Jewish Immigration to the United States from 1881 to 1910 Part 16

AGE OF JEWISH IMMIGRANTS AT THE PORT OF NEW YORK, 1886 TO 1898[1]

-------+--------+--------------------+--------------------- | | Number | Percentage Year | Total +--------+-----------+--------+------------ | | Adults |Children[2]| Adults |Children[2]

-------+--------+--------+-----------+--------+------------ 1886 | 19548 | 14212 | 5336 | 72.7 | 27.3 1887 | 30866 | 22223 | 8643 | 72.0 | 28.0 1888 | 26946 | 19456 | 7490 | 72.2 | 27.8 1889 | 23958 | 17155 | 6803 | 71.6 | 28.4 1890 | 26963 | 19449 | 7514 | 72.1 | 27.9 1891 | 47098 | 33343 | 13755 | 70.8 | 29.2 1892 | 66544 | 43155 | 23389 | 64.8 | 35.2 1893 | 29059 | 18314 | 10745 | 63.0 | 37.0 1894 | 23444 | 13142 | 10302 | 56.1 | 43.9 1895 | 21422 | 12366 | 9056 | 57.7 | 42.3 1896 | 27846 | 17052 | 10794 | 61.2 | 38.8 1897 | 17362 | 10226 | 7136 | 58.9 | 41.1 1898 | 19222 | 11530 | 7692 | 60.0 | 40.0 -------+--------+--------+-----------+--------+------------ Total | 380278 | 251623 | 128655 | 66.2 | 33.8 -------+--------+--------+-----------+--------+------------

[1] From _Reports of United Hebrew Charities of N.Y. City_.

[2] Children under sixteen.

TABLE x.x.xVII

s.e.x OF TOTAL AND JEWISH IMMIGRANTS, 1899 TO 1910[1]

-------+-------------------+------------------ | Total immigrants |Jewish immigrants +-------------------+------------------ Year | Per cent | Per cent +--------+----------+--------+--------- | Male | Female | Male | Female -------+--------+----------+--------+--------- 1899 | 62.6 | 37.4 | 56.5 | 43.5 1900 | 67.8 | 32.2 | 59.8 | 40.2 1901 | 67.9 | 32.1 | 55.7 | 44.3 1902 | 71.9 | 28.1 | 56.7 | 43.3 1903 | 71.5 | 28.5 | 57.7 | 42.3 1904 | 67.6 | 32.4 | 61.2 | 38.8 1905 | 70.6 | 29.4 | 63.2 | 36.8 1906 | 69.5 | 30.5 | 52.1 | 47.9 1907 | 72.4 | 27.6 | 54.0 | 46.0 1908 | 64.8 | 35.2 | 54.4 | 45.6 1909 | 69.2 | 30.8 | 54.0 | 46.0 1910 | 70.7 | 29.3 | 54.8 | 45.2 -------+--------+----------+--------+--------- Total | 69.5 | 30.5 | 56.6 | 43.4 -------+--------+----------+--------+---------

[1] From _Reports of Commissioner-General of Immigration_.

TABLE x.x.xVIII

s.e.x[1] OF EUROPEAN IMMIGRANTS,[2] 1899 TO 1910[3]

------------------------+---------+-------------------+--------------- | | Number | Per cent People | Total |---------+---------+------+-------- | | Male | Female | Male | Female ------------------------+---------+---------+---------+------+-------- Irish | 439724 | 210686 | 229038 | 47.9 | 52.1 Jewish | 1074442 | 607822 | 466620 | 56.6 | 43.4 Bohemian and Moravian | 100189 | 57111 | 43078 | 57.0 | 43.0 French | 115783 | 67217 | 48566 | 58.1 | 41.9 German | 754375 | 448054 | 306321 | 59.4 | 40.6 English | 408614 | 251421 | 157193 | 61.5 | 38.5 Scandinavian | 586306 | 362467 | 223839 | 61.8 | 38.2 Scotch | 136842 | 86938 | 49904 | 63.5 | 36.5 Finnish | 151774 | 100289 | 51485 | 66.1 | 33.9 Polish | 949064 | 659267 | 289797 | 69.5 | 30.5 Slovak | 377527 | 266262 | 111265 | 70.5 | 29.5 Lithuanian | 175258 | 123777 | 51481 | 70.6 | 29.4 Magyar | 338151 | 244221 | 93930 | 72.2 | 27.8 Ruthenian | 147375 | 109614 | 37761 | 74.4 | 25.6 Italian North | 372668 | 291877 | 80791 | 78.3 | 21.7 Italian South | 1911933 | 1502968 | 408965 | 78.6 | 21.4 Croatian and Slovenian | 355543 | 284866 | 50677 | 84.9 | 15.1 Greek | 216962 | 206306 | 10656 | 95.1 | 4.9 ------------------------+---------+---------+---------+------+-------- Total[4] | 9555673 | 6641367 | 2914306 | 69.5 | 30.5 ------------------------+---------+---------+---------+------+--------

[1] Arranged in order of percentage of females.

[2] Excluding all races with an immigration below 100,000.

[3] From _Statistical Review of Immigration_, p. 49.

[4] Total includes all races.

TABLE x.x.xIX

AGE[1] OF EUROPEAN IMMIGRANTS,[2] 1899 TO 1909.

----------------+----------------------------------+--------------------- | Number | Per cent People +--------+--------+--------+-------+------+------+------- | Total | Under | 14 to | 45 and| Under| 14 to|45 and | | 14 | 44 | over | 14 | 44 | over ----------------+--------+--------+--------+-------+------+------+------- Jewish | 990182| 245787 | 690794 | 53601 | 24.8 | 69.8 | 5.4 Bohemian and | | | | | | | Moravian | 91727| 18965 | 67487 | 5275 | 20.7 | 73.6 | 5.8 German | 682995| 116416 | 520437 | 46142 | 17.0 | 76.2 | 6.8 Scotch | 112230| 17157 | 85123 | 9950 | 15.3 | 75.8 | 8.9 English | 355116| 52459 | 262334 | 40323 | 14.8 | 73.9 | 11.4 Italian, South | 1719260| 201492 |1416075 |101693 | 11.7 | 82.4 | 5.9 Scandinavian | 534269| 51220 | 457306 | 25743 | 9.6 | 85.6 | 4.8 Polish | 820716| 77963 | 723226 | 19527 | 9.5 | 88.1 | 2.4 Slovak | 345111| 32157 | 302399 | 10555 | 9.3 | 87.6 | 3.1 Finnish | 136038| 12623 | 119771 | 3644 | 9.3 | 88.0 | 2.7 Italian, North | 341888| 30645 | 297442 | 13801 | 9.0 | 87.0 | 4.0 Magyar | 310049| 27312 | 270376 | 12361 | 8.8 | 87.2 | 4.0 Lithuanian | 152544| 12004 | 137880 | 2660 | 7.9 | 90.4 | 1.7 Irish | 401342| 20247 | 363797 | 17298 | 5.0 | 90.6 | 4.3 Ruthenian | 119468| 5537 | 110705 | 3226 | 4.6 | 92.7 | 2.7 Croatian and | | | | | | | Slovenian | 295981| 12711 | 273685 | 9585 | 4.3 | 92.5 | 3.2 Greek | 177827| 7314 | 168250 | 2263 | 4.1 | 94.6 | 1.3 ----------------+--------+--------+--------+-------+------+------+------- Total[3] | 8213034|1013974 |6786506 |412554 | 12.3 | 82.6 | 5.0 ----------------+--------+--------+--------+-------+------+------+-------

[1] Arranged in order of highest percentage of children.

[2] Excluding all races with an immigration below 100,000, except the Bohemian and Moravian.

[3] Total includes all European races.

TABLE XL

s.e.x,[1] 1899 TO 1910, AND AGE,[2] 1899 TO 1909, OF SLAVIC AND JEWISH IMMIGRANTS

------------------------+-------------+------------------------------ |s.e.x--per cent| Age--per cent Group +------+------+--------+--------+------------ | Male |Female|Under 14|14 to 44|45 and over ------------------------+------+------+--------+--------+------------ Polish | 69.5 | 30.5 | 9.5 | 88.1 | 2.4 Ruthenian | 74.4 | 25.6 | 4.6 | 92.7 | 2.7 Russian | 85.0 | 15.0 | 7.5 | 90.0 | 2.5 Slovak | 70.5 | 29.5 | 9.3 | 87.6 | 3.1 Croatian and Slovenian | 84.9 | 15.1 | 4.3 | 92.5 | 3.2 Bohemian and | | | | | Moravian | 57.0 | 43.0 | 20.7 | 73.6 | 5.8 Jewish | 56.6 | 43.4 | 24.8 | 69.8 | 5.4 ------------------------+------+------+--------+--------+------------

[1] From _Statistical Review of Immigration_, p. 49.

[2] From _Emigration Conditions in Europe_, p. 25.

TABLE XLI

A. s.e.x OF ROUMANIAN IMMIGRANTS,[1] 1899 TO 1910, AND OF IMMIGRANTS FROM ROUMANIA,[2] 1900 TO 1910

----------------+------------------------------------------------ | | Number | Per cent Group | Total +---------+----------+--------+-------- | | Male | Female | Male | Female ----------------+---------+---------+----------+--------+-------- From Roumania | 59467 | 31968 | 27499 | 53.8 | 46.2 Roumanian | 82704 | 75238 | 7466 | 91.0 | 9.0 ----------------+---------+---------+----------+--------+--------

B. AGE OF JEWISH AND ROUMANIAN IMMIGRANTS[3] 1899 TO 1909

-----------+--------+--------------------+------------------------ | | Number | Per cent Race | Total +------+------+------+-------+-------+-------- | Number | Under| 14 to|45 and| Under | 14 to | 45 and | | 14 | 44 | over | 14 | 44 | over -----------+--------+------+------+------+-------+-------+-------- Jewish | 990182 |245787|690794| 53601| 24.8 | 69.8 | 5.4 Roumanian | 68505 | 1476| 63997| 3032| 2.2 | 93.4 | 4.4 -----------+--------+------+------+------+-------+-------+--------

[1] From _Statistical Review of Emigration_, pp. 44-48.

[2] From _Emigration Conditions in Europe_, p. 23.

[3] _Ibid._, p. 25.

TABLE XLII

s.e.x AND AGE OF "OLD" AND "NEW" IMMIGRATION (JEWISH EXCEPTED), AND OF JEWISH IMMIGRATION, 1899 TO 1909[1]

---------------------+-------+---------------+------------------------ | | s.e.x--per cent | Age--per cent Group | +------+--------+-------+-------+-------- | Total | | | Under | 14 to | 45 and | | Male | Female | 14 | 44 | over ---------------------+-------+------+--------+-------+-------+-------- Old immigration |2273782| 58.5 | 41.5 | 12.8 | 80.4 | 6.8 New immigration | | | | | | (Jewish excepted) |4949070| 76.3 | 23.7 | 9.7 | 86.2 | 4.1 Jewish immigration | 990182| 56.7 | 43.3 | 24.8 | 69.8 | 5.4 ---------------------+-------+------+--------+-------+-------+--------

[1] From _Emigration Conditions in Europe_, pp. 23-26.

TABLE XLIII

JEWISH IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, 1908 TO 1912[1]

--------+-----------+-----------+--------------- | Jewish | Jewish | Number Year | immigrant | emigrant | departed per | aliens[2] | aliens[3] | 100 admitted --------+-----------+-----------+--------------- 1908 | 103387 | 7702 | 7 1909 | 57551 | 6105 | 10 1910 | 84260 | 5689 | 6 1911 | 91223 | 6401 | 7 1912 | 80595 | 7418 | 9 --------+-----------+-----------+--------------- Total | 417016 | 33315 | 8 --------+-----------+-----------+---------------

[1] From _Reports of Commissioner-General of Immigration_.

[2] See note, page 93.

[3] Emigrant aliens are aliens whose permanent residence has been in the United States and who intend to reside permanently abroad.

TABLE XLIV