Origins of U.S. Immigrants, 1880–1920

During the Great Wave (1880‑1920), the majority of immigrants came from Europe:

• Southern & Eastern Europe: Italy, Russian Empire (Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine, Belarus), Austria‑Hungary (Slovakia, Czech lands, Hungary), Balkans (Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria, Albania, Romania).
• Northern Europe: Germany, Ireland, United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales).
• Scandinavia: Norway, Sweden, Denmark.
• Eastern Europe: Poland, Russia.

Smaller numbers arrived from Asia and Latin America.