Chapter XLV: Appendix: I

TABLE I

Showing the growth and distribution of the foreign Scandinavian factor
by decades in the Northwestern states and in sections elsewhere

1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900
Michigan 139 898 5,276 16,445 41,496 40,928
Wisconsin 8,885 23,265 48,057 66,284 99,738 103,942
Illinois 3,631 12,073 44,570 65,414 128,897 144,812
Iowa 611 7,814 31,177 46,046 72,873 72,611
Minnesota 12 11,773 58,837 107,768 215,215 236,670
Nebraska 323 3,987 16,685 46,341 40,107
North Dakota } {34,216 42,578
} 129 1,674 17,868 {
South Dakota } {31,372 33,473
Total in Northwest 13,278 56,275 193,578 336,511 670,148 715,121
New England 749 1,507 3,113 11,243 43,606 70,632
New York }
New Jersey } 1,897 4,506 12,291 28,492 75,331 105,641
Pennsylvania }
The South[A1] 1,084 1,531 3,189 4,081 5,936 7,646
All other states 1,067 8,763 29,497 59,935 138,328 166,525
Total outside
Northwest 4,797 16,307 48,090 103,741 263,201 350,444
Total 18,075 72,582 241,668 440,252 933,349 1,065,565

[A1] Not including Missouri.

TABLE II

Showing the growth of the Norwegian foreign-born population in each
state by decades in 1850

1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900
Maine 12 27 58 99 311 509
New Hampshire 2 5 55 79 251 295
Vermont 8 34 10 38 54
Massachusetts 69 171 302 639 2,519 3,335
Rhode Island 25 38 22 56 285 342
Connecticut 1 22 72 168 529 709
New York 392 539 975 2,185 8,602 12,601
New Jersey 4 65 90 229 1,317 2,296
Maryland 10 7 17 108 164 246
Delaware 6 14 49
District of Columbia 1 5 19 70 101
Pennsylvania 27 83 115 381 2,238 1,393
Virginia 5 8 17 29 102 123
West Virginia 1 3 7 19
North Carolina 4 5 10 13 21
South Carolina 4 5 23 49
Florida 17 11 16 79 179 235
Georgia 6 13 14 23 88 155
Alabama 3 51 21 24 47 159
Tennessee 14 37 25 41 141
Kentucky 18 10 16 21 120 34
Mississippi 8 15 78 56 54 74
Louisiana 64 63 76 7 136 189
Arkansas 1 5 19 33 60 123
Missouri 155 146 297 373 526 530
Ohio 18 19 64 178 511 639
Indiana 18 38 123 182 285 384
Illinois 2,415 4,891 11,880 16,970 30,339 29,979
Michigan 110 440 1,516 3,520 7,795 7,582
Wisconsin 8,651 21,442 40,046 49,349 65,696 61,575
Iowa 361 5,688 17,554 21,583 27,078 25,634
Minnesota 7 8,425 35,940 62,521 101,169 104,895
Kansas 223 588 1,358 1,786 1,477
Nebraska 506 2,010 3,632 2,833
South Dakota } 129 1,179 13,245 {19,257 19,788
North Dakota } {25,773 30,206
Wyoming 28 74 345 378
Colorado 12 40 354 893 1,149
Oklahoma 36 118
Texas 326 403 880 1,313 1,356
Arizona 7 45 59 123
Utah 613 1,214 1,854 2,128
Nevada 80 119 69 50
Idaho 61 276 741 1,173
New Mexico 2 5 17 42 33
California 715 1,000 1,765 3,702 5,060
Oregon 43 76 574 2,271 2,789
Washington 104 580 8,324 9,891
Montana 88 174 1,957 3,354
Total 12,407 43,695 114,246 181,696 302,721 335,726

TABLE III

Showing the Norwegian foreign parentage population in the United States
according to the U. S. Census for 1900.

1. Minnesota 257,959
2. Wisconsin 155,125
3. North Dakota 72,012
4. Iowa 71,170
5. Illinois 59,954
6. South Dakota 51,199
7. New York 18,928
8. Washington 18,824
9. Michigan 14,091
10. California 8,536
11. Nebraska 7,228
12. Montana 5,688
13. Oregon 5,567
14. Massachusetts 5,069
15. Utah 4,557
16. Kansas 3,731
17. New Jersey 3,518
18. Texas 3,406
19. Idaho 2,767
20. Pennsylvania 2,254
21. Colorado 2,096
22. Alaska 1,454
23. Missouri 1,301
24. Ohio 1,174
25. Connecticut 1,083
26. Indiana 852
27. Maine 833
28. Wyoming 727
29. Florida 558
30. New Hampshire 504
31. Rhode Island 502
32. Maryland 442
33. Louisiana 441
34. Tennessee 383
35. Alabama 375
36. Hawaii 370
37. Oklahoma 350
38. Virginia 282
39. Georgia 277
40. Arizona 228
41. Mississippi 211
42. District of Columbia 195
43. Arkansas 133
44. Indian Territory 115
45. Nevada 95
46. Vermont 93
47. Kentucky 88
48. South Carolina 86
49. Delaware 59
50. West Virginia 46
51. North Carolina 44