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From Ireland 967,366 



From England 302,665 



From Scotland 47,800 



From Wales 7,935 



From Great Britain and Ireland 1,425,0182,750,784 



From Germany 1,546,976 



From Sweden 36,129 



From Denmark and Norway 5,5401,588,145 



From France 208,063 



From Italy 11,302 



From Switzerland 37,732 



From Spain 16,245 



From British America 117,142 



From China (in California almost exclusively) 41,443 



From all other countries, or unknown 291,558 723,485 



Total 5,062,414 



&quot; It is not ascertainable how many have returned to for 

 eign countries, but they probably do not exceed a million. 

 If the present partial check to immigration should con 

 tinue, though it is hardly probable, the number of immi 

 grants for the decade ending in 1870 may possibly be re 

 duced from 2,707,624 to 1,500,000. 



&quot; The ascertained average increase of the whole 

 population in the seven decades from 1790 to 1860, which 

 is very nearly 33^ per cent., or one- third for each decade, 

 would carry the present numbers (31,445,080) 



By the year 1870, to 41,926,750 



From which deduct for the possible diminution of ) i OQ7 6 9 4 

 immigrants, as above j &quot; 



There would remain 40,719,126 



&quot;Mr. Kennedy, the experienced Superintendent of the 

 census, in the Compend published in 1862, at page 7, esti 

 mates the population of 1870 at 42,318,432, and of 1880, 

 at 56,450,241. The rate of progress of the population of 

 the United States has much exceeded that of any of the 

 European nations. The experienced statisticians in the 



