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In 1900, only 13 percent of the worlcTs population lived in towns and cities. Today, morę than 50 percent of people live in urban areas.

Immigrants to the U.S.A. 1880-1930

from Italy

from Central Europę from Russia from Germany from Great Britain

4.6 million 4 million

3.3    million 2.8 million

2.3    million

An estimated 30 million people worldwide were forced from their homes as refugees during the fighting and upheavals of World War II (1939-1945).

When people arrive in a EzHl new country, the language, food, and customs are often unfamiliar. Immigrants are drawn toward ethnic neighborhoods—areas where people from their home country are already living.

Home comforts

World cities with one million or morę foreign-born residents

New York, NY, U.S.A.

5.1 million (27.9%)

Los Angeles, LA U.S.A.

4.4 million (34.7%)

Toronto, Canada

2 million (44.9%)

Miami, FL, U.S.A.

1.9 million (35.5%)

London, U.K.

1.9 million (27.1%)

Chicago, IL, U.S.A.

1.6 million (17.5%)

Paris, France

1 million (17.6%)

Sydney, Australia San Francisco, CA, U.S.A. Houston, Tx, U.S.A.

1.2 million (31.2%)    1.2 million (29.5%)    1.1 million (21.4%)

San Francisco’s historie

Chinatown dates from the days of the American Gold Rush (1848-1855), when Chinese workers came to California in the hope of finding gold.

tA¹? British railroad workers in (i^Argentina first introduced the gamę of soccer to the country in the 1880s. That’s why many Argentine soccer teams still have English names today.

The estimated number of people living outside their birth country today is 200 million.