Immigrants

Immigrants from German States
Baden 11
Baveria 11
Brunswick 1
Germany 49
Hamburg 3
Hanover 8
Hesse 4
Mecklenburg 1
Prussia 18
Saxony 2
Waldeck 1
Westphalia 1
Wirtemburg 5
Total 115
 
Birthplaces given in 1850 &1860 records
United States 999 Portugal 1
Denmark 5 Russia 1
England 104 Scotland 44
Finland 2 Spain 7
France 63 Sweden 13
Guadaloupe 1 Switzerland 19
Holland 1 Unknown 12
Hungary 1 Wales 5
Ireland 273 Germany 115
Isle of Man 1 Canada 30
Italy 11 Austria 1
Norway 2 Belgium 3
Poland 4 Corsica 1
  1467 1719 252
 
Breakdown of those born in the United States
Alabama 279 Mississippi 28
Delaware 1 North Carolina 29
Florida 18 New Hampshire 9
Georgia 54 New Jersey 13
Connecticut 20 New York 143
District of Columbia 3 Ohio 22
Illinois 9 Pennsylvania 62
Indiana 7 Rhode Island 5
Kentucky 11 South Carolina 53
Louisiana 35 Tennessee 15
Massachusetts 57 Texas 1
Maryland 28 Unknown States 2
Maine 37 Virginia 48
Missouri 5 Vermont 5
  564 999 435
 
Table 1. Population of Mobile, 1830-1860
Year White Slave Free Prople of Color total
1830 3,194 1,175 372 4,749
1840 12,672 3,069 541 16,282
1850 12,997 6,803 715 20,515
1860 21,000 7,687 817 29,404

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