The continuous record of immigration to the United States began with the Act of 1819, which required the captain or master of a vessel arriving from abroad to deliver to the local collector of customs a list or manifest of all passengers on board. This list was to designate the age, sex and occupation of each passenger, the country to which they "severally belonged," and the number that had died on the voyage. Although the reporting of alien arrivals was required by the Act of 1798; the number arriving before 1819 is not known. William J. Bromwell in his History of Immigration to the United States , estimated the number of passengers of foreign birth arriving here from the close of the Revolutionary War to 1819 at 250,000. This estimate has been used by the Bureau of Labor Statistics which later complied the official records of immigration. Source: Historical Statistics of the United States Books R 304.6 M444 Atlas of the 1990 Census. See pages 97-99 for excellent explanations and maps of race and ethnicity divisions regarding immigration. The maps cover ten year intervals 1981 to 1989 and a chart i ncludes 1971-1989 . R 305.8 A427 We the People: An Atlas of America's Ethnic Diversity . You will probably need to peruse all the parts of this superb resource for information concerning where in the U.S. various immigrant groups tended to settle . The one - page chapter summaries prior to various sets of maps and chart displays are especially helpful. R 310.973 Un3 Historical Statistics for the United States Colonial Times to 1957. This is an excellent resource for obtaining data concerning immigration to the United States from 1820 - 1957. See pages 44 - 66 . R 310.973 Un3 Historical Statistics of the United States Continuation to 1962 and Revisions . A good resource for furnishing data concerning immigration to the United States from 1957 - 1962 . See pages 10 - 13 . R 317.04 Sta 1992 Statistical Abstract of the United States 1992. See pages 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 46 for immigration data by years 1960 - 1990. R 317.3 B962 State and Metropolitan Area Data Book 1991 R 911.73 H673 Historical Atlas of the United States . See pages 52 - 55, 60 - 62 and 70 - 73 for wonderful ideas of how to display immigration data in an understandable manner. Pages 60-62 and 70-73 will supply you with information concerning Asian and Hispanic immigration. Online Catalog and Electronic Resources
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