Download or read book The Foreign-born Population of the United States, 1850 to 2000 written by Campbell Gibson and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Immigration has always been a source of debate for the American public. During the early part of the 20th century Americans had concerns about the effects of European immigrants. Today similar concerns are being raised about Latin American immigrants. This book presents selected decennial census data on the foreign-born population of the United States from 1850 to 2000. This book provides the background knowledge necessary to examine the tables in a detailed and informed manner. The tables provide statistics that reveal all the trends in immigration during the last century of America's history. It is fully indexed.