Jewish Immigration to the United States from 1881 to 1910 Part 13

STATISTICAL TABLES

TABLE IA

PARTIc.i.p.aTION OF JEWS IN OCCUPATIONS IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE, 1897[1]

------------------------+----------+----------+------------------- Group of occupation | Total | Jews | Per cent of total ------------------------+----------+----------+------------------- Agricultural pursuits | 18245287 | 40611 | .2 Professional service | 988813 | 71950 | 7.5 Personal service[2] | 5150012 | 277466 | 5.4 Manufacturing and | | | mechanical pursuits | 5169919 | 542563 | 10.5 Transportation | 714745 | 45944 | 6.4 Commerce[2] | 1256330 | 452193 | 36.0 ------------------------+----------+----------+------------------- Total | 31525106 | 1430727 | 4.5 ------------------------+----------+----------+------------------- [1] Compiled from Rubinow, p. 500.

[2] _Cf._ Rubinow, note, p. 500.

TABLE IB

PARTIc.i.p.aTION OF JEWS IN OCCUPATIONS IN THE PALE OF JEWISH SETTLEMENT, 1897[1]

-----------------------+----------+----------+------------------ Group of occupation | Total | Jews |Per cent of total -----------------------+----------+----------+------------------ Agricultural pursuits | 6071413 | 38538 | .6 Professional service | 317710 | 67238 | 21.1 Personal service[2] | 2139981 | 250078 | 11.6 Manufacturing and | | | mechanical pursuits | 1573519 | 504844 | 32.1 Transportation | 211983 | 44177 | 20.8 Commerce[2] | 556086 | 426628 | 76.7 -----------------------+----------+----------+------------------ Total | 10870692 | 1331503 | 12.2 -----------------------+----------+----------+------------------

[1] Compiled from Rubinow, p. 501.

[2] _Cf._ Rubinow, note, p. 500.

TABLE II

JEWISH IMMIGRATION AT THE PORTS OF NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA AND BALTIMORE, JULY TO JUNE, 1886 to 1898[1]

-------+----------+--------------+-----------+-------- Year | New York | Philadelphia | Baltimore | Total -------+----------+--------------+-----------+-------- 1886 | 19548 | 1625 | -- | 21173 1887 | 30866 | 2178 | -- | 33044 1888 | 26946 | 1935 | -- | 28881 1889 | 23958 | 1394 | -- | 25352 1890 | 26963 | 1676 | -- | 28639 1891 | 47098 | 2719 | 1581[2]| 51398 1892 | 66544 | 4677 | 5152 | 76373 1893 | 29059 | 4322[3] | 1941 | 35322 1894 | 23444 | 3833 | 1902 | 29179 1895 | 21422 | 3672 | 1097 | 26191 1896 | 27846 | 3016 | 1986 | 32848 1897 | 17362 | 1613 | 1397 | 20372 1898 | 19222 | 2121 | 2311 | 23654 -------+----------+--------------+-----------+-------- Total | 380278 | 34781 | 17367 | 432426 -------+----------+--------------+-----------+--------

[1] Table II and all succeeding tables are arranged from July 1st to June 30th, the fiscal year.

[2] Baltimore statistics begin October.

[3] Philadelphia figures for August missing.

TABLE III

JEWISH IMMIGRATION AT THE PORT OF NEW YORK, JULY, 1885, TO JUNE, 1886, BY MONTH AND COUNTRY OF NATIVITY[1]

-----------+--------+-----------------+----------+--------+------- Month | Russia | Austria-Hungary | Roumania | Others | Total -----------+--------+-----------------+----------+--------+------- July | 1130 | 354 | 58 | 107 | 1649 August | 1512 | 448 | 33 | 121 | 2114 September | 945 | 185 | 20 | 119 | 1269 October | 785 | 236 | 12 | 216 | 1249 November | 1347 | 589 | 21 | 80 | 2037 December | 574 | 249 | 17 | 62 | 902 January | 565 | 202 | 4 | 26 | 797 February | 492 | 228 | 16 | 44 | 780 March | 1077 | 444 | 35 | 66 | 1622 April | 639 | 309 | 28 | 55 | 1031 May | 791 | 521 | 31 | 70 | 1413 June | 3017 | 1365 | 210 | 93 | 4685 -----------+--------+-----------------+----------+--------+------- Total | 12874 | 5130 | 485 | 1059 | 19548 -----------+--------+-----------------+----------+--------+-------

[1] Compiled from reports of the United Hebrew Charities of New York.

TABLE IVA

JEWISH IMMIGRATION AT THE PORT OF PHILADELPHIA, 1886 TO 1898, BY COUNTRY OF NATIVITY

-------+------+-----+--------+-----+--------+-----+------+-----+------ | | Per |Austria-| Per | | Per | | Per | Year |Russia| cent|Hungary | cent|Roumania| cent|Others| cent|Total -------+------+-----+--------+-----+--------+-----+------+-----+------ 1886 | 1218 | 75 | 196 | 12 | 33 | 2 | 178 | 11 | 1625 1887 | 1699 | 78 | 262 | 12 | 86 | 4 | 131 | 6 | 2178 1888 | 1432 | 74 | 232 | 12 | 97 | 5 | 174 | 9 | 1935 1889 | 1129 | 81 | 125 | 9 | 42 | 3 | 98 | 7 | 1394 1890 | 1424 | 85 | 184 | 11 | 34 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 1676 1891 | 2447 | 90 | [1] | -- | [1] | -- | 272 | 10 | 2719 1892 | 3929 | 84 | 561 | 12 | 47 | 1 | 140 | 3 | 4677 1893 | 3025 | 70 | 519 | 12 | 43 | 1 | 735 | 17 | 4322 1894 | 2951 | 77 | 422 | 11 | 77 | 2 | 383 | 10 | 3833 1895 | 1983 | 54 | 624 | 17 | 73 | 2 | 992 | 27 | 3672 1896 | 1538 | 51 | 875 | 29 | 60 | 2 | 543 | 18 | 3016 1897 | 1049 | 65 | 355 | 22 | 32 | 2 | 177 | 11 | 1613 1898 | 1611 | 76 | 382 | 18 | 64 | 3 | 64 | 3 | 2121 -------+------+-----+--------+-----+--------+-----+------+-----+------ Total |25435 | 73 | 4737 | 14 | 688 | 2 | 3921 | 11 |34781 -------+------+-----+--------+-----+--------+-----+------+-----+------

[1] Immigrants from Austria-Hungary and Roumania were this year grouped under "all others" in the original tables.

TABLE IVB

JEWISH IMMIGRATION AT THE PORT OF BALTIMORE, 1891 TO 1898, BY COUNTRY OF NATIVITY

-------+------+-----+--------+-----+--------+-----+------+-----+------ | | Per |Austria-| Per | | Per | | Per | Year |Russia| cent|Hungary | cent|Roumania| cent|Others| cent| Total -------+------+-----+--------+-----+--------+-----+------+-----+------ 1891 | 1423 | 90 | [1] | -- | [1] | -- | 158 | 10 | 1581 1892 | 4328 | 84 | 618 | 12 | 52 | 1 | 154 | 3 | 5152 1893 | 1388 | 70 | 232 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 302 | 17 | 1941 1894 | 1465 | 77 | 209 | 11 | 38 | 2 | 190 | 10 | 1902 1895 | 592 | 54 | 187 | 17 | 22 | 2 | 296 | 27 | 1097 1896 | 1013 | 51 | 576 | 29 | 40 | 2 | 357 | 18 | 1986 1897 | 908 | 65 | 307 | 22 | 28 | 2 | 154 | 11 | 1397 1898 | 1757 | 76 | 416 | 18 | 69 | 3 | 69 | 3 | 2311 -------+------+-----+--------+-----+--------+-----+------+-----+------ Total |12874 | 74 | 2545 | 15 | 268 | 2 | 1680 | 9 |17367 -------+------+-----+--------+-----+--------+-----+------+-----+------

[1] Immigrants from Austria-Hungary and Roumania were this year grouped under "all others" in the original tables.

TABLE V[1]

JEWISH IMMIGRATION AT THE PORTS OF NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA AND BALTIMORE, 1886 TO 1898, BY COUNTRY OF NATIVITY

-------+-----------------+-----------------------------------+-------- | | Ports | Year | Country of |----------+------------+-----------| Total | nativity | New York |Philadelphia| Baltimore | -------+-----------------+----------+------------+-----------+-------- 1886 | Russia | 12874 | 1218 | -- | 14092 | Austria-Hungary | 5130 | 196 | -- | 5326 | Roumania | 485 | 33 | -- | 518 1887 | Russia | 21404 | 1699 | -- | 23103 | Austria-Hungary | 6636 | 262 | -- | 6898 | Roumania | 1977 | 86 | -- | 2063 1888 | Russia | 18784 | 1432 | -- | 20216 | Austria-Hungary | 5753 | 232 | -- | 5985 | Roumania | 1556 | 97 | -- | 1653 1889 | Russia | 17209 | 1129 | -- | 18338 | Austria-Hungary | 4873 | 125 | -- | 4998 | Roumania | 1016 | 42 | -- | 1058 1890 | Russia | 19557 | 1424 | -- | 20981 | Austria-Hungary | 6255 | 184 | -- | 6439 | Roumania | 428 | 34 | -- | 462 1891 | Russia | 39587 | 2447 | 1423 | 43457 | Austria-Hungary | 5890 | [1] | [1] | 5890 | Roumania | 854 | [1] | [1] | 854 1892 | Russia | 55996 | 3929 | 4328 | 64253 | Austria-Hungary | 7464 | 561 | 618 | 8643 | Roumania | 641 | 47 | 52 | 740 1893 | Russia | 20748 | 3025 | 1388 | 25161 | Austria-Hungary | 5612 | 519 | 232 | 6363 | Roumania | 493 | 43 | 19 | 555 1894 | Russia | 16331 | 2951 | 1465 | 20747 | Austria-Hungary | 5285 | 422 | 209 | 5916 | Roumania | 501 | 77 | 38 | 616 1895 | Russia | 14152 | 1983 | 592 | 16727 | Austria-Hungary | 5236 | 624 | 187 | 6047 | Roumania | 423 | 73 | 22 | 518 1896 | Russia | 17617 | 1538 | 1013 | 20168 | Austria-Hungary | 8380 | 875 | 576 | 9831 | Roumania | 644 | 60 | 40 | 744 1897 | Russia | 11106 | 1049 | 908 | 13063 | Austria-Hungary | 5010 | 355 | 307 | 5672 | Roumania | 456 | 32 | 28 | 516 1898 | Russia | 11581 | 1611 | 1757 | 14949 | Austria-Hungary | 6569 | 382 | 416 | 7367 | Roumania | 587 | 64 | 69 | 720 -------+-----------------+----------+------------+-----------+-------- Total | ------ | 380278 | 34781 | 17367 | 432426 -------+-----------------+----------+------------+-----------+--------

[1] See note to Tables IVa and IVb. For Tables VI and VII, see pp. 93 and 94.

TABLE VIII

JEWISH IMMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES, 1881 TO 1910, ABSOLUTE NUMBERS AND PERCENTAGES, BY DECADE AND COUNTRY OF NATIVITY

-------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------- | Absolute numbers | Percentages Country of +-------+---------------+-------+-----+-----+------ nativity | | 1881- | 1891- | 1901- |1881-|1891-|1901- | Total | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 |1890 |1900 |1910 -------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-----+-----+------ Russia |1119059| 135003| 279811| 704245| 69.9| 71.1| 72.1 Austria-Hungary | 281150| 44619| 83720| 152811| 23.1| 21.3| 15.7 Roumania | 67057| 6967| 12789| 47301| 3.6| 3.2| 4.8 United Kingdom | 42589| -- | -- | 42589| --| --| 4.4 Germany | 20454| 5354| 8827| 6273| 2.8| 2.3| .7 British North | | | | | | | America | 9701| -- | -- | 9701| --| --| 1.0 Turkey | 5081| -- | -- | 5081| --| --| .5 France | 2273| -- | -- | 2273| --| --| .2 All others | 15436| 1078| 8369| 5989| .6| 2.1| .6 -------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-----+------------ Total |1562800| 193021| 393516| 976263|100.0|100.0|100.0 -------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-----+------------

TABLE IX

JEWISH IMMIGRATION FROM RUSSIA, 1881 TO 1910, BY YEAR AND PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL ARRIVING EACH YEAR

-------+-------------------+------------------- Year | Jewish immigrants | Per cent of total -------+-------------------+------------------- 1881 | 3125 | 0.3 1882 | 10489 | 0.9 1883 | 6144 | 0.5 1884 | 7867 | 0.7 1885 | 10648 | 1.0 1886 | 14092 | 1.3 1887 | 23103 | 2.1 1888 | 20216 | 1.8 1889 | 18338 | 1.6 1890 | 20981 | 1.9 1891 | 43457 | 3.9 1892 | 64253 | 5.7 1893 | 25161 | 2.2 1894 | 20747 | 1.9 1895 | 16727 | 1.5 1896 | 20168 | 1.8 1897 | 13063 | 1.2 1898 | 14949 | 1.3 1899 | 24275 | 2.2 1900 | 37011 | 3.3 1901 | 37660 | 3.4 1902 | 37846 | 3.4 1903 | 47689 | 4.3 1904 | 77544 | 6.9 1905 | 92388 | 8.2 1906 | 125234 | 11.2 1907 | 114932 | 10.3 1908 | 71978 | 6.4 1909 | 39150 | 3.5 1910 | 59824 | 5.3 -------+-------------------+------------------- Total | 1119059 | 100.0 -------+-------------------+-------------------

TABLE X

JEWISH IMMIGRATION FROM RUSSIA, 1887 to 1910, BY DECADE AND PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL ARRIVING EACH DECADE

-----------+-------------------+------------------- Decade | Jewish immigrants | Per cent of total -----------+-------------------+------------------- 1881-1890 | 135003 | 12.1 1891-1900 | 279811 | 25.0 1901-1910 | 704245 | 62.9 -----------+-------------------+------------------- Total | 1119059 | 100.0 -----------+-------------------+-------------------

TABLE XI

JEWISH IMMIGRATION FROM RUSSIA AT THE PORT OF NEW YORK, JANUARY 1, 1891 TO DECEMBER 31, 1891, AND JANUARY 1, 1892 TO DECEMBER 31, 1892, BY MONTH