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*After 1880, '''Italians''' came in large numbers to Nevada. They were the largest immigrant group reported in the 1910 census, numbering nearly 3,000. *'''German, English, Irish, and Greek immigrants''' were also major groups within the total 1910 population of just over 80,000. | *After 1880, '''Italians''' came in large numbers to Nevada. They were the largest immigrant group reported in the 1910 census, numbering nearly 3,000. *'''German, English, Irish, and Greek immigrants''' were also major groups within the total 1910 population of just over 80,000. | ||
*There have also been '''small numbers of Mexicans and Blacks''' in the state since the days of the early mining camps. | *There have also been '''small numbers of Mexicans and Blacks''' in the state since the days of the early mining camps. | ||
*More recent immigrants to Nevada have included '''Basque sheepherders from the Pyrenees Mountains of Spain and France.''' Today it is estimated that between 5,000 and 10,000 Nevadans are of Basque descent | *More recent immigrants to Nevada have included '''Basque sheepherders from the Pyrenees Mountains of Spain and France.''' Today it is estimated that between 5,000 and 10,000 Nevadans are of Basque descent. | ||
==Immigration Records== | ==Immigration Records== | ||