WASHINGTON, Jan. 1, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following
is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census
Bureau:
ELLIS ISLAND OPENS
Profile America — Sunday, January
1st. The place where many of our ancestors first stepped
ashore when they came to America seeking a new life opened on this
date 125 years ago — Ellis Island in
New York Harbor. The very first immigrant processed in 1892 at the
new facility was a 15-year-old Irish girl named Annie Moore. Over the course of more than 60
years, some 12 million people flowed through the center. Some
sources say the number is considerably higher. The peak year was
1907, when just over a million immigrants came to Ellis Island. The complex now belongs to the
National Park Service and is visited by several million people a
year. In 1910, the foreign-born represented nearly 15 percent of
America's population. Now, after falling through 1970, that figure
sits at 12.9 percent. You can find more facts about America from
the U.S. Census Bureau online at www.census.gov.
Sources:
Ellis Island history/accessed
10/27/2016:
http://www.libertyellisfoundation.org/ellis-island-history
First immigrant/accessed 10/27/2016:
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/progress/jb_progress_ellis_1.html
Foreign-born population trends:
https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/2013/comm/foreign_born.html
Foreign-born population estimates/Current Population Survey table
1.1 (calculation):
https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/demo/tables/foreign-born/2013/cps2013/2013-asec-tables-nativity.pdf
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