---------------------+-----------------+--------------------------- | | Immigrant illiterates 14 | Immigrants 14 | years of age and over Classed | years of age +------------+-------------- | and over | Number | Per cent ---------------------+-----------------+------------+-------------- Old immigration | 1983618 | 52833 | 2.7 New immigration | | | (Jewish excepted) | 4471047 | 1667754 | 37.3 Jewish immigration | 744395 | 191544 | 25.7 ---------------------+-----------------+------------+-------------- Total | 7199060 | 1912131 | 26.6 ---------------------+-----------------+------------+-------------- [1] From _Emigration Conditions in Europe_, p. 30. TABLE LXIV ILLITERACY OF PEOPLES FROM EASTERN EUROPE, 1899 TO 1910[1] ---------------------+-----------------+------------------------- | Immigrants 14 | Illiterates People | years of age +------------+------------ | and over | Number | Per cent. ---------------------+-----------------+------------+------------ Jewish | 806786 | 209507 | 26.0 Lithuanian | 161441 | 79001 | 48.9 Polish | 861303 | 304675 | 35.4 Russian | 77479 | 29777 | 38.4 Ruthenian | 140775 | 75165 | 63.4 ---------------------+-----------------+------------+------------ [1] From _Statistical Review of Immigration_, p. 51. TABLE LXV SEX OF ILLITERATES OF PEOPLES FROM EASTERN EUROPE, 1908[1] ---------------+-----------------------+--------------------- | Number illiterates 14 | Per cent. | years and over | Race +-----------+-----------+----------+---------- | Male | Female | Male | Female ---------------+-----------+-----------+----------+---------- Jewish | 9455 | 13762 | 21.9 | 40.4 Lithuanian | 4215 | 2897 | 53.4 | 63.4 Polish | 14573 | 8813 | 36.7 | 42.9 Russian | 5820 | 828 | 40.1 | 50.8 Ruthenian | 4203 | 1836 | 49.6 | 57.4 ---------------+-----------+-----------+----------+---------- [1] From _Report of New York State Commission on Immigration_, 1908, p. 171. TABLE LXVI DESTINATION OF JEWISH IMMIGRANTS, 1899 TO 1910, BY DIVISION[1]