US Welcome Millions of Immigrants Over 150 Years In this Interactive Map

Perhaps the best way to prove that the US is indeed a country of immigrants is to watch the data speak for itself in this beautiful interactive map.

Starting in 1850, the foreign-born population swells in the US, first from European countries, then Mexico and Central America, and in the last decade, dozens of Asian countries. You can even watch as a change in immigration policy that removed racial distinctions in the 1960s brings even more people inside American borders. (If you’re wondering about those who were forced to migrate, there’s another map for that.