US Immigration as Percent of Population 1820-2004

Immigration reform is a major political issue for the 2006 elections. For some basic (i.e., easy-to understand) statistics about immigration, click here.  In the 1820s, total immigration was 143,439 … the Census population for 1830 (the end of that decade) was 12,866,020 … which results in a percent of population of 1.11%.  As it turns out, the current immigration/total population ratio is not that different.

KJ