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U.S. states by net international migration (From April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2022) National rank State Total net international migration (2020–2022) [1] Net international migration rate per 1,000 inhabitants — United States: 1,406,845 4.24 1 Florida: 175,333 8.14 2 California: 171,223 4.33 3 Texas: 164,062 5.63 4 New York: 108,036 5.35 5 ...
U.S. President Harry Truman signing into law the Luce–Celler Act in 1946 [ 74 ] In 1945, the War Brides Act allowed foreign-born wives of U.S. citizens who had served in the U.S. Armed Forces to immigrate to the United States. In 1946, the War Brides Act was extended to include the fiancés of American soldiers.
After 1820, immigration gradually increased. From 1836 to 1914, over 30 million Europeans migrated to the United States. [38] After an initial wave of immigration from China following the California Gold Rush, Congress passed its first immigration law, the Page Act of 1875 which banned Chinese women. [39]
U.S. states by foreign born population (2017) State Total foreign born population [2] Foreign born population (%) Alabama 162,567: 3.4 Alaska 60,784: 8.2 Arizona 960,275
t. e. The colonial history of the United States covers the period of European colonization of North America from the early 16th century until the incorporation of the Thirteen Colonies into the United States in 1776 during the Revolutionary War. In the late 16th century, England, France, Spain, and the Dutch Republic launched major colonization ...
Four states (Louisiana, Missouri, Nevada, and Pennsylvania) have expanded substantially by acquiring additional federal territory after their initial admission to the Union. In 1912, Arizona was the last state established in the contiguous United States, commonly called the "lower 48". In 1959, Hawaii was the 50th and most recent state admitted.
During the 19th and early 20th centuries, about 1.3 million Swedes left Sweden for the United States of America. While the land of the American frontier was a magnet for the rural poor all over Europe, some factors encouraged Swedish emigration in particular. Religious repression and idiosyncrasy practiced by the Swedish Lutheran State Church ...
Norwegian immigrants went to the United States primarily in the latter half of the 19th century and the first few decades of the 20th century. There are more than 4.5 million Norwegian Americans, according to the 2021 U.S. census; [a] most live in the Upper Midwest and on the West Coast of the United States.