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.
How many immigrants that were Irish were living in New York in 1860?
Over 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.
How many immigrants that were Irish were living in New York in eighteen sixty?