New Orleans | 339,075 | 287,104 | 242,039 || 15 | 12 | 12 | | | || | | Washington | 331,069 | 278,718 | 230,392 || 16 | 15 | 14 =============+===========+===========+===========++======+======+====== THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION OF OUR GREAT CITIES ==========================+======================= | CITY | | LEADING COUNTRIES OF | BIRTH OF FOREIGN-BORN | POPULATION--1910 +-----------+----------- | First | Second --------------------------+-----------+----------- Baltimore | Germany | Russia Boston | Ireland | Canada Buffalo | Germany | Canada Chicago | Germany | Austria Cincinnati | Germany | Hungary Cleveland | Austria | Germany Detroit | Germany | Canada Jersey City | Germany | Ireland Los Angeles | Germany | Canada Milwaukee | Germany | Russia Minneapolis | Sweden | Norway New Orleans | Italy | Germany New York | Russia | Italy Newark | Germany | Russia Philadelphia | Russia | Ireland Pittsburgh | Germany | Russia St. Louis | Germany | Russia San Francisco | Germany | Ireland Washington | Ireland | Germany ==========================+===========+=========== SHORTEST RAILWAY TRAVEL--DISTANCE FROM NEW YORK CITY San Francisco 3182 miles New Orleans 1344 miles St. Louis 1059 miles Chicago 908 miles Detroit 690 miles Cleveland 576 miles Pittsburgh 441 miles Buffalo 439 miles Boston 235 miles Washington, D.C. 226 miles Baltimore 186 miles Philadelphia 92 miles SHORTEST RAILWAY TRAVEL--DISTANCE FROM CHICAGO