The 1900 Census identified 2,792 people living in the Borough of South River, with 1,155 of them listed as having been born outside the United States. By the year 2000, the population had increased to 15,322, with an estimated 4,032 residents born in a foreign country.
While the figures for 1900 are based on a complete count of the local population, the estimate of the foreign born in the year 2000 is based only on sampling data collected from a 1-in-6 sample and weighted to represent the total population.
| Rank |
Place of Birth |
Population |
|
Rank |
Place of Birth |
Estimated population |
| 1 |
Poland |
293 |
|
1 |
Portugal |
1,049
|
| 2 |
Germany |
285 |
|
2 |
Brazil |
416
|
| 3 |
Hungary |
134 |
|
3 |
Mexico |
375
|
| 4 |
Ireland |
107 |
|
4 |
Poland |
374
|
| 5 |
Switzerland |
95 |
|
5 |
Ukraine |
147
|
| 6 |
Austria |
51 |
|
6 |
Phillipines |
130
|
| 7 |
Denmark |
43 |
|
7 |
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan |
95
|
| 8 |
Russia |
39 |
|
8 |
Russia |
92
|
| 9 |
Italy |
33 |
|
9 |
India |
87
|
| 10 |
England |
25 |
|
10 |
Greece |
82
|
| 11 |
France |
13 |
|
11 |
Egypt |
80
|
| 12 |
Bohemia |
11 |
|
12 |
Argentina |
73
|
| 13 |
Sweden |
8 |
|
13 |
Bolivia |
70
|
| 14 |
Scotland |
6 |
|
14 |
Germany |
69
|
| 15 |
Iceland |
5 |
|
(tie) |
Peru |
69
|
| 16 |
Norway |
3 |
|
16 |
Dominican Republic |
66
|
| 17 |
Canada |
1 |
|
17 |
Ecuador |
61
|
| (tie) |
China |
1 |
|
18 |
Italy |
54
|
| (tie) |
Finland |
1 |
|
19 |
Pakistan |
53
|
| (tie) |
Born at Sea |
1 |
|
20 |
Belarus |
42
|
| |
|
|
|
21 |
Haiti |
33
|
| |
|
|
|
22 |
Chile |
32
|
| |
|
|
|
(tie) |
Other Eastern Europe not listed |
32
|
| |
|
|
|
(tie) |
Venezuela |
32
|
| |
|
|
|
25 |
Yugoslavia |
30
|
| |
|
|
|
26 |
Ireland |
29
|
| |
|
|
|
27 |
Jamaica |
27
|
| |
|
|
|
(tie) |
Other Caribbean not listed |
27
|
| |
|
|
|
29 |
Hungary |
25
|
| |
|
|
|
30 |
Nigeria |
22
|
| |
|
|
|
(tie) |
Vietnam |
22
|
| |
|
|
|
32 |
Guyana |
21
|
| |
|
|
|
33 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
20
|
| |
|
|
|
34 |
Other South America not listed |
18
|
| |
|
|
|
35 |
France |
14
|
| |
|
|
|
36 |
Hong Kong |
12
|
| |
|
|
|
(tie) |
Korea |
12
|
| |
|
|
|
(tie) |
Romania |
12
|
| |
|
|
|
(tie) |
United Kingdom |
12
|
| |
|
|
|
40 |
Canada |
11
|
| |
|
|
|
(tie) |
Cuba |
11
|
| |
|
|
|
(tie) |
Taiwan |
11
|
| |
|
|
|
43 |
Australia |
10
|
| |
|
|
|
(tie) |
Colombia |
10
|
| |
|
|
|
45 |
Other Northern Europe not listed |
9
|
| |
|
|
|
46 |
Ghana |
8
|
| |
|
|
|
(tie) |
Other Western Europe not listed |
8
|
| |
|
|
|
48 |
El Salvador |
7
|
| |
|
|
|
(tie) |
Middle Africa |
7
|
| |
|
|
|
(tie) |
Other Western Africa not listed |
7
|
| |
|
|
|
51 |
Japan |
6
|
| |
|
|
|
(tie) |
Nicaragua |
6
|
| |
|
|
|
53 |
Panama |
5
|
Sources: Population Schedules of the Census of the United States, 1900
Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) - Sample Data (Table PCT19)
