From 1820 until 1957, almost six million people migrated from Southern Europe to the United States, with roughly five million of those coming from Italy. The highest rate of migration came as the nineteenth century ended, and lasted until the Great Depression (although there was a large decrease during the First World War). The years with the highest level of migration were in 1907 and 1914, where almost 340 thousand people migrated from Southern Europe to the United States.
Number of documented migrants from Italy and Southern Europe to the United States between 1820 and 1957
Year
Italy
Other Southern European
1957
19,624
8,813
1956
40,430
14,893
1955
30,272
8,955
1954
13,145
3,720
1953
8,432
5,250
1952
11,342
10,004
1951
8,958
7,074
1950
12,454
3,663
1949
11,695
3,809
1948
16,075
4,481
1947
13,866
3,550
1946
2,636
1,224
1945
213
917
1944
120
944
1943
49
901
1942
103
864
1941
450
1,730
1940
5,302
1,913
1939
6,570
2,367
1938
7,712
2,392
1937
7,192
1,899
1936
6,774
1,821
1935
6,566
1,916
1934
4,374
1,461
1933
3,477
991
1932
6,662
1,882
1931
13,399
3,438
1930
22,327
4,647
1929
18,008
4,435
1928
17,728
4,244
1927
17,297
3,939
1926
8,253
2,807
1925
6,203
2,186
1924
56,246
9,150
1923
46,674
7,008
1922
40,319
6,477
1921
222,260
76,409
1920
95,145
48,009
1919
1,884
3,197
1918
5,250
8,471
1917
34,596
45,644
1916
33,665
46,779
1915
49,688
21,441
1914
283,738
55,288
1913
265,542
43,526
1912
157,134
38,249
1911
182,882
40,051
1910
215,537
37,740
1909
183,218
21,729
1908
128,503
32,792
1907
285,731
52,079
1906
273,120
29,975
1905
221,479
18,156
1904
193,296
22,197
1903
230,622
25,492
1902
178,375
14,423
1901
135,996
10,685
1900
100,135
8,360
1899
77,419
4,772
1898
58,613
4,633
1897
59,431
2,893
1896
68,060
5,292
1895
35,427
2,574
1894
42,977
4,537
1893
72,145
6,094
1892
61,631
8,138
1891
76,055
5,047
1890
52,003
3,960
1889
25,307
2,725
1888
51,558
2,959
1887
47,622
2,248
1886
21,315
1,702
1885
13,642
2,561
1884
16,510
2,526
1883
31,792
1,944
1882
32,159
1,978
1881
15,401
1,784
1880
12,354
1,631
1879
5,791
2,063
1878
4,344
1,916
1877
3,195
3,097
1876
3,015
1,842
1875
3,631
2,724
1874
7,666
2,142
1873
8,757
1,759
1872
4,190
1,928
1871
2,816
1,457
1870
2,891
1,382
1869
1,489
1,638
1868
891
558
1867
1,624
1,040
1866
1,382
1,075
1865
924
1,066
1864
600
1,162
1863
547
590
1862
566
425
1861
811
499
1860
1,019
1,056
1859
932
1,330
1858
1,240
1,461
1857
1,007
810
1856
1,365
916
1855
1,052
1,156
1854
1,263
1,508
1853
555
1,198
1852
351
469
1851
447
485
1850
431
797
1849
209
355
1848
241
232
1847
164
163
1846
151
82
1845
137
320
1844
141
292
1843
117
186
1842
100
139
1841
179
288
1840
37
151
1839
84
477
1838
86
231
1837
36
269
1836
115
239
1835
60
219
1834
105
151
1833
1,699
1,155
1832
3
114
1831
28
37
1830
9
27
1829
23
212
1828
34
230
1827
35
422
1826
57
456
1825
75
287
1824
45
377
1823
33
245
1822
35
180
1821
63
209
1820
30
174
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