Region of Birth of the Foreign-Born Population: 1850 to 1930 and 1960 to 1990


Year

Total

Region of birth reported

Region of
birth not
reported

Total

Europe

Asia

Africa

Oceania

Latin
America

Northern
America

NUMBER



















1990*

19,767,316

18,959,158

4,350,403

4,979,037

363,819

104,145

8,407,837

753,917

808,158

1980*

14,079,906

13,192,563

5,149,572

2,539,777

199,723

77,577

4,372,487

853,427

887,343

1970*

9,619,302

9,303,570

5,740,891

824,887

80,143

41,258

1,803,970

812,421

315,732

1960*

9,738,091

9,678,201

7,256,311

490,996

35,355

34,730

908,309

952,500

59,890


Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0029/tab02.html

The trend in this table reflects which of the following Great Society programs?
Tax Reduction Act
Voting Rights Act
Immigration Act
Civil Rights Act