Figure B

Thirty years of immigration and demographic change: Number of people with reported birthplace in the United States in 1960 and 1990 (weighted count)

1960 1990
China 100,580 955,573
Philippines 104,940 1,001,476
Korea 11,780 662,054
India 13,260 611,518
Japan 104,980 424,049
ChartData Download data

The data below can be saved or copied directly into Excel.

Economic Policy Institute

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1960 5% sample and 1990 5% sample; Steven Ruggles, Sarah Flood, Ronald Goeken, Megan Schouweiler, and Matthew Sobek. IPUMS USA: Version 12.0 (dataset). Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS, 2022. https://doi.org/10.18128/D010.V12.0. 

Copy the code below to embed this chart on your website.

Previous chart: «

Next chart: »