British migration to the United States 1820-1957

Between 1820 and 1957, over 4.5 million people emigrated from Great Britain to the United States. The period with the highest levels of migration came during the 1860s, 70s and 80s, with almost 110 thousand people migrating in 1888 alone. The period with the lowest levels of migration came in the 1930s and early 40s, as the Great Depression caused an economic crisis across the globe, hitting the US and Great Britain particularly hard. Economic recovery in the late 1930s caused the migration rate to increase again, before the Second World War brought the numbers back down in the first half of the 1940s.

Number of migrants from Great Britain documented in United States between 1820 and 1957

Year	Number of migrants
1957	24,020
1956	19,008
1955	15,761
1954	16,672
1953	16,639
1952	22,177
1951	14,898
1950	12,755
1949	21,149
1948	26,403
1947	23,788
1946	33,552
1945	3,029
1944	1,321
1943	974
1942	907
1941	7,714
1940	6,158
1939	3,058
1938	2,262
1937	1,726
1936	1,310
1935	1,413
1934	1,305
1933	979
1932	2,057
1931	9,110
1930	31,015
1929	21,327
1928	19,958
1927	23,669
1926	25,528
1925	27,172
1924	59,490
1923	45,759
1922	25,153
1921	51,142
1920	38,471
1919	6,787
1918	2,516
1917	10,735
1916	16,063
1915	27,237
1914	48,729
1913	60,328
1912	57,148
1911	73,384
1910	68,941
1909	46,793
1908	62,824
1907	79,037
1906	67,198
1905	84,189
1904	51,448
1903	33,637
1902	16,898
1901	14,985
1900	12,509
1899	13,456
1898	12,894
1897	12,752
1896	24,565
1895	28,833
1894	22,520
1893	35,189
1892	42,215
1891	66,605
1890	69,730
1889	87,992
1888	108,692
1887	93,378
1886	62,929
1885	57,713
1884	65,950
1883	76,606
1882	102,991
1881	81,376
1880	73,278
1879	29,955
1878	22,150
1877	23,581
1876	29,291
1875	47,905
1874	62,021
1873	89,500
1872	84,912
1871	85,455
1870	103,677
1869	84,438
1868	24,127
1867	52,641
1866	94,924
1865	82,465
1864	53,428
1863	66,882
1862	24,639
1861	19,675
1860	29,737
1859	26,163
1858	28,956
1857	58,479
1856	44,658
1855	47,572
1854	58,647
1853	37,576
1852	40,699
1851	51,487
1850	51,085
1849	55,132
1848	35,159
1847	23,302
1846	22,180
1845	19,210
1844	14,353
1843	8,430
1842	22,005
1841	16,188
1840	2,618
1839	2,613
1838	10,271
1837	5,420
1836	12,218
1835	13,106
1834	8,970
1833	10,490
1832	4,916
1831	5,331
1830	2,475
1829	1,153
1828	3,179
1827	5,352
1826	4,186
1825	2,319
1824	1,264
1823	1,100
1822	1,221
1821	3,210
1820	2,410

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Release date

August 2019

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Region

United States, United Kingdom (Great Britain, England, Scotland, Wales)

Survey time period

1820-1957

Supplementary notes

Great Britain is the island containing England, Scotland and Wales, and figures relating to Ireland and Northern Ireland are not included in this statistic.

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