BELGIUM-ROOTS Project USA Belgian immigrants in the USA 1820-1975

According to some figures, 200,575 Belgians immigrated to the United States between 1820 and 1975. The question who was considered to be Belgian before 1831 remains unanswered.

See also, for the period 1830-1870, the page Belgians [settled] in America, on the site Belgian in the American Civil War maintained by Guy Gallez.

Southern Netherlands (1815-1830)

1820	1
1821 - 1830	27

Belgium (1830-present)

1831 - 1840	22
1841 - 1850	5,074
1851 - 1860	4,738
1861 - 1870	6,734
1871 - 1880	7,221
1881 - 1890	20,177
1891 - 1900	18,167
1901 - 1910	41,635
1911 - 1920	33,746
1921 - 1930	15,846
1931 - 1940	4,817
1941 - 1950	12,189
1951 - 1960	18,575
1961 - 1970	9,192
1971 - 1975	2,414

This web site is the collective work of the subscribers to the mail list BELGIUM-ROOTS-L founded June 1998 by Georges Picavet (see our members page and the copyrights page for more info) Q:\webbeta\rw_belgiumroots\usa\stat_imm_usa_00.html (usa) This Global file was last updated 18/01/2007 23:49:21 CET and uploaded Thursday, 18-Jan-2007 16:16:42 MST