Chicago's population tripled between 1870 and 1900 due to its rapid economic and industrial growth. This population boom was largely fueled by immigrants from Eastern Europe, namely Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia. Germany and Ireland were also major sources of immigration around this time.
Today, Chicago is home to large communities from Ireland, Italy, Poland, Mexico, India, Germany, Hungary, Korea, Ukraine, Greece, Vietnam, Slovakia, Russia, Korea, Pakistan, Israel, Assyria, and Romania.
Many of these ethnic groups have gathered in large numbers within certain sections of the city and its suburbs creating enclaves of the cultural influence of their home countries. The color coded map based on 2010 census results gives an example of various racial concentrations in and around Chicago.
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