<P> Astoria attracted a host of immigrants beginning in the late 19th century : Nordic settlers , primarily Finns , and Chinese soon became larger parts of the population . The Finns mostly lived in Uniontown , near the present - day end of the Astoria -- Megler Bridge , and took fishing jobs ; the Chinese tended to do cannery work , and usually lived either downtown or in bunkhouses near the canneries . By the late 1800s , 22 % of Astoria 's population was Chinese . </P>
<P> Astoria attracted a host of immigrants beginning in the late 19th century : Nordic settlers , primarily Finns , and Chinese soon became larger parts of the population . The Finns mostly lived in Uniontown , near the present - day end of the Astoria -- Megler Bridge , and took fishing jobs ; the Chinese tended to do cannery work , and usually lived either downtown or in bunkhouses near the canneries . By the late 1800s , 22 % of Astoria 's population was Chinese . </P>
where did the first settlers of astoria move there from
where did the first settlers of astoria move there from
Finns , Chinese
Finns , Chinese