The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-18
OUR FOREIGN BORN POPULATION.

| Bulletin No. 357 issued from the census
bureau shows the foreign born popula
ton Of The United States as a whole
from 1850 to 1892, distributed according
to the principal foreign countries OF
birth, with the increase for each nativity
for the four decades from 1850. The
first distinction between persons of
native and of foreign birth was made in
the enumeration of 1850, since which
time it has been possible at each enumer-
alton to determine the number of per-
sons of foreign birth and the proportion
they bear to the total population.
In 1850 the total population of the
United States was 23,191.87s, OF whom
2, PA 500, or little less than 10 per
cent. were of foreign birth. In 1860 the
total had reached Al ,443, 321, Of whom
4,1SS,6 97 were foreign, equal to ID per
cent In 1870 our population had grown
to IS, sos, 81, the foreign born element
having increased to 1444 per cent. or
1861, 229. In 1880 we had total popu-
lation of so, 155. 1888. the foreign born
portion numbering 6,s79,9 43.
| In 1890, the last enumeration, the
! population had grown to 62,622, $50, of
| whom 9,249, 547 or nearly one-seven,h
were Of foreign birth. These figures
show that the increase of the foreign
born population has been four fold,
while the total increase has been less
than three fold. In other words the
proportion foreign to native population
has grown from about one-tenth in 1850
to nearly one-sixth in 1890.
In 1850 of the foreign element 961, 719
We're natives Of Ireland-nearly double
the number from any other country. In
1890 the total number from that country
was 1871, 500, not quite double. OF
German birth, the next largest number
in 1850, there were $50. ia, while in 1890
the number had increased to 2,7S4, 844,
nearly 500 per cent.
The next largest number are from
Canada and Newfoundland, $50, 93S, in
1890; then England with 900, 092; next is
Sweden with 47S, 041, and then Norway
with 322, 665. Russia and Italy have
contributed almost the same number
each, 1872, $50 and 1872, GA respectively.
Scotland, Wales, Switzerland, Den
mark, Bohemia, Poland, France and
China each contributed over 100000 to
our population as numbered in 1890. The
smallest number from any foreign quar-
ter quoted separately are from South
America, 5,006
The greatest per cent of increase be-
tween 1880 and 1890 came from Hun
gary, being 441.69. Russia contributed
the next largest per cent, or all 30; then
Italy $1,000 per cent, and next Austria,
21S SO.
The Germans and Irish constitute
more than two-thIrds Of our total popu-
lation at present, though the per cent of
increase from each of those countries
has been smaller during the last decade
than from several other.
The distribution Of foreign population
throughout the states shows 3,S8s, 1T in
the North Atlantic division-the New
England states, New York, New Jersey
and Pennsylvania. The North Central
division-from Ohio to Kansas and
North Dakota all inclusive-t, $50, ia.
The Western Division-from Montana to
California-710. $40. The South Atlantic
division-from Delaware to Florida
20S, 525. The South Central division
from Kentucky to Arkansas and Texas
321, S21.
New York has the largest number of
foreign horn inhabitants, the number be-
ing 1,511 1850. and North Carolina the
smallest, 3. 702.