Place of Birth of Iowa
Residents Recorded in
Census of 1850 - 1900
The table below probably provides no assistance in your
search for your ancestors. However,
it gives an interesting look at
where settlers in Iowa were coming from over the years.
The information was collected from the various census
reports for the years 1850 - 1900.
Place of Birth |
1850 |
1860 |
1870 |
1880 |
1890 |
1900 |
Born in The United States |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Alabama |
|
214 |
399 |
378 |
358 |
547 |
Alaska |
|
|
2 |
1 |
5 |
7 |
Arizona |
|
|
3 |
14 |
17 |
63 |
Arkansas |
|
150 |
397 |
532 |
494 |
879 |
California |
|
127 |
473 |
746 |
854 |
1,298 |
Colorado |
|
|
190 |
403 |
593 |
1,633 |
Connecticut |
|
4,084 |
5,185 |
5,062 |
3.634 |
2,777 |
Dakota (Territory) |
|
|
97 |
650 |
|
|
Delaware |
|
850 |
876 |
939 |
709 |
494 |
District of Columbia |
|
125 |
174 |
259 |
247 |
228 |
Florida |
|
26 |
59 |
80 |
68 |
152 |
Georgia |
|
262 |
384 |
388 |
434 |
464 |
Hawaii |
For these years -- see Sandwich Islands. |
5 |
Idaho |
|
|
22 |
76 |
77 |
161 |
Illinois |
|
26,696 |
65,391 |
102,820 |
114,471 |
142,234 |
Indian Territory |
|
|
16 |
54 |
48 |
179 |
Indiana |
|
57,555 |
64,083 |
59,278 |
51,008 |
48,079 |
Iowa |
41,357 |
191,148 |
428,620 |
737,306 |
999,453 |
1,318,377 |
Kansas |
|
83 |
791 |
3,722 |
7,015 |
13,317 |
Kentucky |
|
13,204 |
14,186 |
12,920 |
10,388 |
9,060 |
Louisiana |
|
281 |
496 |
515 |
482 |
547 |
Maine |
|
3,151 |
5,943 |
5,783 |
4,539 |
3,246 |
Maryland |
|
4,663 |
5,972 |
6,169 |
4,797 |
4,050 |
Massachusetts |
|
6,214 |
8,929 |
9,378 |
7,420 |
5,727 |
Michigan |
|
4,393 |
8,918 |
10,616 |
10,315 |
10,583 |
Minnesota |
|
432 |
2,683 |
6,130 |
8,074 |
13,193 |
Mississippi |
|
130 |
620 |
591 |
515 |
592 |
Missouri |
|
5,931 |
13,831 |
20,677 |
22,311 |
34,012 |
Montana |
|
|
51 |
72 |
135 |
353 |
Nebraska |
|
|
874 |
3,005 |
6,708 |
19,593 |
Nevada |
|
|
63 |
107 |
92 |
123 |
New Hampshire |
|
3,287 |
5,057 |
4,743 |
3,524 |
2,495 |
New Jersey |
|
4,114 |
5,688 |
6,357 |
5,069 |
4,300 |
New Mexico |
|
|
20 |
27 |
50 |
102 |
New York |
|
46,053 |
79,143 |
82,690 |
66,623 |
53,878 |
North Carolina |
|
4,690 |
5,090 |
3,990 |
2,850 |
2,336 |
North Dakota |
|
|
|
|
1,314 |
967 |
Ohio |
|
99,240 |
126,285 |
120,495 |
102,734 |
88,146 |
Oklahoma |
|
|
|
|
19 |
259 |
Oregon |
|
13 |
166 |
198 |
260 |
513 |
Pennsylvania |
|
52,156 |
73,435 |
77,357 |
63,684 |
53,651 |
Rhode Island |
|
723 |
914 |
907 |
819 |
619 |
South Carolina |
|
554 |
566 |
531 |
386 |
304 |
South Dakota |
|
|
|
|
1,733 |
7,190 |
Tennessee |
|
5,773 |
6,085 |
5,372 |
4,626 |
4,211 |
Texas |
|
59 |
235 |
402 |
463 |
910 |
Utah |
|
|
378 |
394 |
290 |
378 |
Vermont |
|
7,581 |
12,204 |
12,297 |
9,301 |
6,934 |
Virginia |
|
17,944 |
19,563 |
15,531 |
12,779 |
9,295 |
Washington |
|
|
21 |
44 |
106 |
458 |
West Virginia |
|
With Virginia |
2,521 |
2,901 |
3,992 |
Wisconsin |
|
5,121 |
24,309 |
40,380 |
41,629 |
45,515 |
Wyoming |
|
|
9 |
50 |
125 |
316 |
Territories |
|
202 |
|
|
|
|
At Sea |
|
105 |
21 |
8 |
27 |
39 |
American Citizens born Abroad |
|
|
|
|
348 |
1,421 |
Philippine Islands |
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
Puerto Rico |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Not Stated |
129,574 |
1,498 |
411 |
-- |
10,906 |
5,728 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total United States |
170,931 |
568,832 |
989,328 |
1,362,965 |
1,587,827 |
1,925,933 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Born in a Foreign Country |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Africa |
|
9 |
17 |
17 |
24 |
28 |
Asia |
|
24 |
34 |
13 |
36 |
127 |
Atlantic Islands |
|
|
2 |
15 |
7 |
11 |
Australasia |
|
|
96 |
|
|
|
Australia |
|
13 |
|
117 |
112 |
111 |
Austria |
See Germany |
2,691 |
1,473 |
1,715 |
2,309 |
Belgium |
|
91 |
650 |
357 |
384 |
491 |
British America |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Canada |
|
|
16,421 |
19,451 |
17,465 |
|
Canada - English |
|
|
|
|
|
14,168 |
Canada -
French |
|
|
|
|
|
1,519 |
New Brunswick |
|
|
391 |
472 |
|
|
Newfoundland |
|
|
10 |
35 |
|
|
Nova Scotia |
|
|
506 |
612 |
|
|
Prince Edward's Island |
|
|
48 |
484 |
|
|
British
America (not specified) |
|
8,313 |
531 |
43 |
|
|
Total British America |
|
8,313 |
17,907 |
21,097 |
17,465 |
15,687 |
Central America |
|
|
4 |
5 |
16 |
14 |
China |
|
3 |
3 |
37 |
79 |
102 |
Cuba |
|
|
13 |
50 |
91 |
12 |
Denmark |
|
661 |
2,827 |
6,901 |
15,519 |
17,102 |
Europe (not specified) |
|
3 |
11 |
80 |
230 |
30 |
Finland |
|
|
|
|
|
47 |
France |
|
2,421 |
3,130 |
2,675 |
2,327 |
1,905 |
German States |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Austria |
|
2,709 |
See Austria |
Bavaria |
|
3,150 |
4,869 |
4,556 |
|
|
Baden |
|
2,701 |
4,353 |
3,863 |
|
|
Brunswick |
|
|
149 |
255 |
|
|
Hamburg |
|
|
276 |
308 |
|
|
Hanover |
|
|
5,367 |
6,395 |
|
|
Hesse |
|
2,017 |
|
|
|
|
Hessen |
|
|
3,522 |
1,966 |
|
|
Lubeck |
|
|
5 |
34 |
|
|
Mecklenburg |
|
|
2,351 |
3,532 |
|
|
Nassau |
|
210 |
185 |
263 |
|
|
Oldenburg |
|
|
664 |
808 |
|
|
Prussia |
|
7,797 |
26,475 |
32,801 |
|
|
Saxony |
|
|
1,339 |
1,634 |
|
|
Weimar |
|
|
59 |
11 |
|
|
Wurtemberg |
|
1,581 |
3,426 |
2,887 |
|
|
Germany (not specified) |
|
18,390 |
13,122 |
28,955 |
127,246 |
123,162 |
Total Germany |
|
38,555 |
66,162 |
88,268 |
127,246 |
123,162 |
Gibraltar |
|
|
1 |
13 |
|
|
Great Britain |
|
|
|
|
|
|
England |
|
11,522 |
16,660 |
22,519 |
26,205 |
21,027 |
Ireland |
|
28,072 |
40,124 |
44,061 |
37,353 |
28,321 |
Scotland |
|
2,895 |
5,248 |
6,885 |
7,701 |
6,425 |
Wales |
|
913 |
1,967 |
3,031 |
3,601 |
3,091 |
Great Britain (not
specified) |
|
23 |
1,443 |
91 |
23 |
|
Total Great Britain |
|
43,425 |
65,442 |
76,587 |
74,883 |
58,864 |
Greece |
|
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
18 |
Greenland |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
Holland |
|
2,615 |
4,513 |
4,743 |
7,941 |
9,388 |
Hungary |
|
|
134 |
244 |
213 |
453 |
India |
|
|
13 |
40 |
40 |
42 |
Italy |
|
26 |
54 |
122 |
399 |
1,198 |
Japan |
|
|
5 |
2 |
6 |
11 |
Luxembourg |
|
|
1,344 |
3,104 |
953 |
705 |
Malta |
|
|
|
40 |
|
|
Mexico |
|
6 |
14 |
18 |
41 |
29 |
Norway |
|
5,688 |
17,556 |
21,586 |
27,078 |
25,634 |
Portugal |
|
3 |
3 |
22 |
7 |
2 |
Poland |
|
100 |
178 |
403 |
453 |
751 |
Pacific Islands |
|
10 |
|
7 |
20 |
21 |
Roumania |
|
|
|
|
|
84 |
Russia |
|
40 |
96 |
535 |
782 |
1,998 |
Sandwich Islands |
|
|
2 |
14 |
8 |
See Hawaii |
Sardinia |
|
4 |
|
|
|
|
South America |
|
10 |
29 |
40 |
26 |
27 |
Spain |
|
13 |
27 |
38 |
189 |
21 |
Sweden |
|
1,465 |
10,796 |
17,559 |
30,276 |
29,875 |
Switzerland |
|
2,519 |
3,937 |
4,587 |
4,310 |
4,342 |
Turkey |
|
2 |
5 |
26 |
12 |
93 |
West Indies |
|
60 |
76 |
79 |
with Cuba |
60 |
Other Foreign
Countries |
|
1 |
53 |
|
1 |
42 |
At Sea |
|
|
100 |
175 |
251 |
315 |
Unspecified Foreign Country |
20,969 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Foreign Born |
20,969 |
106,081 |
204,692 |
261,650 |
324,069 |
305,920 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unknown |
314 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Population |
192,214 |
674,913 |
1,194,020 |
1,624,615 |
1,911,896 |
2,231,853 |
|
|