Middletown transcript., 1921-04-30
FOREIGNERS IN
j. 5. DECREASE
War Exodus Reflected in Gen.
sus Bureau Statistics
DECLINE NEARLY 100000
italians And Poles Jump-The Former
Reaister Gain Of 64,3S3 For
Decade And Latter
195,797.

Washington.-Russia, Austria, Ire
land and Germany, natives of which
made up more than SO per cent Of the
country's total foreign-born population
ten years ago, showed heavy losses In
the number of their natives in the
United States during the last ten years
Census Bureau statistics show. These
losses aggregated almost two million
and are believed to have been due
largely to the World War, with its con.
sequent exodus of belligerent ma
tionals, and the stoppage of immigra.
ton.
German-born showed loss of 818,.
OBS, Austrian-born loss Of 600,014,
Irish-born a loss of 316,571 and Rus.
sian-born a loss of 203,783. While
Germany had the largest loss numer.
ically, Austria's loss was relatively the
largest, having been more than so per
cent.
Notwithstanding these heavy losses,
the country's total foreign-born popu.
lation, as just announced by the Blu.
reau of Census in a preliminary state.
ment prepared for the early use OF
Congress, showed 81 increase of $685..
442, Of 2.6 per cent, the total number
of foreign-born being 13,703,9s7. The
increase is believed to have been the
smallest, both in number and percent.
age, ever recorded for any decade. In
the previous decade, 19O0-1O, the in.
crease was 3,174,610, or 20.7 per cent.
Germany led as the country of birth
of the foreign-born in the United
States 10 years ago with a total of
more than 100000 and still leads,
although the number was reduced to
1882 a decrease of 818,035. The
number of natives of Germany have
continued to show loss each decade
since 1890, but the last decades de-
crease was the largest ever shown.
The standing of other countries in
the foreign-born population of the Unit
ed States has changed somewhat from
10 years ago. Italy has taken second
place from Russia with an increase
of 264,333 in the ten years, compared
with an increase of $4,000 in the
previous decade and a total for 1920
of 1,607,458.
Russia has taken third place from
Ireland, but showed a decrease of
! 203,783, compared with an increase
of about 100000 in the decade
1900-1O. Natives of Russia in the
United States number 1,398,999.
Poland has gone into fourth place,
which was occupied by Italy, with
an increase of 195,797 in the ten
years, bringing her total to 1,139,57S.
Ireland, which has shown de-
creases in each decade since 1890,
had a larger decrease during the last
decade than in any previous one, the
loss having been 316,571, compared
with a decrease of 63,208 for 1900
10. The total number of Irish-born
in the United States in 1920 was l.
035,680, ranking that country fifth.
Canada showed a decrease of 87,501
I
in the ten years, compared with an
increase of $4,000 the previous decade,
and dropped from fifth to sixth place.
Total Canadians number 1,117,136
French Canadians numbered 3O7,6S1
and showed a loss of 77,402 in the ten
years, while other Canadians num-
bered 809,455 and showed a loss OF
10,O99.
Persons born in England numbered
812, ,414, which was a decrease OF
65,305 in the ten years, compared with
an increase of $4,000 the previous ten
years. England ranked seventh, which
place she held ten years ago.
Sweden continued to hold eighth
place with a total of 624,759 Thai
was q decrease of 40,44S in the ter
years, compared with an increase o1
$4,000 the previous decade.
Austria, with the second largest nu
merical loss of any country during tht
ten years, dropped into ninth place
from the sixth position. The decrease
in the number of her natives in th'
United States was 600014, compared
with an increase of $4,000 during tn
previous decade. Austria's total ma
tives in the United States numbered
! 574,959.