The fear of continued hardships in Sweden, the allure of bountiful amounts of farmland in America, the draw of superior wages, and the reassurance of religious liberty worked hand in hand with encouraging letters from Swedes already in America, reports of gold, and the promise of freedom created a constant flow of Swedish immigration that lasted well beyond the turn of the 20th century. Over one million Swedish immigrants entered this country, primarily between the years of 1840 and 1914. Only Norway and Ireland have experienced higher emigration.(8) So where did they all go? Table 1: Swedish Born Population per State/Territory, 1850-1930 (9)   1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 Alabama 51 155 105 119 294 488 766 748 638 Arizona 1 --- 7 106 168 342 928 859 778 Arkansas --- 25 134 211 338 355 395 331 249 California 162 1,405 1,994 4,209 10,923 14,549 27,980 31,925 41,734 Colorado --- 27 180 2,172 9,659 10,765 12,855 10,112 8,328 Connecticut 13 42 323 2,086 10,021 16,164 18,726 17,697 18,453 Dakota Territory --- --- 380 3,177 --- --- --- --- --- Delaware 2 8 9 70 246 302 332 316 294 Washington DC 5 16 22 51 128 234 361 481 435 Florida 33 31 30 231 529 561 732 1,399 2,145 Georgia 11 37 3 138 191 204 285 209 266 Idaho --- --- 91 823 1,524 2,822 5,126 5,112 4,200 Illinois 1,128 6,470 29,979 42,415 86,514 99,147 116,127 105,577 111,016 Indiana 16 829 2,180 8,121 4,512 4,673 5,128 4,942 4,666 Iowa 231 1,465 10,796 17,559 30,276 29,875 26,793 22,493 16,810 Kansas --- 122 4,954 11,207 17,096 15,144 13,351 10,337 7,315 Kentucky 29 43 112 95 184 222 191 214 170 Louisiana 249 193 358 270 328 359 359 522 433 Maine 55 74 91 988 1,704 1,935 2,247 2,026 1,182 Maryland 57 48 100 177 305 347 431 630 764 Massachusetts 253 685 1,384 2,756 18,624 32,192 41,261 38,012 36,810 Michigan 16 266 2,406 9,412 27,306 26,956 28,667 24,707 23,905 Minnesota 4 3,178 20,987 39,176 99,913 115,476 214,443 112,117 90,623 Mississippi 14 21 970 302 305 303 293 347 206 Missouri 37 239 2,302 3,174 5,602 5,692 5,703 4,741 3,895 Montana --- --- 141 280 3,771 5,346 6,712 7,179 5,655 Nebraska --- --- 2,332 10,164 28,364 24,693 23,287 18,821 14,335 Nevada --- 41 217 317 314 278 765 545 443 New Hampshire 12 20 42 131 1,210 2,032 2,081 1,886 1,608 New Jersey 34 88 554 1,622 4,159 7,337 10,909 10,675 13,360 New Mexico --- 8 6 39 149 244 374 310 268 New York 753 1678 5,522 11,164 28,430 42,708 55,739 53,025 61,233 North Carolina 9 9 88 24 51 68 113 170 160 North Dakota --- --- --- --- 5,583 8,417 12,236 10,543 8,470 Ohio 55 117 252 1,186 2,712 3,951 5,504 7,266 7,390 Oklahoma --- --- --- --- 138 494 1,033 931 835 Oregon 2 56 205 983 3,774 4,555 10,982 10,532 11,032 Pennsylvania 133 448 2,266 7,575 19,346 24,130 23,787 19,847 16,452 Rhode Island 17 33 106 776 3,392 6,072 7,508 6,542 6,181 South Carolina 29 38 60 63 60 65 96 133 106 South Dakota --- --- --- --- 7,746 8,647 10,039 8,573 6,540 Tennessee 8 32 349 251 332 337 367 305 232 Texas 48 153 364 1,293 2,806 4,388 4,747 4,536 4,017 Utah 1 196 1,790 3,750 5,986 7,025 7,721 6,073 4,389 Vermont --- 1 83 68 870 1,020 1,380 1,123 1,089 Virginia 16 57 30 49 215 218 372 664 467 Washington --- 33 158 648 10,272 12,737 34,179 34,793 34,084 West Virginia --- --- 5 21 72 132 283 326 86 Wisconsin 88 673 2,799 8,138 20,157 26,196 26,942 28,896 18,808 Wyoming --- --- 109 249 1,357 1,727 2,519 2,042 1,783 Total 3,567 18,625 97,307 192,337 477,956 571,926 683,158 631,490 594,333

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