Immigration Trends

Oakland County (MI)

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

176,649 foreign-born residents on file this year

Canada

57,126

United Kingdom

25,813

Germany

17,013

Poland

14,741

U.S.S.R.

10,254

1950

33,030 foreign-born residents on file this year

Canada - other

12,610

England and Wales

4,732

Scotland

2,203

Germany

2,076

French Canada

1,335

1940

27,923 foreign-born residents on file this year

Canada (other)

10,799

England

4,329

Germany

1,997

Scotland

1,864

French Canada

1,078

1930

31,359 foreign-born residents on file this year

Canada

13,485

England

5,103

Germany

2,159

Scotland

2,034

Poland

786

1920

12,576 foreign-born residents on file this year

Canada

5,044

England

2,104

Germany

1,405

Ireland

483

Scotland

424

1910

10,199 foreign-born residents on file this year

Canada

3,159

Canada (other)

3,039

Germany

1,514

England

1,210

Ireland

457

1900

6,847 foreign-born residents on file this year

Canada (English)

2,423

Germany

1,555

England

1,349

Ireland

634

Scotland

193