Jewish Immigration to the United States from 1881 to 1910 Part 14

(From reports of United Hebrew Charities of New York City, 1891 and 1892)

---------------+----------------------- | Jewish immigrants +----------+------------ Month | 1891 | 1892 ---------------+----------+------------ January | 2179 | 3276 February | 2185 | 3057 March | 3150 | 2397 April | 2714 | 1468 May | 1225 | 1620 June | 8667 | 4028 July | 8253 | 5673 August | 9109 | 4842 September | 9422 | 1729 October | 5255 | 416 November | 3792 | 121 December | 4310 | 198 ---------------+----------+------------ Total | 60261 | 28834 ---------------+----------+------------

TABLE XII

TOTAL IMMIGRATION FROM RUSSIA AND JEWISH IMMIGRATION FROM RUSSIA, 1881 TO 1910, AND PERCENTAGE JEWISH OF TOTAL

--------+------------+------------+------------- | Total | Jewish | Per cent of | immigrants | immigrants | total --------+------------+------------+------------- 1881 | 5041 | 3125 | Est.

1882 | 16918 | 10489 | 1883 | 9909 | 6144 | at 1884 | 12689 | 7867 | 1885 | 17158 | 10648 | 62.0 1886 | 17800 | 14092 | 79.2 1887 | 30766 | 23103 | 75.1 1888 | 33487 | 20316 | 60.4 1889 | 33916 | 18338 | 54.1 1890 | 35598 | 20981 | 58.9 | | | 1891 | 47426 | 43457 | 91.6 1892 | 81511 | 64253 | 78.8 1893 | 42310 | 25161 | 59.5 1894 | 39278 | 20747 | 52.8 1895 | 35907 | 16727 | 43.2 1896 | 51435 | 20168 | 39.2 1897 | 25816 | 13063 | 50.6 1898 | 29828 | 14949 | 50.1 1899 | 60982 | 24275 | 39.8 1900 | 90787 | 37011 | 40.8 | | | 1901 | 85257 | 37660 | 44.2 1902 | 107347 | 37846 | 35.3 1903 | 136093 | 47689 | 35.0 1904 | 145141 | 77544 | 53.4 1905 | 184897 | 92388 | 50.0 1906 | 215665 | 125234 | 58.1 1907 | 258943 | 114932 | 44.4 1908 | 156711 | 71978 | 45.9 1909 | 120460 | 39150 | 32.5 1910 | 186792 | 59824 | 32.1 --------+------------+------------+------------- Total | 2315868 | 1119059 | 48.3 --------+------------+------------+-------------

TABLE XIII

TOTAL IMMIGRATION FROM RUSSIA AND JEWISH IMMIGRATION FROM RUSSIA, 1881 TO 1910, BY DECADE, AND PERCENTAGE JEWISH OF TOTAL

------------+------------+------------+------------- Decade | Total | Jewish | Per cent of | immigrants | immigrants | total ------------+------------+------------+------------- 1881-1890 | 213282 | 135003 | 63.3 1891-1900 | 505280 | 279811 | 55.4 1901-1910 | 1597306 | 704245 | 44.1 ------------+------------+------------+------------- Total | 2315868 | 1119059 | 48.3 ------------+------------+------------+-------------

TABLE XIV

IMMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES FROM THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE, 1899 TO 1910, BY ANNUAL PERCENTAGE OF CONTRIBUTION OF PRINc.i.p.aL PEOPLES[1]

-------+---------+--------+--------+------------+--------+--------- | Finnish | German | Jewish | Lithuanian | Polish | Russian -------+---------+--------+--------+------------+--------+--------- 1899 | 9.9 | 8.8 | 39.8 | 11.2 | 25.4 | 2.7 1900 | 13.8 | 5.9 | 40.8 | 11.3 | 24.8 | 1.3 1901 | 11.7 | 6.6 | 44.2 | 10.0 | 25.2 | .8 1902 | 12.9 | 8.0 | 35.3 | 9.3 | 31.5 | 1.4 1903 | 13.8 | 7.7 | 35.0 | 10.6 | 29.1 | 2.6 1904 | 6.9 | 4.9 | 53.4 | 8.8 | 22.4 | 2.7 1905 | 9.0 | 3.6 | 50.0 | 9.5 | 25.5 | 1.8 1906 | 6.2 | 4.8 | 58.1 | 6.4 | 21.4 | 2.4 1907 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 44.4 | 9.6 | 28.2 | 6.2 1908 | 4.0 | 6.4 | 45.9 | 8.5 | 24.2 | 10.4 1909 | 9.3 | 6.5 | 32.5 | 12.1 | 31.4 | 7.6 1910 | 8.0 | 5.4 | 32.1 | 11.6 | 34.1 | 7.9 -------+---------+--------+--------+------------+--------+--------- Total | 8.5 | 5.8 | 43.8 | 9.6 | 27.0 | 4.4 -------+---------+--------+--------+------------+--------+--------- [1] From Immigration Commission: _Emigration Conditions in Europe_, p. 338.

TABLE XV

RATE OF IMMIGRATION OF PEOPLES PREDOMINANT IN THE IMMIGRATION FROM RUSSIA, 1899 TO 1910[1]

------------+--------------------+-------------------+---------------- | |Average annual | |Population in Russia|immigration to U.S.| Ratio of People |1897 and in Finland |from Russia and | immigration | 1900 combined |Finland 1899-1910 | to population ------------+--------------------+-------------------+---------------- Jewish | 5082343[2] | 63794 | 1 to 79 Finnish | 2352990 | 12348 | 1 to 191 Polish | 7865437 | 39282 | 1 to 200 German | 1721387 | 8401 | 1 to 205 Lithuanian | 3077436 | 14062 | 1 to 212 Swedish | 349733 | 1135 | 1 to 308 Russian | 75434753 | 6530 | 1 to 11552 ------------+--------------------+-------------------+----------------

[1] Ibid., p. 339.

[2] The figure for the Jewish population in Russia as given in _Emigration Conditions in Europe_, p. 339, is incorrect.

See Goldberg, _Jdische Statistik_, pages 266 and 270.

TABLE XVI

RATE OF JEWISH IMMIGRATION FROM RUSSIA, PER 10000 OF JEWISH POPULATION, 1899 TO 1910

------+---------------------- Year | Ratio of immigration ------+---------------------- 1899 | 47 1900 | 72 1901 | 74 1902 | 74 1903 | 93 1904 | 152 1905 | 181 1906 | 246 1907 | 226 1908 | 141 1909 | 77 1910 | 117 ------+---------------------- Total | 125 ------+----------------------

TABLE XVII

JEWISH IMMIGRATION FROM ROUMANIA, 1881 TO 1910, BY DECADE AND PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL ARRIVING EACH DECADE

-----------+-------------------+------------------- Decade | Jewish immigrants | Per cent of total -----------+-------------------+------------------- 1881-1890 | 6067 | 10.4 1891-1900 | 12789 | 19.1 1901-1910 | 47301 | 70.5 -----------+-------------------+------------------- Total | 67057 | 100.0 -----------+-------------------+-------------------

TABLE XVIII

JEWISH IMMIGRATION FROM ROUMANIA, 1881 TO 1910, BY YEAR AND PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL ARRIVING EACH YEAR

--------+-------------------+------------------- Year | Jewish immigrants | Per cent of total --------+-------------------+------------------- 1881 | 30 | [1]

1882 | 65 | .1 1883 | 77 | .1 1884 | 238 | .3 1885 | 803 | 1.2 1886 | 518 | .8 1887 | 2063 | 3.1 1888 | 1653 | 2.5 1889 | 1058 | 1.6 1890 | 462 | .7 | | 1891 | 854 | 1.3 1892 | 740 | 1.1 1893 | 555 | .8 1894 | 616 | .9 1895 | 518 | .8 1896 | 744 | 1.1 1897 | 516 | .8 1898 | 720 | 1.1 1899 | 1343 | 2.0 1900 | 6183 | 9.2 | | 1901 | 6827 | 10.2 1902 | 6589 | 9.8 1903 | 8562 | 12.8 1904 | 6446 | 9.6 1905 | 3854 | 5.7 1906 | 3872 | 5.8 1907 | 3605 | 5.4 1908 | 4455 | 6.6 1909 | 1390 | 2.1 1910 | 1701 | 2.5 --------+-------------------+------------------- Total | 67057 | 100.0 --------+-------------------+-------------------

[1] Below one-tenth per cent.

TABLE XIX

TOTAL IMMIGRATION FROM ROUMANIA AND JEWISH IMMIGRATION FROM ROUMANIA, 1899 TO 1910, AND PERCENTAGE JEWISH OF TOTAL

--------+----------------+-----------------+------------------- Year |Total immigrants|Jewish immigrants|Per cent of total --------+----------------+-----------------+------------------- 1899 | 1606 | 1343 | 83.6 1900 | 6459 | 6183 | 95.7 1901 | 7155 | 6827 | 95.4 1902 | 7196 | 6589 | 91.6 1903 | 9310 | 8562 | 91.9 1904 | 7087 | 6446 | 91.0 1905 | 4437 | 3854 | 86.8 1906 | 4476 | 3872 | 86.5 1907 | 4384 | 3605 | 82.2 1908 | 5228 | 4455 | 85.2 1909 | 1590 | 1390 | 87.4 1910 | 2145 | 1701 | 79.3 --------+----------------+-----------------+------------------- Total | 61073 | 54827 | 89.8 --------+----------------+-----------------+-------------------

TABLE XX

RATE OF JEWISH IMMIGRATION FROM ROUMANIA, PER 10000 OF JEWISH POPULATION, 1899 TO 1910[1]

--------+----------------------- Year | Ratio of immigration --------+----------------------- 1899 | 51 1900 | 238 1901 | 262 1902 | 253 1903 | 329 1904 | 246 1905 | 148 1906 | 149 1907 | 138 1908 | 171 1909 | 53 1910 | 65 --------+----------------------- Total | 175 --------+-----------------------

[1] For Jewish population in Roumania _cf._ Ruppin, _The Jews of To-Day_, p. 39.

TABLE XXI

JEWISH IMMIGRATION FROM AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, 1881 TO 1910, BY DECADE AND PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL ARRIVING EACH DECADE

-----------+-------------------+------------------- Decade | Jewish immigrants | Per cent of total -----------+-------------------+------------------- 1881-1890 | 44619 | 15.9 1891-1900 | 83720 | 29.8 1901-1910 | 152811 | 54.3 -----------+-------------------+------------------- Total | 281150 | 100.0 -----------+-------------------+-------------------

TABLE XXII

JEWISH IMMIGRATION FROM AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, 1881 TO 1910, BY YEAR, AND PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL ARRIVING EACH YEAR

----------+-------------------+------------------- Year | Jewish immigrants | Per cent of total ----------+-------------------+------------------- 1881 | 2537 | .9 1882 | 2648 | .9 1883 | 2510 | .9 1884 | 3340 | 1.2 1885 | 3938 | 1.4 1886 | 5326 | 1.9 1887 | 6898 | 2.4 1888 | 5985 | 2.1 1889 | 4998 | 1.8 1890 | 6439 | 2.3 | | 1891 | 5890 | 2.1 1892 | 8643 | 3.1 1893 | 6363 | 2.3 1894 | 5916 | 2.1 1895 | 6047 | 2.2 1896 | 9831 | 3.5 1897 | 5672 | 2.0 1898 | 7367 | 2.6 1899 | 11071 | 3.9 1900 | 16920 | 6.0 | | 1901 | 13006 | 4.6 1902 | 12848 | 4.6 1903 | 18759 | 6.7 1904 | 20211 | 7.2 1905 | 17352 | 6.2 1906 | 14884 | 5.3 1907 | 18885 | 6.7 1908 | 15293 | 5.4 1909 | 8431 | 3.0 1910 | 13142 | 4.7 ----------+-------------------+------------------- Total | 281150 | 100.0 ----------+-------------------+-------------------

TABLE XXIII

TOTAL AND JEWISH IMMIGRATION FROM AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, 1881 TO 1910, BY DECADE AND PERCENTAGE JEWISH OF TOTAL

-----------+----------------+-----------------+------------------ Decade |Total immigrants|Jewish immigrants|Per cent of total -----------+----------------+-----------------+------------------ 1881-1890 | 353719 | 44619 | 12.6 1891-1900 | 592707 | 83720 | 14.1 1901-1910 | 2145266 | 158811 | 7.4 -----------+----------------+-----------------+------------------ Total | 3091692 | 281150 | 9.1 -----------+----------------+-----------------+------------------