The Old World in the New: The Significance of Past and Present Immigration to the American PeopleRoss, Edward Alsworth
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The Old World in the New: The Significance of Past and Present Immigration to the American People
Ross, Edward Alsworth
Immigrants -- United States; Noncitizens -- United States; United States -- Emigration and immigration
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
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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
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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
[Illustration: COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION, BY PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES OF BIRTH: 1910 AND
1900
GERMANY 18.5
RUSSIA AND FINLAND 12.8
AUSTRIA HUNGARY 12.4
IRELAND 10.0
ITALY 9.9
NORWAY }
SWEDEN } 9.3
DENMARK }
GREAT BRITAIN 9.0
CANADA AND NEWFOUNDLAND 9.0
ALL OTHER 9.1
TOTAL FOREIGN BORN, 1910: 13,515,886
GERMANY 27.2
IRELAND 15.6
CANADA AND NEWFOUNDLAND 11.4
GREAT BRITAIN 11.3
NORWAY }
SWEDEN } 10.4
DENMARK }
AUSTRIA HUNGARY 6.2
RUSSIA AND FINLAND 6.2
ITALY 4.7
ALL OTHER 7.0
TOTAL FOREIGN BORN, 1900: 10,341,276]
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
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