From 1870 until 1930, relatively low numbers of migrants relocated from Oceania to the United States. The vast majority of these migrants originally came from Australia and New Zealand, although there were some years in the 1880s where migration from the Pacific Islands exceeded these levels (the United States also colonized many islands in the Pacific during this time, and still has some territories in the region). The highest levels of migration from Australia and New Zealand came directly after the Second World War, when more than 6,000 people migrated to the US in 1946 alone.
Number of documented migrants from Australia and Oceania to the United States between 1870 and 1957, by subregion
Year
Australia and New Zealand
Other Pacific Islands
1957
1,228
230
1956
1,171
175
1955
932
96
1954
845
65
1953
742
40
1952
545
33
1951
490
37
1950
460
57
1949
661
115
1948
1,218
118
1947
2,821
139
1946
6,009
97
1945
1,625
38
02,0004,0006,0008,000
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