[hervature]

Here is the 1870 census of the USA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1870_United_States_census

Note, indigenous people were less than 1%. New York City had the largest proportion of immigrants at 45%. Your claims of "only natives were there" and "everyone else immigrated from somewhere" are demonstrably false.

[ornornor]

How is it false? “Natives: 25,731, total population: 38,925,598“

[hervature]

Are you being dense on purpose? The US has been a country for 250 years and the Mayflower landed 400 years ago. Most of the people were born in the US.

[ornornor]

Yes, that’s exactly it, I’m the one being dense on purpose.

[hervature]

Are you going to address that your statement does not square with the fact that the majority of the people in the 1870 census were not foreigners (born abroad) and therefore did not immigrate?

[ornornor]

No. It doesn’t seem we can understand each other and I’d rather do other, more fulfilling things with my time. I don’t live in the US (thankfully) and don’t want to spend any more time arguing with you.

[selimthegrim]

'*The constitutional population excludes the populations of Native Americans "maintaining their tribal relations and living upon Government reservations" and "the newly acquired district of Alaska."'

[hervature]

Yes. That is how they differentiated "True population" and "Constitutional population". They also have two "Indian population" line items for on and off reservation. That footnote does not mean they were not counted.