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Year Foreign Born Western Europe
Percent Southern Europe Percent Eastern Europe Percent Other Percent
1900 7,318 47.0 5.3 45.9 1.7
1910 15,316 20.5 12.7 64.0 2.7
1920 12,142 20.5 13.5 62.6 3.4
1930 9,478 20.0 17.6 60.4 2.0
1940 7,290 17.8 19.2 59.9 3.1
1950 5,589 14.4 19.5 60.9 5.2
1960 3,396 - - - -
1970 1,923 8.8 23.7 56.3 11.2
1980 824 12.7 21.1 39.1 26.9
Western Europe includes England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, France, Finland.
Southern Europe includes Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Albania.
Eastern Europe includes Austria, Hungary, Russia, Bohemia, Poland, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Latvia.

Source: Census of the U.S. for years listed, from Scott D. Camp, Worker Response to Plant Closings (NY: Garland, 1995), p. 152.

Johnstown City and Foreign Born Population (1840-1980)

Year City of Johnstown Foreign Born Foreign as Percent of City Foreign Stock Stock as Percent of City
1840 949 - -
1850 1,269 - -
1860 4,185 - -
1870 6,028 1,462 24.2% -
1880 8,380 1,261 15.0% -
1890 21,805 4,482 20.6% 10,460 48.0%
1900 35,936 7,318 20.3% 16,947 47.2%
1910 55,482 15,316 27.6% 28,783 51.9%
1920 67,327 12,142 18.0% 31,449 46.7%
1930 66,993 9,478 14.1% 30,538 45.6%
1940 66,668 7,290 10.9%
1950 63,232 5,589 8.8%
1960 53,949 3,396 6.3% 15,449 28.7%
1970 42,485 1,923 4.5% 10,660 25.1%
1980 35,496 824 2.3%

Credit: Census of the U.S. for years listed, from Scott D. Camp, Worker Response to Plant Closings (NY: Garland, 1995), p. 151.