| Table 20. | Nativity of the Population for the 25 Largest Urban Places and for Selected Counties: 1860 |
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| Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Internet Release date: March 9, 1999 (See text for sources, definitions, and explanations) |
| Place (rank in parentheses) and county | Total | Native | Foreign born | |
| Number | Percent | |||
| New York city, NY (1) | 813,669 | 429,952 | 383,717 | 47.2 |
| Philadelphia city, PA (2) | 565,529 | 396,099 | 169,430 | 30.0 |
| Kings county, NY | 279,122 | 170,045 | 109,077 | 39.1 |
| Brooklyn city, NY (3) | 266,661 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
| Baltimore city, MD (4) | 212,418 | 159,921 | 52,497 | 24.7 |
| Boston city, MA (5) | 177,841 | 114,050 | 63,791 | 35.9 |
| New Orleans city, LA (6) | 168,675 | 104,054 | 64,621 | 38.3 |
| Cincinnati city, OH (7) | 161,044 | 87,430 | 73,614 | 45.7 |
| St. Louis county, MO | 190,524 | 94,438 | 96,086 | 50.4 |
| St. Louis city, MO (8) | 160,773 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
| Chicago city, IL (9) | 109,260 | 54,636 | 54,624 | 50.0 |
| Erie county, NY | 141,971 | 87,067 | 54,904 | 38.7 |
| Buffalo city, NY (10) | 81,129 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
| Essex county, NJ | 98,877 | 65,071 | 33,806 | 34.2 |
| Newark city, NJ (11) | 71,941 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
| Jefferson county, KY | 89,404 | 63,281 | 26,123 | 29.2 |
| Louisville city, KY (12) | 68,033 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
| Albany county, NY | 113,917 | 79,629 | 34,288 | 30.1 |
| Albany city, NY (13) | 62,367 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
| District of Columbia | 75,080 | 62,596 | 12,484 | 16.6 |
| Washington city, DC (14) | 61,122 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
| San Francisco city, CA (15) | 56,802 | 28,348 | 28,454 | 50.1 |
| Providence county, RI | 107,799 | 80,394 | 27,405 | 25.4 |
| Providence city, RI (16) | 50,666 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
| Allegheny county, PA | 178,831 | 125,104 | 53,727 | 30.0 |
| Pittsburgh city, PA (17) | 49,221 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
| Monroe county, NY | 100,648 | 69,476 | 31,172 | 31.0 |
| Rochester city, NY (18) | 48,204 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
| Wayne county, MI | 75,547 | 46,249 | 29,298 | 38.8 |
| Detroit city, MI (19) | 45,619 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
| Milwaukee county, WI | 62,518 | 29,374 | 33,144 | 53.0 |
| Milwaukee city, WI (20) | 45,246 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
| Cuyahoga county, OH | 78,033 | 49,224 | 28,809 | 36.9 |
| Cleveland city, OH (21) | 43,417 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
| Charleston county, SC | 70,100 | 63,565 | 6,535 | 9.3 |
| Charleston city, SC (22) | 40,522 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
| New Haven county, CT | 97,345 | 74,966 | 22,379 | 23.0 |
| New Haven city, CT (23) | 39,267 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
| Rensselaer county, NY | 86,328 | 65,004 | 21,324 | 24.7 |
| Troy city, NY (24) | 39,235 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
| Henrico county, VA | 61,616 | 55,258 | 6,358 | 10.3 |
| Richmond city, VA (25) | 37,910 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
(NA) Not available.
