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TEXAS ALMANAC -1947-1948
TEXAS POPULATION, BY STATES OF
ORIGIN.
Texas' native-born population in 1940 was
6.179,296 of which 6 174,747 were born in the
United States and 4 549 were born at sea or
under other circumstances giving them native-
boln status Of the total of 6,174,747 born in
the United States 5.036.550 were born in
Texas and 1.138.197 were born in other states
The table below shows distribution of Texas'
population by states of birth for the census
years 1860. 1900 and 1940
1860 1 1900 I 1940
Total population *604,21513,048,71016,414,824
Born in United States 378,227 2,869,35316.174,747
Born in Texas .. 153,043 2,031,57515,036,550
Born in- 134,097 9
Bordering states ... 20.979 134,097 466,890
Louisiana ........ 9,660 49,0361 158,835
Arkansas ........ 11,319 75,6331 123,214
Oklahoma . . . ..... 8,1241 165,223
New Mexico . 1,3041 19,618
South Central .... 110,905 398,150 256,827
Mississippi ...... 19,902 90,5841 66,312
Alabama ...... 34,1931 129,9451 75,432
Tennessee . 42,265' 130,389 81,317
Kentucky ..... 14.545 47,232 33,766
Southeast ........ 57,952 150,7811 80,778
Georgia .... .. 23,637 77,950 38,651
Florida .. 1,103 3,7991 6,211
South Carolina 10,876 19,861 6.719
North Carolina 12,138 23.165 10,443
Virginia 9.081 21,832 9,105
Chest Virginia .. 1,355 6.122
lar5 land 016 2,395 2.187
District of Columbhi, 871 338' 1,114
Delaware . . 114 186 226
N ,rtheast . . 7 655' 19,4741 43,259
t'enns lrania 1,796 6,122 16,604
Ne, Jerse . 384 1 0711 3 391
New York ..... 3,221, 8,3951 15 389
Connecticut 472 5951 1,351
Rhode Island . 165' 160 537
Massachusetts 660' 1,5241 3,897
Vermont ... 288' 5411 663
New Hampshire 2101 316' 446
Maine .... 459 7411 981
North Central . 26.430 120.9671 246,907
Ohio 2.183 10,5881 19,653
Indiana 3,478 11,5861 19,821
Illinois ..... .. 7 050 25,246 42.743
Missourli 12 4871 51,6761 68,339
Kansas ... .. 29 6.673 37,851
Michigan ..... 248 3,081 q,091
Wisconsin 183 2.3771 7,229
Minnesota ... 70 1.3431 7,182
Iow a ....... 702' 5.986 18,952
Nebraska ...... . 2,001 11.171
South Dakota . 255 2,961
North Dakota .. . 1551 1,914
West ............. 4,386 36,431
Montana ........ ... .. 104 1,443
Wyoming ......... ..... 770 1.520
Colorado ........ ..... 1,0661 9,757
Idaho ......... ... 1821 1,193
Nevada ......... .....621 333
Utah ............. . 1111 1,265
Arizona ....... ..... 322 4,968
Washington ....... 2731 2,047
Oregon ...... 6 2901 1,586
California .... .. . 83 1,853 11,115
(All Territories) .... 335 ... 1,204
Other Natives 1,4821 4,549
dFigures In column below do not Include
distribution of origins of 182.566 slaves.
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DISTRIBUTORS
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FOREIGN-BORN WHITE POPULATION
BY NATIONALITIES
Figures below on foreign-born white population
of Texas by nationalities are from the United
States Bureau of the Census
Country of - Foreig n-Born White
Birth- 1940. 1930. 1920 1910
All countries ....234,388 361,068 360,519 239,984
Northwestern
Europe-
England .......... 5,046 6,784 7,685 8,463
Scotland ......... 1,250 1,711 1,828 2,036
Wales ............ 180 260 278 301
North Ireland..... 308 616 **4,333 *5,355
Irish Free State
(Eire) ........ 2,302 2,907 ** **
Norway .......... 1,169 1,490 1,740 1,784
Sweden .......... 3,046 4,017 4,536 4,703
Denmark ......... 1,117 1,350 t1,508 ?tt1,287
Iceland .......... 10 11 t tt
Netherlands ...... 548 578 554 424
Belgium .......... 368 407 447 327
Luxembourg ...... 36 45 58 14
Switzerland ...... 1,077 1,410 1,690 1,773
France ........... 1,233 1,803 2,544 1,811
Central Europe--
Germany ......... 17,970 25,913 31,062 *42,743
Poland ........... 3,681 4,589 5,047 *4,733
Czechoslovakia ... 9,171 12,282 12,8193$19,378
Austria .......... 3,023 3,300 6,441 3t .
Hungary ......... . 737 622 940 Ti
Yugoslaia .... . -.23 464 620 1
Eastern Europe--
Russia (U S S R ) 5.104 5,467 7,057 *4,365
Lat ia ......... . 134 140
Estonia ......... 36 28
Lithuania ........ 383 308 37
Finland .......... 173 180 189 160
Romania .......... 482 544 443 259
Bulgaria ....... 44 49 70 122
Turkey in Europe 18 23 75 237
Southern Europe-
Greece ........... 1,773 1,803 1,977 756
Italy ............. 5,451 6,550 8,024 7,190
Spain ............ 694 886 1,081 847
Portugal ......... 46 41 66 85
Other Europe ..... 113 370 211 t341)
Asia-
Palestine ......... 150 132 105 $11,122
Syria ............ 1,536 1,670 1,578 I
Turkey in Asia ... 303 268 114 1
Other Asia ....... 294 185 219 87
America-
Canada (French).. 346 452 249 356
Canada (other) .. 3 754 4,080 3,926 3,142
Newfoundland ... 88 53 53 26
Mexico .......... 159,266 266,046 249,652 124,238
Cuba ...... . ... 191 171 144 74
Other West Indies. 288 178 127 81
Central America .. 218 162 96 27
South America .... 305 220 195 62
All Other-
Australia ......... 173 166 169 73
Azores ........ 6 8 8
Other Atlantic
islands ......... 26 30 28 20
Born at sea ...... 23 115 137 125
All other and not
reported ....... 275 184 359 123
*Persons reported in 1910 as of Polish mother
tongue born in Austria, Germany and Russia have
been deducted from their respective countries and
combined as Poland.
lIncludes 58 persons born in Serbia and 60
persons born in Montenegro, which became part of
Yugoslavia in 1918
$Turkey in Asia included Armemnia, Palestine
and Syria in 1910
Includes Latvia and Estonia prior to 1930, and
Lithuania in 1910
Turkey in Asla, Syria and Palestine included
in 1910
"Eire and North Ireland in one figure for 1910
and 1920
atDenmark and Iceland in one figure for 1910
and 1920
3 Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Yugosla ia
in one figure in 1910
lAzores included with "Other Atlantic Islands"
in 1910124
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