Who came to Indiana?

By the mid-nineteenth century, the majority of immigrants in Indiana were from northern Europe or Great Britain. As this census from Marion County in 1860 suggests, the greatest majority of settlers in Indianapolis were German immigrants. The German-American community remains the largest ethnic group in the state.

WARD	TOTAL POP	United States	%	German	%	Irish	%	Other Non-US	%
1	2458	1283	52	863	35	154	6	158	6
2	1259	908	72	177	14	129	10	45	4
3	1304	983	75	123	9	141	11	57	4
4	1075	804	75	113	11	116	11	42	4
5	1058	629	59	190	18	171	16	68	6
6	1369	619	45	469	34	185	14	96	7
7	2015	993	49	553	27	323	16	146	7

Source: Indiana Historical Society, "Computerized 1860 Census of Indiana, (Marion County)"

Indiana Historical Society