish.
There came 3,860,624 Germans, 593,021 Scandinavians, and 334,064 French. (See United States “Statistical Abstract,” 1878, 1880, 1883.)
The causes operating on this movement of men—a movement unequaled in history—are undoubtedly economic. Like the migration of the early Teutonic races from the Baltic to Southern Europe, it is due to the pressure of numbers on subsistence.
A still