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

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Immigration is not a new story: 150+ years

Immigrants were a BIG part of the State population growth

Regionalism within Immigration History: North and Western Europe,

Southern and Eastern Europe, and finally Asia and Latin America

Push-Pull Factors and Chain migration

Shifting policies and attitudes toward immigration: Recruitment VS

Restrictions

Tensions surrounding ¡°assimilation¡± and ¡°Americanization¡±

Changing economies and related opportunities

Wisconsin¡¯s Foreign and ¡°Native¡± Born Population

6,000,000

5,000,000

4,000,000

3,000,000

U.S. Born

2,000,000

1,000,000

Foreign Born

0

1850

1860

1870

1880

1890

1900

1910

1920

1930

1940

1950

1960

1970

1980

1990

2000

Wisconsin's Foreign Born Population: 1850 to 2000

Foreign Born Population

600,000

31% before the turn of

the century

21% just before WWI

500,000

WWI, Depression and

WWII: decline in

immigration

400,000

300,000

3.6% in 2000 Census

200,000

100,000

36% around the time of

statehood

0

Increase in immigration

from Asia and Mexico

1850 1860 1870University

1880 1890

1900 1910

1920 &1930

1940

1950 1960

1970 1980 1990 2000

of Wisconsin

Extension

Applied

Population

Laboratory

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