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*Many immigrants from '''Germany and the Netherlands''' arrived by 1850. Later arrivals were '''Scandinavian, Irish, Cornish, Italian, and Polish'''. | *Many immigrants from '''Germany and the Netherlands''' arrived by 1850. Later arrivals were '''Scandinavian, Irish, Cornish, Italian, and Polish'''. | ||
*Ford's development of the moving assembly line in Highland Park marked a new era in transportation. With the growth, the auto industry created jobs in Detroit that attracted '''immigrants from Europe and migrants from across the United States, including both blacks and whites from the rural South.''' By the 1930s, so many immigrants had arrived that more than 30 languages were spoken in the public schools. | *Ford's development of the moving assembly line in Highland Park marked a new era in transportation. With the growth, the auto industry created jobs in Detroit that attracted '''immigrants from Europe and migrants from across the United States, including both blacks and whites from the rural South.''' By the 1930s, so many immigrants had arrived that more than 30 languages were spoken in the public schools. | ||
*Michigan has the largest '''Dutch, Finnish, and Macedonian populations in the United States.''' | *Michigan has the largest '''Dutch, Finnish, and Macedonian populations in the United States.'''<ref>"Michigan", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan, accessed 5 April 2021.</ref> | ||
===Demographics=== | ===Demographics=== | ||
*Americans of '''European descent''' live throughout Michigan and most of Metro Detroit. Large European American groups include those of '''German, British, Irish, Polish and Belgian ancestry.''' | *Americans of '''European descent''' live throughout Michigan and most of Metro Detroit. Large European American groups include those of '''German, British, Irish, Polish and Belgian ancestry.''' | ||
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*As of 2007 about 300,000 people in Southeastern Michigan trace their descent from the '''Middle East'''. Dearborn has a sizeable '''Arab community''', with many '''Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac, and Lebanese''' who immigrated for jobs in the auto industry in the 1920s along with more recent '''Yemenis and Iraqis.''' | *As of 2007 about 300,000 people in Southeastern Michigan trace their descent from the '''Middle East'''. Dearborn has a sizeable '''Arab community''', with many '''Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac, and Lebanese''' who immigrated for jobs in the auto industry in the 1920s along with more recent '''Yemenis and Iraqis.''' | ||
*As of 2007, almost 8,000 '''Hmong people''' lived in the State of Michigan, about double their 1999 presence in the state. | *As of 2007, almost 8,000 '''Hmong people''' lived in the State of Michigan, about double their 1999 presence in the state. | ||
*As of 2015, 80% of Michigan's '''Japanese''' population lived in the counties of Macomb, Oakland, Washtenaw, and Wayne in the Detroit and Ann Arbor areas. The state has 481 Japanese employment facilities providing 35,554 local jobs. | *As of 2015, 80% of Michigan's '''Japanese''' population lived in the counties of Macomb, Oakland, Washtenaw, and Wayne in the Detroit and Ann Arbor areas. The state has 481 Japanese employment facilities providing 35,554 local jobs.<ref>"Michigan: Demographics", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan#Demographics, accessed 5 April 2021.</ref> | ||
==Immigration Records== | ==Immigration Records== | ||