T39. Foreign Born Place of Birth [43] - Social Explorer Dataset (SE) - Census 1890

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Census 1890

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T39. Foreign Born Place of Birth [43]

Universe: Total Population

Table Details

T39.

Foreign Born Place of Birth

Universe: Total Population

Variable	Label
T039_001	Total Population:
T039_002	Foreign Born:
T039_003	Norway And Denmark
T039_004	Denmark
T039_005	Norway
T039_006	Africa (Country Not Specified)
T039_007	Asia (Country Not Specified)
T039_008	The Atlantic Islands
T039_009	Australia
T039_010	Austria
T039_011	Belgium
T039_012	Bohemia
T039_013	Canada And Newfoundland
T039_014	Central America
T039_015	China
T039_016	Cuba And The West Indies
T039_017	England
T039_018	Europe (Country Not Specified)
T039_019	France
T039_020	Germany
T039_021	Greece
T039_022	Holland
T039_023	Hungary
T039_024	India
T039_025	Ireland
T039_026	Italy
T039_027	Japan
T039_028	Luxemburg
T039_029	Mexico
T039_030	Pacific Islands
T039_031	Poland
T039_032	Portugal
T039_033	Russia
T039_034	Hawaii
T039_035	Scotland
T039_036	South America
T039_037	Spain
T039_038	Sweden
T039_039	Switzerland
T039_040	Turkey
T039_041	Wales
T039_042	Other Countries
T039_043	Born at Sea

Notes:

Universe for this table is total population. User should notes percentages are percent of U.S. population from a specific foreign place of birth.
1890 Census publication provided total male and female foreign born.
In the county level, aggregation of persons from all foreign places of birth is the same as the sum of male and female foreign born. However, in the national and state level, aggregation of persons from all foreign places of birth over counts the sum of Census published male and female foreign born. This discrepancy occurred because national and state level’s total male and female foreign born counts were derived from aggregating county level’s total male and female foreign born.
In the county level, depending on the state, selected foreign places of birth were iterated and others were omitted. Even though county level’s published male and female foreign born counts were the same as the aggregations of persons from all foreign places of birth, they were less than the actual total foreign born counts.
National and state level did not omitted any places of birth, hence the aggregation of person from all foreign places of birth will always be higher than the published total male and female foreign born counts (these counts were aggregates of counties’ total male and female foreign born, and since counties did not iterate all places of birth, state and national level’s published male and female foreign born counts will be lower than aggregation of person from all foreign places of birth).
Universe: “Total Foreign Born Population” was created by Social Explorer. CAUTION: County level’s total is the aggregate of selected foreign places birth (which was determined by the state). National and State level’s total is aggregate of all persons with a foreign places birth.