Vallicanus
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When Italy was united in 1860-61, this was the financial position of the various Italian states:I definitely would not say the US was exclusive to southern Italian immigration. It's more so that Southern Italian immigrants simply made up the bulk representation of Italian migrants due to their poorer regional economic outlook comparatively. There were no barriers to northern Italian immigration imposed. Do you think there were different driving factors for Italians of various regions to migrate to Australia, Canada, Brazil, Argentina or France in comparison to the US?
Two Sicilies (Naples, the South with Sicily) 443.2 million lire
Papal States 90.6 million
Grand Duchy of Tuscany 85.2 million
Piedmont-Sardinia 27.0 million
Venetia 12.7 million
Lombardy (including Milan) 8.1 million
Duchy of Parma and Piacenza 1.2 million
Duchy of Modena 0.4 million
TOTAL 668.4 million
Source: First Census of the newly formed Kingdom of Italy (1861) cited in the Scienza delle Finanze by Francesco Nitti, Italian PM in 1919-1920.