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same towTLs which showed the highest percentage of Irish in 

 1850/ 



The towns having the highest percentage of population from 

 Great Britain are Benton, White Oak Springs, 'New Diggings, 

 Elk Grove and Shullsburg. These towns also lead in 1850.^ 

 The percentage from Great Britain and Ireland is more than 

 twice as great as the percentages of the combined population of 

 the rest of the foreign countries. 



In 1870 the ^Northwestern States still have the greatest per- 

 centage of population, with the to\\Tis of Wayne, Monticello, 

 Gratiot, Benton and White Oak Springs leading.^ The per- 

 centage of I^ew York differs but slightly from that of the re- 

 mainder of the Middle States, but both have decreased since 

 1860. Xew England and the South are about equally repre- 

 sented. 



In the foreign population the percentages of Great Britain 

 and Ireland are almost equal. The towns with the largest Irish 

 population in 1870 are Kendall, Sejanour, InTcw Diggings, 

 Shullsburg and Benton, the last three of which held the same 

 relative position in 1860. The towns having the largest pop- 

 ulation born in Great Britain are i^ew Diggings, Benton, White 

 Oak Springs, Willow Springs and Seymour, three of which, 

 !N^ew Diggings, Benton and ^\^iite Oak Springs, had the great- 

 est population from the same country in 1860. 



To summarize : — The Wisconsin-born population has the 

 largest number, and the N'orthwestern States stand next in all 

 three censuses. New York has a greater population than any 

 state in the East during the whole period. In 1850 the !N'ew 

 England and Southern sections are about equal; in 1860, New 

 England has not changed, but the South has decreased slightly ; 

 in 1870 they nre again about equal. 



In the foreign population in 1850, Great Britain leads with 

 Ireland second ; in 1860, Ireland exceeds Great Britain, but the 

 population from both these countries has decreased. In 1870 



1 Kendall must be omitted in tliis comparison as its boundary line 

 had been changed between 1850 and 1860. 



2 Except ETk Grove, whose boundary line was changed between 1850 

 and 1860. 



3 See Appendix, Table 3. 



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