Immigration Trends

Westchester County (NY)

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

337,491 foreign-born residents on file this year

Italy

97,712

Germany

35,562

United Kingdom

30,254

Ireland (Eire)

30,053

U.S.S.R.

28,040

1950

96,724 foreign-born residents on file this year

Italy

26,952

Germany

10,893

Ireland (Eire)

8,761

England and Wales

5,939

The U.S.S.R.

5,486

1940

104,968 foreign-born residents on file this year

Italy

29,776

Germany

12,051

Irish Free State (Eire)

9,989

England

6,445

Scotland

5,608

1930

120,712 foreign-born residents on file this year

Italy

32,483

Germany

13,102

Irish Free State

12,952

England

7,921

Scotland

7,014

1920

80,057 foreign-born residents on file this year

Italy

22,006

Ireland

12,494

Germany

7,521

Russia

6,274

England

5,820

1910

83,006 foreign-born residents on file this year

Italy

21,795

Ireland

15,621

Germany

8,990

Russia

7,022

Austria

6,038

1900

52,197 foreign-born residents on file this year

Ireland

16,047

Germany

7,240

Italy

6,864

England

4,316

Other Colored >> Female

3,019