St. Landry democrat., 1893-07-01
Por cent. Of

1850. ............... 2.3l!Gl4 96S
loOo .............. l,l31,Go7 1916
lHW' '........-..... 3,?G'2!o 1i44
lSNo .....-,...... G,GI',"b 1892
i9'V' ...-.,..-.... ?,2l3,Jii li.1
Although the number Of foreign born
residents more than doubled between
1850 aud 1870, according to these figures,
the percentage Of total population did
not largely incrcase-vcry little indeed
from 1860 to 1850, and very little from
1870 to 1890.
OF the forcign-born residents reported
by the census of 1870, 9G4, 900 were
from Ireland, 5S3.O)O from Germany,
2,S. 600 from England, lt7,OOO from
Canada, 10000 from Scotland, 81, 600
from France. $4,000 from Wales, and
not as many rs ll,O)O from any othe
country. 1t was not until 1880 that the
number of Germans in this country ex-
cccdcd the number of Irish, and then
only slightly, l,99j,000 compared with
1854 ,OO9; while there were TT, 900
Canadians, GG l,OlO English, 10000
SWcdcs, ISL ,UOD Morse. 1T, 600 Scotch.
100, ,O0O French. 1Ol, ,O0O Chinese, and
less than 100000 of any other nation
ality; the number of Italians having
only reached 4l,OO), which was some
thing less than 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 2,1S4>
GEO, or nearly loo, 900 greater than
from Ireland the Irisll-A american popuN y
lation, however, which includes those of
Irish descent as we'll as BIRTH is still
Of A -;
can population. -EDIroR Tablet;
while the next largest numbers are,
$50, geo from Canada, $4,000 from
England, AS, 600 from Sweden, 322, 900
from Norway. 2l2, 900 from Scotland,
1S2 900 from Russia, and the same num-
Der from Italy, 147. 900 from Poland,
1872 ,OO) from Denmark, 1913, 900 from
Austria, lis, 600 from Bohemia, 113, 900
from France. 10000 from China, 104,-
OO) from Switzerland, 100 600 from
Wales, 81 COO from Holland, =, 600 from
Mexico, g., 900 from Hungary, $4,000
from Cuba and the West Indies, 22,-
00) from Belgium, 1900 from Portu-
gal, 6, 600 from Spain, only 5000 from
South America, and $4,000 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 2G2, ISL, or SO. 7S per cent. during the
decade and the number of MeXicans by
9, 4j4, 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 south
ern borders
a table is given showing that of the
900, 900 foreign-born inhabitants nearly
45 per cent are living in the l24 cities
of largest population. OF the Italian
and Spanish immigrants 50 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 Bo-
hcmian. AZ per cent. of the German, AZ
per cent of the South American, -46 per
cent. Of the French, 45 per cent. of the
Hungarian, Al per cent; Of the English,
Scotch and Chinese, about 40 per cent;
and of the Canadian, Cuban, IIolIandish,
Swiss. Swedish aud Portuguese, about 80
per cent, while from 20 to % per cent.
of the Welsh, Belgian, Danish and Nor
wegian, and only per cent, or much
the smallest proportion Of the Mexican
immigrants are to be found in these
cities. The percentage of the foreign
born population reported in fifty prln-
cipal cities increased from "a to 81 per
cent from 1870 to 1890.
The tables of geographical distribu-
ton show that of the $4,000 Canadian
immigrants less than II, 600 are found
in the South, while of the 500, 900 imml-
grants from Sweden aud Norway
scarcely more than 5000 are reported O
being in the Southern States. OF tho
1000 McAicans. on the other hand, only
about 1900 are found in the North. OF
the 1876 1000 Chinese immigrants 95, 900
remain in the West, Il 900 being in Cal
iforuia, while of the 1S2, 900 Italians,
$4,000 are in the North Atlantic States,
more than half that number being in
New York, "A. 600 in Pennsylvania, 15,-
600 in California, 12,cOo in New Jer-
sew, s. 900 in Illinois. 5000 in Massachu-
setts, 1000 in Louisiana, 5000 in Con-
necticut, and less than 1000 in any
other State, OF the Poles, New York
has taken - 900. Pennsylvania 1000,
and Illinois 2S,0)0, or, together, about
one half of the total of 1890 Nearly
one.third of the immigrants from Nor
way are found in Minnesota, and all but
DC, 600 arc in the north central division,
which has also more than thrCc-tourths
of the Swedes, Minnesota having $4,000
and Illinois 81, GEO, while no other State
has more than }O,O 900.
The records of geographical distrlbu.
tion show that the great immigration OF
recent years has not weakened the ten
dency of the various nationaIitlcs 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
gresate in the larger cities with little
apparent regard to consideration OF Gil
mate.