---------------+-----------+-------------------------------------------- | | Per cent | +------------+-----------+----------+-------- | | | | Common | People | | | | laborers |Miscel- | No. |In |In |(including|laneous | reporting |professional|skilled | farm | |occupations|occupations |occupations| laborers)| ---------------+-----------+------------+-----------+----------+-------- Jewish | 590267 | 1.3 | 67.1 | 13.7 | 18.0 Bohemian and | | | | | Moravian | 60489 | 1.3 | 40.8 | 28.5 | 29.4 Bulgarian, | | | | | Servian and | | | | | Montenegrin | 90991 | .1 | 3.3 | 92.0 | 4.6 Croatian and | | | | | Slovenian | 298324 | .1 | 5.0 | 86.4 | 8.5 Polish | 748430 | .2 | 6.3 | 75.3 | 18.1 Russian | 69986 | 1.4 | 9.1 | 82.7 | 6.8 Ruthenian | 128460 | .1 | 2.0 | 80.6 | 17.4 Slovak | 290247 | .1 | 4.4 | 80.0 | 15.5 ---------------+-----------+------------+-----------+----------+-------- [1] From _Statistical Review of Immigration_, p. 53. TABLE LIX OCCUPATIONS OF "OLD" AND "NEW" IMMIGRATION (JEWISH EXCEPTED) AND OF JEWISH IMMIGRATION, 1899 TO 1909[1] ------------------+-----------------+-----------------+----------------- | |"New" immigration| Jewish |"Old" immigration|(Jewish excepted)| immigration Occupations +-------+---------+-------+---------+-------+--------- | Number| Per cent| Number| Per cent| Number| Per cent ------------------+-------+---------+-------+---------+-------+--------- Professional | 56406| 2.5 | 17080| .3 | 6836| .7 Skilled laborers | 442754| 19.5 | 441984| 8.9 | 362936| 36.7 Farm laborers | 138598| 6.1 |1142064| 23.1 | 9633| 1.0 Farmers | 40633| 1.8 | 42605| .9 | 908| .1 Common laborers | 402074| 17.7 |1814180| 36.7 | 66311| 6.7 Servants | 424698| 18.7 | 403784| 8.2 | 61611| 6.2 No occupation | 678510| 29.8 |1041049| 21.0 | 445728| 45.0 Miscellaneous | 90109| 4.0 | 46324| .9 | 36219| 3.7 ------------------+-------+---------+-------+---------+-------+--------- Total |2273782| 100.0 |4949070| 100.0 | 990182| 100.0 ------------------+-------+---------+-------+---------+-------+---------