The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-02
INTERESTING FACTS.
POPULATION OF CONNECTI-
 CUT

As Regards Nationatity-Fig"Fes
 Which Show Imperative Need of i"-
 crea,ed Missionary Work Through
 out nnecticut-Fo ourteem Thousand
 Dollars Thus Expended in si"gie
 Year.
 The following interesting statistics or the charcter of the population of Con- necticut as to distribution, nationality and religion are compiled by Rev. Joel S. Ives, secretary of the Missionary So- ciety of Connecticut:
 Population of Connecticut.
 The twelfth census reports the total population of the state as 90S,420. In 1890 it was 746,25S; in 1880, 6227OO; in 1870, 537,454; in 1860, 460,1a7; in S5o' 370, ,792. The increase of population in the decade was 21.7 per cent. Of this total population Al per cent. are native whites, 31 per cent. are na- tive white of foreign parents, 26 per cent. are foreign whites, per cent. are negroes.
 EMIGRATION. Connecticut people are to be found everywhere. During the decade l5 per cent. of the native population have em- igrated. The largest number of na- lives of Connecticut living out of the state may be found in New York 36, 210-next in Massachusetts-32,S5 ,S52- next in Rhode Island-12, ,017-snd in varying numbers through all the states,
 with total of 142254. There are 30,- 900 people born in Connecticut now in "the west"
 The fact to be remembered with ref erence to the missionary problem is that this emigration is present fact l 15 per cent. having emigrated during
 the decade.
 Foreign Connecticut. The census of 1900 enumerates as fol- lows: Irish 1SS,411, German 72,s25, Eng fish and Canadian English 54,604 French and Canadian French 4O,717 Italian 27,761, Swedish 26,75s, Russian 17,9S4, Polish 14691, Scotch 13,99S. Hun garians S,356. Austrian 1915, Danish 4,147, Swiss 2,910, Welch 1908, Norweg- ian 1,230, Bohemian 959 and other ma tionalities 5, 739. These figures, because of the method of taking the census, are about per cent. less than the tota foreign population enumerated. l In 1870 Connecticut was 37.9 foreign | in 1890, 50.3; in 1900, 573; Massachusetts | Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Yori and New Jersey in 1870 were 42.S for eign: in 1890, 53.9; in 1900, 59.1 Maine | New Hampshire and Vermont in 1S7t were 17.9 foreign; in 1890, 2S,s; in 1900
 33.5.
 Five Largest Cities. New Haven, total population, 108,'
 o27: foreign population, 6S,SS5; per cent
 foreign population, 5O.112; per cent. ma tive, 36.
 Hartford, total population, 79,s5o; for. eign population, 50.112; per cent for eign, 63; native population, 29,73S p;ei cent. native, B.
 | Bridgeport total population, 7O,996
 foreign population, 4S,O00; per cent for 1 eign, 79: native population, 12S14; pei cent. native, 32 | Waterbury, total population, 45,s59
 foreign population. 33,545; per cent for
 eign, 1S; native population, 12,S14 pel cent. native, 27.
 l New Britain, total population, 25,99S foreign population, 1S,291; per cent
 foreign, "A; native population, 6,7o7; pei cent. native, 26.
 The highest percentages of foreig1
 population in any city in the United States are to be found in Fall River
 Mass. S6.1: Woonsocket, R. l., sS.6
 Holyoke, Mass. s3.2: Lawrence, Mass.
 s3.1; Milwaukee, Wis, 72.7: Hoboken
 N. J., S1.4.
 Immigration for the Year. There came into Connecticut during
 the year ending June 30 1900. of ltai' lians 2 899, Poles 2,42S, Irish 1,579. Sio walks 1,101, Scandinavians 975. Hebrew:
 BPS, Germans $50, Margyars 7Ss, Lithu
 anians 736, Croatians Ill, I4uthenian' I ---r.-.- --. .