200 Years of Immigration to the U.S.
Check this very interesting graphic out. The chart shows people obtaining lawful permanent resident status by region or selected country of last residence: 1820 – 2013. Hover on the original for details. The data is from the Yearbook of Immigration Statistics. The work of Natalia Bronshtein of Insightful Interaction, this chart shows not just immigration growth and contractions, but where that immigration is occurring from.
Ria Misra notes that the chart offers an interesting look at the ways that global history has changed the tide of immigration. While immigration continued through the first World War, you can see a brief chocking off of the flow of new Americans extending through the second World War. When it kicks off again, the points of origin of those new Americans has shifted, with several countries that previously had populations too small to show up on the graph (India, China, the Philippines) now taking a prominent place.
KJ