Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-10-22
U. S. OPENS CATE
TO "a MILLIONS
q
immigration Figures Show the
Growth of Population in
Last Century.
BRITISH ARE IN MAJORITY
Germany Furnished the Second Lars-
est Number Seeking Homes In the
New World, With Italy Third
War Causes Decrease.

Washington. Thirty-four million
States In the past century. In the
some time the population of the coun'
Wy has increased 97,00O,000.
Until the World war the effect Of
immigration on the population increase
was very marked, amounting TO more
than Atty per cent in the decade end
ing In 1910. Ii exceeded forty per
cent In the ten years ended with the
present year, and immigration bureau
officials are Of the opinion that had the
war not interviewed the percentage TO:
this decade would have been greater
than that of the last.
From 1920 to 1880 the number of
immigrants arriving in the United
States was less than one per cent Of
the increase In population, the figures
being 143 439 immigrants and 3,227,5G7
population increase. In the next ten
years this one per cent had grown TO
swelve, the census Of 1910 showing a
population of 1908, 453, with an in
crease of 4203.433, while during the
same period 800 125 immigrants en-
tered the country.
In the next decade ended in 1850
the population increased 6,122,423
while immigration totaled 1,713,251,
or slightly more than sixteen per cent.
Jumps to IS Per Cent.
In the ten years ended in 1850 the
population Increase was S,251 ,445,
while immigrants offering the country
numbered 2,59S,214, or more than %
per cent of the population increase.
The next decade saw the population
increase 7115,050, and immigration
totaled 2,314, S24, or slightly more than
% per cent. The percentage decreased
during the ten years ended with 1880
owing to en- unusually large increase
In population. This increase was H.
597, 412, while the total Of immigra-
ton was 2,S12,191, or about 10 per
cent. In the decade ended In 1890 the
population increased 12,791931, while
5,246613 immigrants entered the
country, making the percentage about
40 per cent.
-
1900 there was sharp decrease In
immigration, with the result that per
sons coming into the country repre-
sented only about % per cent of the
population increase. This was 13,045,-
S81, while the number of immigrants
arriving was 1874 400.
While the population Increase re-
mained at about the same ratio during
the decade ended In 1910 there was
very decided increase in the number
OF immigrants, the former being 49,
977,691 and the latter S,795,3S6.
War Causes Decrease.
The estimated increase for the ten
years ended this year Is 100000
while the total number Of immigrants
during this period was 100000 The
percentage ratio thus was only about
43 per cent, this being due to the
falling off in immigration during the
four years OF the war.
OF the 100000 immigrants en-
tering the country In the last 100
years, nearly one-fourth Of them, or
8,205,675 came from England, Ire
land, Scotland and Wales. Germany
furnished the second largest number,
5.495,539 and Italy the third largest,
4,1OO,74O. Austria-Hungary was next
with 4,O6S,4 while Russia was fifth
with 1911 400. The Scandinavian
countries Denmark, Norway and
Sweden have sent 2,134,414 of their
citizens to the United States.
The total Of immigration from
France in the 100 years has been
423, 800, the largest number from
that country, 20,126, coming here in
1851. Switzerland has sent 256.707
persons and the Netherlands 2l4,50S.
British North America, including
Canada, has sent S34,45O and Mexico
217,256.
Belgium and Rumania have sent the
smallest number of any of the Euro
pean countries, the total for the form
er being 1857 and for the latter TO-
900