The Portland daily press., 1893-04-07

1901. .S,149,o4I l4'ol
Although the number of foreign-born
residents more than doubled between
1860 and 1890, according to these figures,
the percentage of total population did
not largely inerease-yery little indeed
from 1860 to 1880, and very little from
1870 to 1890.
The increase in foreign-born popula-
ton from 1880 to 1890 thus given is only
one-half as great at the amount Of immi-
grafton reported by the Bureau of Sta
tistics, and there are such inconsistent
cies as argne against the value of the
census figures.
OF the foreign-born residents reported
by the census of 1850, 964, 900 were from
Ireland, 5s3, 900 from Germany, 278,000
from England, 147, 900 from Canada, TO-
900 from Scotland, 1900 from France,
$4,000 from Wales, and not as many as
$1,000 from any other country. 1t was
not until 1880 that the number of Ger
Der of Irish, and then only slightly, 1866
600 compared with 1854, 900; while there
were 717,0O0 Canadians, 900 English,
$4,000 Swedes, $4,000 Morse, 10000
Scotch, I06, 900 French, 100000 Chinese.
and less that 100000 of any other nation
atty; the number of Italians having only
reached $4,000, which was something less
th an the number of Poles. The returns
of the census for 1890 give the number
of residents of this country who have
come from Germany as 2,784, 600 or near
ly 100000 greater than from Ireland;
while the next largest numbers are $780,
900 from Canada, 909,0 600 from England,
479,000 from Sweden, 322, 600 from Nor
way, 242, 200 from Scotland, $4,000 from
Russia, and the same number from Italy,
147,000 from Poland, 132, 900 from Den
mark, 1923, 900 from Austria, 11S,000 from
Bohemia. $4,000 from France, 100000
from China, 100000 from Switzerland,
100000 from Wales, 1000 from Holland,
II, 900 from Mexico, $4,000 from Hungary
$4,000 from Belgium, Is, 900 from Portu-
gal, 5000 from Spain, only 5000 from
South America, and 81, 900 from all other
countries not specified.
The statement that the number OF resi-
dents of this country who are natives of
Canada and Newfoundland has increased
by 262, 781, or So. Is per cent. during the
decade. and the number of Mexicans by
9,454 or 1882 per cent. is of interest,
owing to the fact that our immigration
statistics have not of recent years COW
cred arrivals across our northern or
southern borders.
A table is given showing that of the
1900, 900 foreign born inhabitants nearly
45 per cent. are living in the 1924 cities of
largest population. OF the Italian and
Spanish immigrants So per cent. are to
be found in the cities; of the Poles and
Russians, 81 per cent; of the Irish, So
per cent; of the Austrian and Bohemian,
48 per cent; of the German, Al per cent;
of the South American 46 per cent; of
the French, As per cent; of the Hungari-
an. A per cent; of the English, Scotch
and Chinese, about 40 per cent; and of
the Canadian, Cuban, Hollandish, Swiss,
Swedish and Portuguese, about 30 per
cent; while from 20 to 25 per cent of the
Welsh, Belgian, Danish and Norwegian,
and only per cent, or much the small
est proportion of the Mexican immi-
grants are to be found in these cities.
The percentage of the foreign born pop
ulation reported in fifty principal cities
increased from "a to 81 per cent. from
1880 to 1890.
The tables Of geographical distribu-
ton show that of the $4,000 Canadian
immigrants less than IA. 900 are found in
the South, while of the 100000 immi-
grants from Sweden and Norway scarcely
more than 5000 are reported as being in
the Southern States. Of the 1900 Mex
leans, on the other hand, only about
300 are found in the North. Of the
10000 Chinese immigrants 95,007 remain
in the West 1000 being in California;
while of the 1872, 900 Italians 11S,000 are
in the North Atlantic States, more than
half that number being in New York,
$4,000 in Pennsylvania, $1,000 in Califor-
nia 1900 in New Jersey, 5000 in Hi
nois, 5000 in Massachusetts,, 1000 in
Louisiana, 5000 in Connecticut and less
than 1000 in any other State. Of the
Poles New York has taken 22,000, Penn
sylvania So, 900, and Illinois 28000 or to-
gether, about one-half of the total of
147,000 Nearly one-third of the immi-
grants from Norway are found in Mime
Sofa, and all but about 10000 are in the
North Central Division, which has also
more than threo-fourths of the Swedes,
Minnesota having $4,000 and Illinois
SO, 900. while no other State has more
than $4,000.
The records of geographical distribu-
ton show that the great immigration of
recent years has not weakened the ten
dency of the various nationalities to seek
climatic and other conditions similar to
those to which they were accustomed in
the countries from which they came.
The italian immigrants, however, con-
gregate in the larger cities with little APP
parent regard to considerations of eli
mate.-Commercia Bulletin.
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