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
[3] Vol. I, p. 477. Abstracts of Reports of the Immigration
Commission.
OLD IMMIGRATION.
Nationality. Per cent.
Danish 96.5
Dutch 86.1
French 68.6
German 87.5
Norwegian 96.9
Swedish 94.7
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Average 82.2
NEW IMMIGRATION.
Nationality. Per cent.
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
OLD IMMIGRATION.
Nationality. Per cent.
NEW IMMIGRATION.
Nationality. Per cent.
Roumanian 33.3
Ruthenian 36.8
Russian 43.6
Servian 41.2
Slovak 55.6
Slovenian 51.7
Syrian 54.6
Turkish 22.5
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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.
Per Per
Country Cent Cent
of Birth. Urban. Rural.
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
[Illustration: FOREIGN WHITE STOCK, BY PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES OF
ORIGIN: 1910.
BORN IN SPECIFIED COUNTRY
NATIVE--BOTH PARENTS BORN IN SPECIFIED COUNTRY
NATIVE--ONE PARENT BORN IN SPECIFIED COUNTRY OTHER IN UNITED STATES]
INDEX
Ability, natural, 10, 12, 13;
Irish, 40-44;
Germans, 50, 58, 64;
Scandinavians, 83-85;
Italians, 113, 114;
Slavs, 138, 139;
Hebrews, 157-164;
Finns, 169;
Portuguese, 176;
Levantines, 190, 193;
foreign-born, 285-287, 296-299.
Abstractness, Hebrew, 159-160.
Agriculture, German immigrants in, 52-53, 62;
Scandinavians, 73-74, 86;
Italians, 103-104;
Slavs, 126-127;
Hebrews, 147, 160;
Finns, 169;
Magyars, 174;
Portuguese, 181;
foreign-born, 195, 202-204.
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