Immigration Trends

Norfolk County (MA)

Top countries of origin for this county's foreign-born population, decade by decade, 1900-1960 -- the same IPUMS NHGIS census tables behind Population Trends, read for country-of-birth instead of race. No comparable county-level series exists past 1960 in this data (same real gap Population Trends names for its own 1960-2023 span).

1960

195,882 foreign-born residents on file this year

Canada

48,263

Ireland (Eire)

29,745

Italy

27,204

United Kingdom

24,113

U.S.S.R.

18,617

1950

55,041 foreign-born residents on file this year

Canada - other

13,736

Ireland (Eire)

7,019

Italy

6,956

England and Wales

4,276

The U.S.S.R.

4,092

1940

58,468 foreign-born residents on file this year

Canada (other)

14,512

Irish Free State (Eire)

7,817

Italy

7,298

England

4,679

Scotland

3,725

1930

67,657 foreign-born residents on file this year

Canada

18,951

Irish Free State

10,363

Italy

7,889

England

5,720

Scotland

4,399

1920

53,459 foreign-born residents on file this year

Canada

12,526

Ireland

11,828

Italy

6,597

England

4,766

Sweden

3,038

1910

63,959 foreign-born residents on file this year

Ireland

14,413

Canada

12,778

Canada (other)

10,959

Italy

4,812

England

4,541

1900

40,792 foreign-born residents on file this year

Ireland

14,716

Canada (English)

9,340

England

3,651

Sweden

2,370

Scotland

2,109