Table 3.

Net Migration (in thousands) of Native Whites, Foreign Born, and African Americans, 1870–80 to 1940–50.

	NORTHEAST/NORTH CENTRAL			SOUTH			WEST
	Native Born		Foreign Born	Native Born		Foreign Born	Native Born		Foreign Born
	White	Black		White	Black		White	Black
1870–1880	−348	68	1,609	91	−68	89	257	--	177
1880–1890	−283	89	3,297	−271	−88	124	554	--	337
1890–1900	−344	185	2,559	−30	−185	124	374	--	205
1900–1910	−1,306	172	4,263	−69	−194	240	1,375	22	686
1910–1920	−219	523	2,227	−663	−555	232	880	32	428
1920–1930	−641	861	1,896	−704	−903	67	1,345	42	480
1930–1940	−692	425	−74	−558	−480	−53	1,250	55	5
1940–1950	−1,955	1,225	408	−866	−1,581	206	2,822	356	361
1870 to 1920	−2,500	1,037	13,955	−942	−1,090	809	3,440	54	1,833
1920 to 1950	−3,288	2,511	2,230	−2,128	−2,964	220	5,417	453	846

Source: Eldridge and Thomas. 1964. Tables 1.21 and 1.27