The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-04-20
l,35l,4oo FOREIGN
BORN IRISH IN US
This Means That 10 Per Cent of
Foreign-Born White Population
is From Ireland.
Census of 1910 Shows a Decrease
of Irish-Born Population in
Last Decade.
Of the 13,342,500 Foreign-Born
Whites in u. s., 2,499, 200 Come
From Germany.

preliminary statement giving the
distribution of the foreign born white
population Of continental United States
according to country of birth, as shown
by the returns Of the Thirteenth De-
cennial Census, taken as OF April Is,
1910, has been issued by Director Dur
and, of the Bureau Of Census, Depart
ment OF Commerce and Labor.
Table No. l gives comparative fig
ures for each principal country OF
birth as shown by the censuses of 1900
and 1910 and also in each case the
numerical increase during the decade.
immigration from 1921 to 1870.
From 1921 to 1870, natives Of Ger
many, Great Britain, Ireland, Scandi-
navia and Canada together contrib
uted substantially nine-terths of all
the immigrants to this country, but
since 1870 their proportion Of the to-
tai number has steadily declined-from
somewhat more than four-fifths for
lS71-1SSO to three-fourths for 1881
1890, about two-fifths for 1s91-19OO,
and only little more thaa one-f1fth
for 1901-191o.
Immigrants from Austria Hungary
Italy and Russia, on the ether hand
| constituted less than per cent of al
the immigrants from 1921 to 1870, bu,
there after their proportion has stead
| lily increased--from about one-six-
tcenth for 1S71-1S80 to one sixth fol
1SS1-1s9o, one-half for 1s9l-19OO, and
very nearly two-thirls for 1901-1910.
AS the result of these changes in the
sources OF immigration to this coun,
try, and because of the very large
number of immigrants during tho dec.
ade 19O1-1910, the relative distribution
of the foreign-born white population
at the last two federal censuses, ant
the increase or decrease Of Its con.
stituent elements since 1900, Is a mat.
ter of very considerable interest ant
Importance.
Relative Distribution Of Foreign Born
At the census of 1910, out of an an
proximate total for continental Unite,
States of 13,342,500 foreign Dor,
whites, the persons borh in German,
numbered 2,499,2OO and constitute
1877 per cent, as compared with 2,S13.
413 in 1900, or 27.5 per cent of the to
tai at that census. This j.; a loss II
the number of natives OF German,
during the decade of 314,213, or IL.
per cent.
A similar condition is also apparen
with respect to natives of Ireland. A
the census of 1910 there were rcporte,
1851 400 persons born in Ireland, con
stituting 10.1 per cent OF the entir
foreign-born white population, as com
pared with 1,615,232 persons SO borr
or 1873 per cent Of the total. at tn
preceding census. loss from 1900 t
1910 Of 263,s32, or 1853 per cent.
During the decade 19OO-1910 ther
was an increase in the number of ma
tives of Great Britain from 1,16s,s6
to 1,221,440, or 4.7 per cont, althoug
for natives of Wales alone there wa
decrease Of very nearly 1900; a
increase in the number of natives c
Canada and Newfoundland from l.
172.745 to 1.19s,ooo, or 90 per cent
and an increase in the number Of ma
tives of Norway, Sweden and Dcnmar
from 1,o62,124 to 1.250.0o0, or 17.7 nc
cent. Natives Of each of these grour
Of countries, as well as Of German
t and Ireland. constituted considcrabl
: less proportion Of the total foreign
, born white population in 1910 than
: 1900. Natives Of all of these countrie
}. taken together were 56.4 rer cent {
Z the total in 1910 as against 7s.8 pt
, cent in 1900. ...