A Brief History of Immigration in Wisconsin
A Brief History of Immigration in Wisconsin
Presented to Western Wisconsin Rural Immigration Summit September 25, 2007
David Long & Dan Veroff e-mail: ddlong@wisc.edu Applied Population Lab University of Wisconsin- Madison
University of Wisconsin Extension & Applied Population Laboratory
Things to Keep in Mind
z Immigration is not a new story: 150+ years z Immigrants were a BIG part of the State population growth z Regionalism within Immigration History: North and Western Europe,
Southern and Eastern Europe, and finally Asia and Latin America z Push-Pull Factors and Chain migration z Shifting policies and attitudes toward immigration: Recruitment VS
Restrictions z Tensions surrounding "assimilation" and "Americanization" z Changing economies and related opportunities
Wisconsin's Foreign and "Native" Born Population
6,000,000
5,000,000
4,000,000
3,000,000 2,000,000
U.S. Born
1,000,000
0 1850
1860
1870
Foreign Born
1880 1890 1900 1910
1920
1930
1940
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
Wisconsin's Foreign Born Population: 1850 to 2000
600,F000oreign Born Population
31% before the turn of the century
21% just before WWI
500,000
400,000
WWI, Depression and WWII: decline in immigration
300,000 200,000
3.6% in 2000 Census
100,000
36% around the time of statehood
0
Increase in immigration from Asia and Mexico
1850 1860 1870Un1i8ve8r0sit1y8o9f 0Wi1s9co0n0si1n9E1x0ten1s9io2n0&1A9p3p0lie1d9P4o0pu1l9a5tio0n 1L9a6bo0ra1to9r7y0 1980 1990 2000
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