1900 IMMIGRATION COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

Almost half a million people immigrated to the United States in 1900, this yearly total rapidly rose to one million. Most came from Europe. The total of immigrants from Asia was quite a bit less due to immigration restrictions.

Austria-Hungary also included Czechoslovakia and Poland, which were still part of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire.



COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN

Austria Hungary	114,847
Italy	100,135
Russia/Baltic states	90,787
Ireland	35,730
Scandinavia	31,151
Germany	18,507
Japan	12,635
Great Britain	12,509
Romania	6,459
Caribbean	4,656
Portugal	4,234
Turkey	3,962
Greece	3,771
China	1,247
Canada	396
Mexico	237
Australia/New Zealand	214
South America	124
Central America	42
Africa	30

1900 UNITED STATES POPULATION

1900 was the beginning of the American Century. The United States started the century as a mostly rural country, still relatively unimportant in terms of world influence and power. McKinley was president and there were only 45 states. Immigration continued to increase and the cities were growing but more people lived on farms or small towns.

These statistics provide a glimpse of what the United States was like during the turn of the century.





A urban area was a town or city containing more than 2500 residents. This did not include most small towns, which are considered rural.



POPULATION URBAN VS. RURAL

TOTAL	76,094.000
URBAN	30,160,000
RURAL	45,835,000

ETHNICITY

Native born Caucasian	56,595,000
Foreign born Causian	10,214,000
African American	8,834,000
Native American	237,000
Asian American	114,000