APPENDIX I
Reading edition
TABLE I
Showing the growth and distribution of the foreign Scandinavian factor by decades in the Northwestern states and in sections elsewhere
185018601870188018901900
Michigan1398985,27616,44541,49640,928
Wisconsin8,88523,26548,05766,28499,738103,942
Illinois3,63112,07344,57065,414128,897144,812
Iowa6117,81431,17746,04672,87372,611
Minnesota1211,77358,837107,768215,215236,670
Nebraska 3233,98716,68546,34140,107
North Dakota South Dakota 1291,67417,868 31,372 34,216 33,473 42,578
Total in Northwest13,27856,275193,578336,511670,148715,121
New England7491,5073,11311,24343,60670,632
New York New Jersey Pennsylvania 1,8974,50612,29128,49275,331105,641
The South[1]1,0841,5313,1894,0815,9367,646
All other states1,0678,76329,49759,935138,328166,525
Total outside Northwest4,79716,30748,090103,741263,201350,444
Total18,07572,582241,668440,252933,3491,065,565
TABLE II
Showing the growth of the Norwegian foreign-born population in each state by decades in 1850
1850 18601870 188018901900
Maine 12 27 58 99311509
New Hampshire 2 5 55 79251295
Vermont 8 34 103854
Massachusetts 69 171302 6392,5193,335
Rhode Island 25 38 22 56285342
Connecticut 1 22 72 168529709
New York 392 539975 2,1858,60212,601
New Jersey 4 65 90 2291,3172,296
Maryland 10 7 17 108164246
Delaware 614 49
District of Columbia 15 1970101
Pennsylvania 27 831153812,2381,393
Virginia 5 81729102123
West Virginia 13719
North Carolina 45101321
South Carolina 452349
Florida 17 111679179235
Georgia 6 13142388155
Alabama 3 51212447159
Tennessee 14372541141
Kentucky 1810162112034
Mississippi 8 1578565474
Louisiana 6463767136189
Arkansas 15193360123
Missouri 155146297373526530
Ohio 181964178511639
Indiana 1838123182285384
Illinois 2,4154,89111,88016,97030,33929,979
Michigan 1104401,5163,5207,7957,582
Wisconsin 8,65121,44240,04649,34965,69661,575
Iowa 3615,68817,55421,58327,07825,634
Minnesota 78,42535,94062,521101,169104,895
Kansas 2235881,3581,7861,477
Nebraska 5062,0103,6322,833
South Dakota 129 1,179 13,245 19,257 19,788
North Dakota 25,77330,206
Wyoming2874345378
Colorado12403548931,149
Oklahoma36118
Texas3264038801,3131,356
Arizona74559123
Utah6131,2141,8542,128
Nevada801196950
Idaho612767411,173
New Mexico25174233
California7151,0001,7653,7025,060
Oregon43765742,2712,789
Washington1045808,3249,891
Montana881741,9573,354
Total12,40743,695114,246181,696302,721335,726
TABLE III
Showing the Norwegian foreign parentage population in the United States according to the U. S. Census for 1900.
1.Minnesota257,959
2.Wisconsin155,125
3.North Dakota72,012
4.Iowa71,170
5.Illinois59,954
6.South Dakota51,199
7.New York18,928
8.Washington18,824
9.Michigan14,091
10.California8,536
11.Nebraska7,228
12.Montana5,688
13.Oregon5,567
14.Massachusetts5,069
15.Utah4,557
16.Kansas3,731
17.New Jersey3,518
18.Texas3,406
19.Idaho2,767
20.Pennsylvania2,254
21.Colorado2,096
22.Alaska1,454
23.Missouri1,301
24.Ohio1,174
25.Connecticut1,083
26.Indiana852
27.Maine833
28.Wyoming727
29.Florida558
30.New Hampshire504
31.Rhode Island502
32.Maryland442
33.Louisiana441
34.Tennessee383
35.Alabama375
36.Hawaii370
37.Oklahoma350
38.Virginia282
39.Georgia277
40.Arizona228
41.Mississippi211
42.District of Columbia195
43.Arkansas133
44.Indian Territory115
45.Nevada95
46.Vermont93
47.Kentucky88
48.South Carolina86
49.Delaware59
50.West Virginia46
51.North Carolina44