The Great Irish Famine brought a large influx of Irish immigrants. Over 200,000 were living in New York by 1860, upwards of a quarter of the city's population. There was also extensive immigration from the German provinces, where revolutions had disrupted societies, and Germans comprised another 25% of New York's population by 1860.
In 1860, approximately how many people of Irish extraction were in New York?
200,000
Over 200,000 were living in New York by 1860, upwards of a quarter of the city's population.
Over two hundred thousand were living in New York by eighteen sixty, upwards of a quarter of the city's population.
In eighteen sixty, approximately how many people of Irish extraction were in New York?