The Hawaiian gazette., 1871-08-23
The Population of New York.

New York is emphatieally cosmopolitan city.
1t is made up of people from all civilized coun-
tries. and from some that are not civilized. The
United States census fixes its population at 942,-
2s3. The increase since the last census is not so
great as it should be by 100000; but this is ow-
ing to the rapid growth of the neighboring towns
and cities. Brooklyn, Jersey City and some
dozen other places in sight are really the suburbs
Of the great metropolis. The population of these
added to that of New York City. would run it
up to a million and a half We find the follow
ing classification of the native population Over
one-haf Of the residents of the city are set down
as natives of New York-the exact number be-
ing 475,346 white. and 1888 colored Of the
other natives, New England furnished 1851
whites, Massachusetts, with 5,9O5, and Counecti-
cut with 1881. New Hampshire has the small
est representation of The New England States,
the number placed to her credit being 765 whites
and two negroes. The Southern-born portion of
the population IS small The whole number born
in the States in which slavery existed at the be-
ginning of the war is 7.72l, Of whom 5,439 we're
white and 2.5s2 eolored. Maryland furnished the
largest number for the South, her representation
Of whites being 1862. Virginia came next with
los whites, and Arkansas with 10. Among
the other States, New Jersey is credited with
7.445 whites; Pennsylvania with 1859; Ohio with
II76. and Nevada With the smallest number, 3.
The whole native population was 5lO.563 white,
and 1865 eolored.
The foreign-born population is set down at
4s,646 whites and AS colOred. OF these, Ire
land is represented by POL Sss. Think of that
over two hundred thousand natives of Emerald
Isle in the City of New York Add to these
figures their children born in this country, and
the probability is they would be moze than double
The Irish are prolific breeders and DO not. resort
to artificial means to check the natural increase
of population The Metropolitan record esti-
mates that the children born Of Irish parents, and
who are classified as Irish, are nearly double the
foreigu-born- There can be 10 donbt that count
ing the Irish and the pure descendants of the
Irish to the third degree, majority of the popa-
lation Of the great metropolitan city of America
are Irish. The number credited to Germany is
50, 424 But when the natives of the various
German States is added, the German portion of
the population is greatly increased. Bavaria has
contributed 1861; Baden 6724; Hesse T.73s;
Prussia 81 ,464; Wurtemburg 41.6ls; Hanover
369s; Bohemia 49,, and so on through the les
ser States. Grouping all those who pass as Ger
mans. including 2,743 Austrians and ,237 Hol-
Ianders, the whole German population Of New
York is I44O67. Among the other foreigners
are 2437s English, 500 French, 1851 Scotch,
40 Canadians, 27s9 Italians, 1892 Poles, 2I69
Swiss, I13s Russians, 45s spauiards, 32s Bel
zians, lis Chinese, 81 Mexieans, 43 Greeks, SO
natives Of Turkey, japanese, and Persians-
Now if We estimate the native-born children
IF Germans and other foreigu-born residents as
equal to the numbers assigned to the latter, We
AVE it that more than two-thirds of the people |
# New York are foreign-born OF their children.
America is made up of foreigners; and leaving out
he negroes, nine-tenths of the people are Irish,
Germans. English, Scotch and French, or their
F. EzQHiHer.