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Migration to the US: Post-war period

The number of migrants leaving for the US after the second World War between 1946 and 1996 was 11,601. This makes the US the country with the smallest number of Maltese migrants. Peak levels of migration occurred early, in 1950 and 1952 when over 1000 migrants went to the US annually. Thereafter the number decreased to just over a couple of hundred a year.

Return migration from US over this period of 50 years amounted to 2580 and usually amounted to no more n about a hundred a year or less -the only exception was 1975 when a peak of 269 migrants returned to Malta.

Migration to and from the US 1946-1996 (Bottom line refers to number of returning migrants)

Migration to US - Statistics

YEAR	Emigrants	Returns
1945	1	0
1946	67	12
1947	351	13
1948	654	12
1949	302	9
1950	1022	24
1951	831	30
1952	1294	44
1953	683	98
1954	299	53
1955	266	110
1956	217	27
1957	292	47
1958	196	30
1959	174	8
1960	142	3
1961	108	3
1962	76	6
1963	92	3
1964	87	2
1965	282	0
1966	282	0
1967	261	0
1968	258	2
1969	299	26
1970	219	32
1971	178	3
1972	213	13
1973	253	12
1974	252	21
1975	226	269
1976	162	76
1977	126	113
1978	246	63
1979	205	158
1980	129	61
1981	106	92
1982	104	88
1983	103	69
1984	86	56
1985	99	59
1986	72	43
1987	49	27
1988	41	105
1989	43	60
1990	27	104
1991	20	160
1992	23	85
1993	12	66
1994	35	78
1995	36	61
1996	0	44
Total	11601	2580

The following table gives comparative figures for the various countries. It is seen that return migration from the US was one of the lowest of all major host countries, being only 22.24 percent of all migrants.

Summary of Migration changes 1946 - 1996

Country	To	From	Net Migration	Return %
Australia	86787	17847	68940	21.56
Canada	19792	4798	14997	24.24
UK	31489	12659	18830	40.20
US	11601	2580	9021	22.24
Other	1647	907	740	55.07
Total	155060	39087	115973	25.21