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The following aggregates also exhibit the number of arrivals of passengers from foreign countries during periods of nearly ten years each, and thus indicate the accelerated progress of immigration:
| Periods. | Passengers of Foreign Birth. |
American and Foreign. |
| In the 10 years ending September 30, 1829, . . | 128,502 | 151,636 |
| In the 10¼ years ending December 31, 1839, . . | 538,381 | 572,716 |
| In the 9¾ years ending September 30, 1849, . . | 1,427,337 | 1,479,478 |
| In the 11¼ years ending December 31, 1860, . . | 2,968,194 | 3,255,591 |
| In the 41¼ years ending December 31, 1860, . . | 5,062,414 | 5,459,421 |
Adjusting the returns to the periods of the decennial census, by the aid of the quarterly reports, we find very nearly the following numbers:
| Three Census Periods. | Passengers of Foreign Birth. |
| In the 10 years previous to June 1, 1840, . . . | 552,000 |
| Do. do. do. 1850, . . . . | 1,558,300 |
| Do. do. do. 1860, . . . . | 2,707,624 |
Distribution of Ages on Arrival.
| Ages. | Number of Ages stated from 1820 to 1860. | Proportions. | ||||
| Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | |
| Under 5, . . | 218,417 | 200,676 | 419,093 | 4·143 | 3·806 | 7·949 |
| 5 and under 10, | 199,704 | 180,606 | 380,310 | 3·788 | 3·425 | 7·213 |
| 10 and under 15, | 194,580 | 166,833 | 361,413 | 3·691 | 3·164 | 6·855 |
| 15 and under 20, | 404,388 | 349,755 | 754,093 | 7·669 | 6·633 | 14·302 |
| 20 and under 25, | 669,853 | 428,974 | 1,098,827 | 12·706 | 8·136 | 20·842 |
| 25 and under 30, | 576,822 | 269,554 | 846,376 | 10·940 | 5·112 | 16·052 |
| 30 and under 35, | 352,619 | 163,778 | 516,397 | 6·688 | 3·106 | 9·794 |
| 35 and under 40, | 239,468 | 114,165 | 353,633 | 4·542 | 2·165 | 6·707 |
| 40 and upwards, | 342,022 | 200,322 | 542,344 | 6·487 | 3·799 | 10·286 |
| Total, | 3,197,823 | 2,074,663 | 5,272,486 | 60·654 | 39·346 | 100·000 |
