Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-10-12
Growth Of Foreign Population.

A cOmparison5 of the late census re-
turns with the census of 1850 and 1870
furnishes an abundance of food for spec
ulation to those who are inclined to it..
In 1860 there were only % counties in
the United States in which the foreign
population outnumbered the natives
OF these, seven counties were in Califor-
MIA, three in Michigan (Ontonagon,
Sanilac and Hou9hton), two in Mime
sofa, one in Missouri, one in New Mex
leo, six in Texas and five in Wisconsin.
In 1870 the foreigners, had added two
counties to their possession and they
were in the majority in twenty-severl
counties in the Union.c ( Of these one
county was in California, three in Idaho,
five in Michigan, eight in Minnesota,
one in each of Montana, Nevada, New
Mexico and Oregon and six in Texas.
>Ir six of the counties ofsCaliforpia Fand
five of the counties of Wisconsin in
which the foreign population was most
numerous in 1860, they were outnum-
bered by natives in 1870.
The great stride of the numerical
mastery of the foreign population has
been made since them. The census or
1860 shows that the foreign population
of Stwenty-one years old and upward
OutnumberS the natives in PA counties
of the several States of the Union 3
They are the majority in Is. counties
of California, one county of Colorado,
Is counties Of Dakota, one county of
Idaho, four counties of Illinois, four
counties of Iowa, and "a counties of
Michigan. The foreigners also Outnum-
Der the natives in A of IS counties of
Minnesota; in 9 out of the IA counties
of Nevada; in Is out of % in Utah, and
in 40 out of the 90 counties of Wiscon-
sin. e 81 b -
The foreigners of voting age also out
number the natives of like age in two
counties of Missouri, eight counties of
Nebraska, two counties of New Jersey,
three counties of New York (these are
the counties in which Buffalo, Brooklyn
and New York city are Iocated), one
county of Ohio (Cuyahoga, in which
Cleveland isl, one county of Oregon,
one county of Pennsylvania Uackawan-
ma, in the mining Eregion), 10 counties
of Texas and three counties in Washing
ton territory. In addition TO this they
almost equal the natives in many other
counties. In Wisconsin, as seen, the
foreigners are in the majority in nearly
two thirds of the counties of the State,
and in Utah they control more than two
two thirds of the counties. With the ex-
ception of Texas and Missouri they are
comparatively weak in numbers
throughout the South, And in New Eng
land, though the foreign population are
numerous and are in the majority in
several of the towns and cities, they are
not in the majority in any of the coun-
ties. Nor are they in the majority in
any of the rural counties of the Middle
States with the single exception of Lacka-
wanna in Penn sylyania, and there nearly
all the foreign population are engaged
in the coal mines of that section. Ii the
tide of emigration continues for a few
years more with the volume of the past
few years, many more counties will be
added to this long list, and before long
they will not only control whole coun
tries'but also whole States of the West
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