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==Identify major immigrant groups that live in Massachusetts and where they now live in large numbers (e.g., English, Irish, Italians, French Canadians, Armenians, Greeks, Portuguese, Haitians, and Vietnamese).==




 * From Germany to Mexico: How America's Source of Immigrants Has Changed Over a Century**, Pew Research Center (October 2015)

 [|Massachusetts Immigrants by the Numbers] (2009) from the University of Massachusetts Boston.

Click here for an interactive map from Boston.com. It is an "ethnic mosaic". Select country of origin and the map shows the population percentage in each town in Massachusetts.

Click here for information on Massachusetts Demographics from Migration Information

Click here for links to passenger lists from immigrant ships that landed in Boston, Ma

United States [|Immigration Timeline] from Colonial Period to the Present.

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 * Many immigrants came from Europe to Massachusetts for work opportunities
 * Many Massachusetts citizens identify as descendants from these immigrant groups
 * As of 2000, these are the largest European immigrant groups MA identifies with:
 * Irish: 22.5% of the population
 * Italian: 13.5% of the population
 * English: 11.4% of the population
 * French: 8% of the population
 * Polish: 5.1% of the population
 * Portuguese: 4.4% of the population
 * There is also a large Asian population located in Massachusetts (as of 2000)
 * Chinese: 84,392
 * Vietnamese: 33,962
 * Cambodian: 19,696
 * Korean: 17,369
 * Japanese: 10,539

click here for a lesson plan on immigrants who came to America and then moved to textile towns, such as Lowell or Lawrence, Ma


 * East Boston Immigration Station **
 * Boston's Ellis Island
 * This is where immigrants coming into Boston were welcomed or denied entry to the US

Click here for a virtual book on the East Boston Immigration Station Click here for a flipbook of the East Boston Immigration Station

The East Boston Immigration Station was denied landmark status and set to be destroyed

Click here for an article describing life in the immigration station