The majority of European immigrants to the United States (US) arrived from "southern and eastern Europe" throughout the late nineteenth (19th) and early twentieth (20th) centuries.
<h3>Why did the European immigrants come to the United States?</h3>
The majority of European immigrants settled in rural areas of the United States.
In the years 2012–16, 45 percent of European immigrants lived in one of four states:
- New York (15%)
- California (14%)
- Florida, and Illinois (both 12% and 8% each)
Los Angeles County in California, Kings County in New York, Cook County in Illinois, and Queens County in New York were the top four counties in terms of the European population.
These counties together accounted for almost 15% of Europeans in the United States.
Therefore, southern and eastern europe is the correct answer.
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