The Old World in the New / The Significance of Past and Present Immigration to the American People

TOTAL FOREIGN BORN, 1910: 13,515,886 TOTAL FOREIGN BORN, 1900: 10,341,276

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION, BY PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES OF BIRTH: 1910 AND 1900

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

OLD AND NEW IMMIGRATION COMPARED WITH RESPECT TO ABILITY OF THE FOREIGN-BORN TO READ, BY RACE [1] (STUDY OF EMPLOYEES)

	Per cent.
	able to
Old Immigration.	read.
Canadian, French	88.1
Canadian, other	98.9
Dutch	97.6
English	98.8
German	98.0
Irish	95.8
Scotch	99.5
Swedish	99.8
Welsh	98.1
New Immigration.
Bulgarian	78.1
Croatian	70.9
Greek	80.5
Hebrew, Russian	93.1
Hebrew, other	92.5
Italian, North	83.3
Italian, South	67.5
Lithuanian	77.3
Magyar	91.0
Polish	79.9
Portuguese	47.5
Roumanian	82.6
Russian	74.5
Ruthenian	65.8
Servian	71.3
Slovak	84.4
Slovenian	87.5
Spanish	98.1
Syrian	63.6

TABLE VII

OLD AND NEW IMMIGRATION COMPARED WITH RESPECT TO
FOREIGN-BORN HUSBANDS REPORTING WIFE
ABROAD, BY RACE.[2]
(STUDY OF EMPLOYEES)

	Per cent
	Reporting
	Wife
Old Immigration.	Abroad.
Canadian, French	1.5
Dutch	3.8
English	3.4
German	4.3
Irish	1.2
Scotch	3.2
Swedish	2.9
Welsh	1.4

New Immigration.
Bulgarian	90.0
Croatian	59.3
Greek	74.7
Hebrew, Russian	12.5
Italian, North	31.6
Italian, South	36.9
Lithuanian	23.3
Magyar	43.3
Polish	23.0
Portuguese	15.9
Roumanian	73.9
Russian	45.5
Servian	64.5
Slovak	34.2
Slovenian	33.7

TABLE VIII

OLD AND NEW IMMIGRATION COMPARED WITH RESPECT TO
ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH.[3]
(STUDY OF EMPLOYEES)

Old Immigration.
Nationality.	Per cent.
Danish	96.5
Dutch	86.1
French	68.6
German	87.5
Norwegian	96.9
Swedish	94.7
Average	82.2
New Immigration.
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

Roumanian	33.3
Ruthenian	36.8
Russian	43.6
Servian	41.2
Slovak	55.6
Slovenian	51.7
Syrian	54.6
Turkish	22.5
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.
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

FOREIGN WHITE STOCK, BY PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN: 1910.