The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-07-20
The Population of New York.

FULL returns of the census of New York
city give g grand total of 1922 as the
population Of this municipality. Of this
number, 5 l0, JOB are " hite, of native birth !;
41S,646 are white, of foreign birth, and
13 093 are colored. OF this last element in
our population, only AS are of foreign
birth. A cursoTy examination into these
figures reveals some curious facts; for in
stance, the proportion of native Ameri-
cans, born outside the State of New York,
is not so large as may generally have been
supposed, all the rest of the Union fur
nisbing only 35207 population in the city
against 445, 346 born in this State. New
Jersey, one of our nearest eighbors, sends
us the largest contribution of population,
furnishing AS against prolific Massachu-
sets 5.915, and Pennsylvania 4, $50. But
Pennsylvania keeps her children at home
even Connecticut sends more abroad, 9S7
being set down as our quota from that
land of steady habits. The n representatives.
of the other States decrease in volume IN
til we come TO some of the later additions
to the republic, and find that far off Alaska
sends one native white; there are 240 re-
ported of California birth, and one each
from Colorado, Arizona and Dakota OF
the Southern eX-slave States, Maryland
contributes the largest number to the city's
population. 1862, and Arkansas sends
but 49, the smallest from the South
ern States. Of the Western States, Onio
has the largest representation, claiming
1856, and Indiana has but II. 1t would
be interesting to know how large an ele-
ment is Of city BIRTH and how much the
city has been repenished by fresh rein
forcemr hts from the county, as well as
from other States.
OF the AIS, 646 persons Of foreign birth
twhIte), the largest number is from Ire
land mat tight little island sending US
POI 1893 of the total foreign element. We
have so 494 who come from Germany, but
this Was before the consolidation of the
q rman Empire was complete, for we
have 81 AGA from Prussia, to say nothing
# the immigrants from smaller German
States We have 24,39S Of Engli,h birth,
AMI 7 55l from canny Scotland. To illus.
trate how thoroughly cosmopolitan is the
population of this city, it may be noticed
that every quarter of the globe figures in
the census. In addition to those who re
port themselves only as white natives of
Asia" we have white residents from
Arabia, China, Japan, India and Persia
The Canaries, Malta, Madeira Islands, At
lantic Islands and Sandwich Islands, each
send representatives, and not less than 30
were born at sea Then we have Mauri>
thus, New Zealand, Isle of Man, Gibraltar,
Bahamas and Australia in the list; and 80
claim to be of white African birth
Outside of New York State, Virginia
has contributed most largely to the native
born colored population of the city-925
of the whole population claiming that
State as their birth place. But nearly
every State is represented in the list, the
great State of Pennsylvania sending 533
OF the colored people of foreign birth, the
largest number are from the West Indies
SO reporting themselves somewhat indetin-
itely from thence; but, in addition to 81
bonn in Cuba, and several in the smaller
islands clriously enough the large mum
Der OF "a are reported of Irish birth. The
Indian shuns the town, now as of old, and
only four are reported one of whom is of
New York birth, and the other three from
different parts of the continent. The
larg st number ofcolored people are in the
Seventh Ward; the largest population of
any ward is that OF the Nine teenth, which
is So ,494. The tables presented will yield
many interesting comparisons to those
who are curious in such matters, and
glance must show how complex and va
rious are the interests, hopes, aims, views
of life and occupations, of the population
of the great city.-NeD York Tribune.