Japanese American Population Change, 1890-1946. GIS-generated map
Description:
The Immigration Act of 1924 set European immigration by quota per country, but all “aliens ineligible for citizenship” were barred from immigrating, effectively excluding Japanese. Thus, the bulk of Japanese immigrants came between 1885 and 1914. This short time period of Japanese migration to the United States gave the community distinct generational groupings. Different generations of Japanese Americans are referred to as Issei, Nisei, and Sansei. Translated, these terms simply mean “first generation,” “second generation,” and “third generation,” respectively. Michev and Plambeck have used data provided by Wendy Ng in Japanese American Internment during World War II: A History and Reference Guide to create this map.