APPENDIX TABLE I

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ANNUAL IMMIGRATION 1820-1913

Year ending Sept. 30
1820 8,385
1821 9,127
1822 6,911
1823 6,354
1824 7,912
1825 10,199
1826 10,837
Year ending Sept. 30
1827 18,875
1828 27,382
1829 22,520
1830 23,322
1831 22,633
15 months ending Dec. 31
1832 60,482
Year ending Dec. 31
1833 58,640
1834 65,365
1835 45,374
1836 76,242
1837 79,340
1838 38,914
1839 68,069
1840 84,066
1841 80,289
1842 104,565
9 months ending Sept. 30
1843 52,496
Year ending Sept. 30
1844 78,615
1845 114,371
1846 154,416
1847 234,968
1848 226,527
1849 297,024
1850 310,004
3 months ending Dec. 31
1850 59,976
Year ending Dec. 31
1851 379,466
1852 371,603
1853 368,645
1854 427,833
1855 200,877
1856 200,436
1857 251,306
1858 123,126
1859 121,282
1860 153,640
1861 91,918
1862 91,985
1863 176,282
1864 193,418
1865 248,120
1866 318,568
1867 315,722
6 months ending June 30
1868 138,840
Year ending June 30
1869 352,768
1870 387,203
1871 321,350
1872 404,806
1873 459,803
1874 313,339
1875 227,498
1876 169,986
1877 141,857
1878 138,469
1879 177,826
1880 457,257
1881 669,431
1882 788,992
1883 603,322
1884 518,592
1885 395,346
1886 334,203
1887 490,109
1888 546,889
1889 444,427
1890 455,302
1891 560,319
1892 623,084
1893 439,730
1894 285,631
1895 258,536
1896 343,267
1897 230,832
1898 229,299
1899 311,715
1900 448,572
1901 487,918
1902 648,743
1903 857,046
1904 812,870
1905 1,026,499
1906 1,100,735
1907 1,285,349
1908 782,870
1909 751,786
1910 1,041,570
1911 878,587
1912 838,172
1913 1,197,892
1914 (11 months) 1,254,548

TABLE II

TOTAL NUMBER OF IMMIGRANTS, BY DECADES

1821-1830 143,439
1831-1840 599,125
1841-1850 1,713,251
1851-1860 2,598,214
1861-1870 2,314,824
1871-1880 2,812,191
1881-1890 5,246,613
1891-1900 3,687,564
1901-1910 8,795,386

TABLE III

INCREASE OF FOREIGN-BORN IN POPULATION BY DECADES

Population. Increase. Increase.
Census Year. Foreign-Born Percentage
1850 2,244,602
1860 4,138,697 1,894,095 84.4
1870 5,567,229 1,428,532 34.5
1880 6,679,943 1,112,714 20.0
1890 9,249,560 2,569,617 38.5
1900 10,341,276 1,091,716 11.8
1910 13,343,583 3,129,766 30.6

TABLE IV

FOREIGN-BORN IN UNITED STATES IN 1910

Per cent
Country of Birth. Number. of total.
Total foreign born. 13,515,886 100.0
Europe 11,791,841 87.2
Northwestern Europe 6,740,400 49.9
Great Britain 1,221,283 9.0
England 877,719 6.5
Scotland 261,076 1.9
Wales 82,488 0.6
Ireland 1,352,251 10.0
Germany 2,501,333 18.5
Scandinavian countries 1,250,733 9.3
Norway 403,877 3.0
Sweden 665,207 1.9
Denmark 181,649 1.3
Netherlands (Holland), Belgium,
and Luxemburg 172,534 1.3
Netherlands 120,063 0.9
Belgium 49,400 0.4
Luxemburg 3,071
France 117,418 0.9
Switzerland 124,848 0.9
Southern and Eastern Europe 5,048,583 37.4
Portugal 59,360 0.4
Spain 22,108 0.2
Italy 1,343,125 9.9
Russia and Finland 1,732,462 12.8
Russia 1,602,782 11.9
Finland 129,680 1.0
Austria-Hungary 1,670,582 12.4
Austria 1,174,973 8.7
Hungary 495,609 3.7
Balkan peninsula 220,946 1.6
Roumania 65,923 0.5
Bulgaria 11,498 0.1
Servia 4,639
Montenegro 5,374
Greece 101,282 0.7
Turkey in Europe 32,230 0.2
Country not specified 2,858
Asia 191,484 1.4
China 56,756 0.4
Japan 67,744 0.5
India 4,664
Turkey in Asia 59,729 0.4
All other countries 2,591
America 1,489,231 11.0
Canada and Newfoundland 1,209,717 9.0
Canada—French 385,083 2.8
Canada—Other 819,554 6.1
Newfoundland 5,080
West Indies 47,635 0.4
Mexico 221,915 1.6
Central and South America 9,964 0.1
All other 43,330 0.3

TOTAL FOREIGN BORN, 1910: 13,515,886TOTAL FOREIGN BORN, 1900: 10,341,276
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION, BY PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES OF BIRTH: 1910 AND 1900

TABLE V

PER CENT. OF IMMIGRANTS FROM NORTHERN AND WESTERN EUROPE AND FROM SOUTHERN AND EASTERN EUROPE, 1820 TO 1910

Northern Southern Total Other
and and from specified
Period. Western. Eastern. Europe. countries.
1820-1830 87.0 2.9 89.9 10.1
1831-1840 92.5 1.1 93.7 6.3
1841-1850 95.9 .3 96.2 3.8
1851-1860 94.6 .8 95.5 4.5
1861-1870 88.5 1.5 89.9 10.1
1871-1880 73.7 7.1 80.8 19.2
1881-1890 72.0 18.3 90.3 9.7
1891-1900 44.8 52.8 97.5 2.5
1901-1910 21.8 71.9 93.7 6.3

TABLE VI

OLD AND NEW IMMIGRATION COMPARED WITH RESPECT TO ABILITY OF THE FOREIGN-BORN TO READ, BY RACE[1] (STUDY OF EMPLOYEES)

Per cent.
able to
Old Immigration. read.
Canadian, French 88.1
Canadian, other 98.9
Dutch 97.6
English 98.8
German 98.0
Irish 95.8
Scotch 99.5
Swedish 99.8
Welsh 98.1
New Immigration.
Bulgarian 78.1
Croatian 70.9
Greek 80.5
Hebrew, Russian 93.1
Hebrew, other 92.5
Italian, North 83.3
Italian, South 67.5
Lithuanian 77.3
Magyar 91.0
Polish 79.9
Portuguese 47.5
Roumanian 82.6
Russian 74.5
Ruthenian 65.8
Servian 71.3
Slovak 84.4
Slovenian 87.5
Spanish 98.1
Syrian 63.6

TABLE VII

OLD AND NEW IMMIGRATION COMPARED WITH RESPECT TO
FOREIGN-BORN HUSBANDS REPORTING WIFE
ABROAD, BY RACE.[2]
(STUDY OF EMPLOYEES)

Per cent
Reporting
Wife
Old Immigration. Abroad.
Canadian, French 1.5
Dutch 3.8
English 3.4
German 4.3
Irish 1.2
Scotch 3.2
Swedish 2.9
Welsh 1.4
New Immigration.
Bulgarian 90.0
Croatian 59.3
Greek 74.7
Hebrew, Russian 12.5
Italian, North 31.6
Italian, South 36.9
Lithuanian 23.3
Magyar 43.3
Polish 23.0
Portuguese 15.9
Roumanian 73.9
Russian 45.5
Servian 64.5
Slovak 34.2
Slovenian 33.7

TABLE VIII

OLD AND NEW IMMIGRATION COMPARED WITH RESPECT TO
ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH.[3]
(STUDY OF EMPLOYEES)

Old Immigration.
Nationality. Per cent.
Danish 96.5
Dutch 86.1
French 68.6
German 87.5
Norwegian 96.9
Swedish 94.7
Average 82.2
New Immigration.
Bulgarian 20.3
Croatian 50.9
Greek 33.5
South Italian 48.7
Lithuanian 51.3
Macedonian 21.1
Magyar 46.4
Montenegrin 38.0
Polish 43.5
Roumanian 33.3
Ruthenian 36.8
Russian 43.6
Servian 41.2
Slovak 55.6
Slovenian 51.7
Syrian 54.6
Turkish 22.5
Average 40.8

TABLE IX

FOREIGN-BORN IN URBAN AND RURAL COMMUNITIES, 1910

Old Immigration.
Per Per
Country Cent Cent
of Birth. Urban. Rural.
Belgium 59.6 40.4
Denmark 48.3 51.7
England 72.6 27.4
France 69.9 30.1
Germany 66.7 33.3
Holland 54.9 45.1
Ireland 84.7 15.3
Norway 42.2 57.8
Scotland 72.4 27.6
Sweden 60.6 39.4
Switzerland 53.9 46.1
New Immigration.
Austria 72.4 27.6
Balkan States 50.9 49.1
Finland 50. 50.
Greece 71.4 28.6
Hungary 77.3 22.7
Italy 78.1 21.9
Portugal 69.6 30.4
Roumania 91.9 8.1
Russia 87. 13.
Turkey, in Asia 86.7 13.3
Turkey, in Europe 79.5 20.5

countries

FOREIGN WHITE STOCK, BY PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN: 1910.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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