# Immigration and the Commissioners of Emigration of the state of New York/Appendix/7/Table 6

Table showing the Numbers and Nativities of Alien Emigrants who arrived at the Port of New York from May 5, 1847, to January 1,1870.
| Nationality. | 1847. | 1848. | 1849. | 1850. | 1851. | 1852. | 1853. | 1854. | 1855. | 1856. | 1857. | 1858. |
| Ireland . . . | 52,946 | 98,061 | 112,591 | 117,038 | 163,306 | 118,131 | 113,164 | 82,302 | 43,043 | 44,276 | 57,119 | 25,075 |
| Germany . . . | 53,180 | 51,973 | 55,705 | 45,535 | 69,919 | 118,611 | 119,644 | 176,986 | 52,892 | 56,113 | 80,974 | 31,874 |
| England . . . | 8,864 | 23,062 | 28,321 | 28,163 | 28,553 | 31,551 | 27,126 | 30,578 | 22,938 | 23,787 | 28,622 | 12,324 |
| Scotland . . . | 2,354 | 6,415 | 8,840 | 6,772 | 7,302 | 7,694 | 6,456 | 4,909 | 4,240 | 4,723 | 5,170 | 2,718 |
| France . . . | 3,330 | 2,734 | 2,683 | 3,462 | 5,964 | 8,868 | 7,470 | 7,986 | 4,174 | 2,984 | 3,069 | 1,786 |
| Switzerland . | 1,947 | 1,622 | 1,405 | 2,380 | 4,499 | 6,471 | 4,604 | 8,883 | 3,273 | 2,559 | 2,454 | 1,315 |
| Holland . . . | 3,611 | 1,560 | 2,447 | 1,174 | 1,798 | 1,223 | 1,085 | 1,466 | 822 | 1,666 | 1,734 | 348 |
| Wales . . . | 472 | 1,054 | 1,782 | 1,520 | 2,189 | 2,531 | 1,182 | 1,288 | 1,118 | 1,376 | 887 | 566 |
| Norway . . . | 882 | 1,207 | 3,300 | 3,150 | 2,112 | 1,889 | 377 | 81 | 203 | 438 | 62 | 8 |
| Sweden . . . | 139 | 165 | 1,007 | 1,110 | 872 | 2,008 | 1,630 | 1,859 | 304 | 918 | 619 | 237 |
| Italy . . . | 197 | 321 | 602 | 476 | 618 | 359 | 553 | 785 | 667 | 690 | 596 | 669 |
| Belgium . . . | 551 | . . | 118 | 230 | 475 | 82 | 34 | 398 | 1,201 | 850 | 444 | 253 |
| Spain . . . | 101 | 253 | 214 | 257 | 278 | 471 | 659 | 646 | 457 | 330 | 263 | 146 |
| West Indies . | 299 | 392 | 449 | 554 | 575 | 265 | . . | 11 | 19 | 225 | 330 | 344 |
| Denmark . . . | 95 | 52 | 159 | 90 | 229 | 157 | 94 | 102 | 174 | 469 | 453 | 284 |
| Poland . . . | 26 | 79 | 133 | 188 | 422 | 188 | 186 | 169 | 346 | 142 | 245 | 88 |
| Sardinia . . . | . . | . . | 172 | 165 | 98 | 69 | 72 | 148 | 67 | 426 | 405 | 324 |
| South America | . . | 31 | 33 | 104 | 121 | 120 | 175 | 111 | 112 | 163 | 66 | 92 |
| Portugal . . . | 34 | 57 | 287 | 65 | 26 | 37 | 237 | 205 | 24 | 30 | 93 | 27 |
| Nova Scotia | . . | . . | 151 | 164 | 81 | 73 | 6 | 128 | 9 | 30 | 40 | 18 |
| Russia . . . | 10 | 28 | 38 | 18 | 23 | 33 | 39 | 55 | 20 | 56 | 42 | 19 |
| Canada . . . | . . | . . | 59 | 61 | 50 | 48 | . . | 2 | 64 | 57 | 30 | 17 |
| Mexico . . . | . . | 12 | 23 | 41 | 42 | 23 | 51 | 34 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 13 |
| Sicily . . . | . . | . . | 21 | 28 | 12 | 42 | 37 | 58 | 18 | 10 | 26 | 19 |
| China . . . | . . | 2 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 14 | 53 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 15 |
| East Indies . | 23 | . . | 34 | 32 | 10 | 18 | . . | . . | 5 | . . | . . | 7 |
| Greece . . . | . . | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
| Turkey . . . | 1 | . . | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | . . | 6 |
| Arabia . . . | . . | . . | 8 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
| Africa . . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
| Australia . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
| Japan . . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
| Central America | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
| Unknown . . . | . . | 95 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
| Annual Totals . | 129,062 | 189,176 | 220,603 | 212,796 | 289,601 | 300,992 | 284,945 | 319,223 | 136,233 | 142,342 | 183,773 | 78,589 |
Table showing the Numbers and Nativities of Alien Emigrants, etc.—continued.
| Nationality. | 1859. | 1860. | 1861. | 1862. | 1863. | 1864. | 1865. | 1866. | 1867. | 1868. | 1869. | Total. |
| Ireland . . . | 32,652 | 47,330 | 25,784 | 32,217 | 91,157 | 89,399 | 70,462 | 68,047 | 65,134 | 47,571 | 66,204 | 1,664,009 |
| Germany . . . | 28,270 | 37,899 | 27,139 | 27,740 | 35,002 | 57,446 | 83,451 | 100,716 | 117,591 | 101,989 | 99,605 | 1,636,254 |
| England . . . | 10,375 | 11,361 | 5,632 | 7,975 | 18,757 | 23,710 | 27,286 | 36,186 | 33,712 | 29,695 | 41,090 | 539,668 |
| Scotland . . . | 2,325 | 1,617 | 659 | 692 | 1,937 | 1,126 | 3,962 | 4,979 | 6,315 | 7,390 | 10,643 | 111,238 |
| France . . . | 1,532 | 1,549 | 1,200 | 1,187 | 1,303 | 1,804 | 2,059 | 3,246 | 3,204 | 2,811 | 2,795 | 77,200 |
| Switzerland . | 791 | 1,422 | 1,398 | 1,254 | 1,194 | 1,652 | 2,513 | 3,685 | 3,985 | 3,302 | 2,999 | 65,607 |
| Holland . . . | 261 | 440 | 331 | 456 | 407 | 615 | 729 | 1,506 | 2,156 | 1,265 | 1,247 | 28,347 |
| Wales . . . | 500 | 811 | 697 | 1,062 | 1,143 | 659 | 505 | 540 | 142 | 699 | 1,111 | 23,834 |
| Norway . . . | 36 | 53 | 93 | 22 | 238 | 88 | 158 | 583 | 309 | 1,008 | 3,465 | 19,757 |
| Sweden . . . | 318 | 361 | 382 | 663 | 1,370 | 1,516 | 2,337 | 3,907 | 4,843 | 14,529 | 23,453 | 64,538 |
| Italy . . . | 399 | 542 | 750 | 487 | 444 | 475 | 591 | 918 | 1,032 | 993 | 1,548 | 14,712 |
| Belgium . . . | 57 | 76 | 165 | 195 | 456 | 186 | 97 | 157 | 1,623 | 149 | 146 | 7,943 |
| Spain . . . | 234 | 228 | 190 | 124 | 202 | 196 | 224 | 315 | 203 | 210 | 210 | 6,411 |
| West Indies . | 416 | 523 | 165 | 156 | 256 | 236 | 283 | 246 | 214 | 171 | 378 | 6,507 |
| Denmark . . . | 493 | 495 | 612 | 1,689 | 1,580 | 565 | 727 | 1,526 | 1,372 | 1,087 | 2,600 | 15,104 |
| Poland . . . | 114 | 80 | 43 | 50 | 137 | 198 | 423 | 231 | 268 | 268 | 598 | 4,622 |
| Sardinia . . . | 164 | 89 | 67 | 39 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | 2,306 |
| South America | 138 | 110 | 88 | 92 | 60 | 124 | 109 | 155 | 97 | 134 | 102 | 2,337 |
| Portugal . . . | 45 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 34 | 42 | 96 | 79 | 13 | 60 | 1,530 |
| Nova Scotia | 81 | 23 | 11 | 67 | 77 | 40 | 77 | 40 | 22 | 52 | 119 | 1,309 |
| Russia . . . | 69 | 61 | 36 | 46 | 47 | 37 | 93 | 154 | 185 | 145 | 376 | 1,630 |
| Canada . . . | 25 | 25 | 19 | 33 | 17 | 35 | 43 | 28 | 42 | 33 | 27 | 715 |
| Mexico . . . | 13 | 22 | 45 | 13 | 38 | 92 | 70 | 56 | 28 | 34 | 90 | 790 |
| Sicily . . . | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | . . | 3 | . . | 297 |
| China . . . | 4 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 41 | 36 | 26 | 17 | 49 | 15 | 414 |
| East Indies . | . . | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 193 |
| Greece . . . | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 112 |
| Turkey . . . | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 5 | 115 |
| Arabia . . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 8 |
| Africa . . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 6 | . . | 37 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 87 |
| Australia . . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 44 | 26 | 12 | 112 |
| Japan . . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 18 | 12 | 87 | 3 | 4 | 101 |
| Central America | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 7 | 7 | 21 | 38 | 78 |
| Unknown . . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 12 | . . | . . | . . | 107 |
| Annual Totals . | 79,322 | 105,162 | 65,539 | 76,306 | 156,844 | 182,296 | 196,352 | 233,418 | 242,731 | 213,686 | 258,989 | 4,297,980 |