The Scandinavian Element in the United States: University of Illinois Studies in the Social Sciences, Vol. 111, No. 3, September, 1914Babcock, Kendric Charles
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The Scandinavian Element in the United States: University of Illinois Studies in the Social Sciences, Vol. 111, No. 3, September, 1914
Babcock, Kendric Charles
Scandinavians -- United States
Fillmore County 1860 1870 1880
White population 13,542 24,887 28,162
White native-born 9,045 15,178 19,243
White foreign-born 4,497 9,709 8,919
White foreign Danish ..... 13 96
White foreign Norwegian ..... 6,61 5,191
White foreign Swedish ..... ..... .....
Acres in farms
Improved 75,542 185,087 361,100
Unimproved 216,454 214,459 134,333
Cash value of farms $1,844,797 $6,636,880 $9,535,815
Fillmore County 1890 1900
White population 25,966 28,238
White native-born 19,034 22,378
White foreign-born 6,932 5,860
White foreign Danish 68 59
White foreign Norwegian 4,171 3,593
White foreign Swedish 66 53
Acres in farms
Improved 357,083 389,386
Unimproved 117,670 131,875
Cash value of farms $9,935,202 $14,240,595
Otter Tail County 1860 1870 1880
White population 178 1,968 18,675
White native-born 178 888 11,249
White foreign-born ..... 1,080 7,426
White foreign Danish ..... 41 214
White foreign Norwegian ..... 889 4,772
White foreign Swedish ..... ..... .....
Acres in farms
Improved 306 3,632 131,804
Unimproved 2,118 28,898 340,355
Cash value of farms $17,550 $151,281 $3,650,223
Otter Tail County 1890 1900
White population 34,232 45,375
White native-born 20,884 30,988
White foreign-born 13,348 14,387
White foreign Danish 345 372
White foreign Norwegian 5,955 5,738
White foreign Swedish 2,470 3,038
Acres in farms
Improved 311,175 505,358
Unimproved 405,380 439,374
Cash value of farms $8,511,465 $12,478,640
INDEX
Aaker, L. K., 146-47.
Agriculture among Scandinavians, 95-98.
"America Book", influence on Norwegian emigration, 37-40.
Americanization, 106-111, 180-182.
Anderson, Paul, 116-117.
Anderson, R. B., 39, 155, 173.
Banks, Scandinavian, 104-5.
Baptist Church, work among Scandinavians, 118-120.
Behrens, Capt., 35-36.
Bennett Law (Wisconsin), 166-168.
Bibliography, 183-204.
Birth rate, 132-33.
Bishop Hill (Ill.), Swedish settlement, 54, 56-60.
Bremer, Frederika, quoted, 52-3, 82.
Bull, Ole, on the term "Scandinavian", 15-16.
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