


Patrick Parrish
Historic oil on canvas, contemporary inserts, lacquered wood.
Immigration share of the US population (1910 - 2020).
1910 - 14.7%
1920 - 13.2%
1930 - 11.6%
1940 - 8.8%
1950 - 6.9%
1960 - 5.5%
1970 - 4.7%
1980 - 6.2%
1990 - 7.9%
2000 - 11.1%
2010 - 12.9%
2010 - 13.7%
(Source: Migration Policy Institute (MPI) tabulation of data from U.S. Census Bureau, 2010-19 American Community Surveys (ACS), and 1970, 1990, and 2000 decennial census. All other data are from Campbell J. Gibson and Emily Lennon, "Historical Census Statistics on the Foreign-Born Population of the United States: 1850 to 1990" (Working Paper no. 29, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC, 1999))