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Table 1 Trends in Eastern European immigration by country of birth, 1991–2012

From: Segmented socioeconomic adaptation of New Eastern European professionals in the United States

Country

1945–1990

1991–1995

1996–2000

2001–2005

2006–2012

1991–2012

Albania

4068

5133

21,058

21,272

36,229

83,697

Belarusa

X

17,146

11,844

13,440

15,872

58,310

Bosnia and Herzegovinaa

X

4756

34,373

79,704

10,989

129,868

Bulgaria

8326

5907

17,672

21,721

22,573

67,456

Croatiaa

X

1467

3741

11,095

3420

19,732

Czech Republic/Slovakiab

90,661

83

884

1774

12,538

33,435

Hungary

113,727

5709

4664

6397

8531

25,311

Latvia

42,464

2631

2717

3225

3656

12,185

Lithuania

33,085

2536

5586

10,681

8127

26,830

Macedoniac

X

1033

3796

4240

7726

16,798

Moldovaa

X

8467

5785

10,335

14,639

39,235

Poland

441,026

114,421

55,191

64,667

65,320

299,548

Romania

95,421

28,512

29,023

26,844

34,412

118,812

Russiaa

X

50,745

77,286

90,484

67,149

285,764

Ukrainea

X

71,141

70,156

90,638

74,588

306,584

Total

828,778

324,449

348,889

464,458

385,769

1,523,565

  1. Source: 2012 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics
  2. Data not available in some years before 1991 for Albania, Bulgaria, Latvia and Lithuania
  3. aNot applicable before 1992
  4. bBefore 1993, Czechoslovakia
  5. cNot applicable before 1994