Ayni — Immigration Trends — District of Columbia, DC

Immigration Trends

District of Columbia (DC)

Top countries of origin for this county's foreign-born population, decade by decade, 1900-1960 -- the same IPUMS NHGIS census tables behind Population Trends, read for country-of-birth instead of race. No comparable county-level series exists past 1960 in this data (same real gap Population Trends names for its own 1960-2023 span).

1960

96,528 foreign-born residents on file this year

U.S.S.R.

11,714

United Kingdom

9,365

Germany

9,148

Asia

9,001

Italy

8,661

1950

43,007 foreign-born residents on file this year

The U.S.S.R.

5,994

Italy

4,422

Other

3,510

England and Wales

3,199

Germany

3,010

1940

35,513 foreign-born residents on file this year

Russia (U.S.S.R.)

6,038

Italy

4,913

Germany

3,390

England

2,665

Irish Free State (Eire)

2,326

1930

30,535 foreign-born residents on file this year

Russia

4,914

Italy

4,330

Germany

3,411

Irish Free State

3,026

England

2,835

1920

28,999 foreign-born residents on file this year

Russia

5,181

Ireland

4,320

Italy

3,764

Germany

3,382

England

2,990

1910

25,924 foreign-born residents on file this year

Ireland

5,343

Germany

5,179

Russia

3,393

Italy

2,761

England

2,634