The tables presented here are preprints of tables 66, 68, and 69 from Final Report PC(l)-1C, which contains summary information on these and other general social and economic characteristics of the population.

This report presents statistics on nativity and parent age of the population, with separate figures on State of birth of the native population and country of origin of the foreign stock.

Since the beginning of the twentieth century, the native population has comprised an increasingly large proportion of the total population of the United States. In l900, approximately 86 percent of the population in the United States was native, whereas in 1960, 95 percent of the population was native. During the same period, the foreign-born population declined from about 14 percent to 5 percent.

The proportion of native persons living in a State other than their State of birth was higher in 1960 than at any other time since data on this subject were first collected in the 1850 Census. In the conterminous United States, 26 percent of the native population in 1960 was residing in a State different from the State in which they had been born.

Historically, immigrants to the United States have come from a variety of countries, and the numbers coming from the individual countries have varied greatly at different times. Since the early part of the twentieth century, immigration has been curtailed as the result of various legal restrictions and international events, such as the two World Wars and the depression.

The PDF to the right contains the 4-page report.