Appendixes — Appendix a Table I — Aliens or Americans? by Howard B. Grose

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Appendix a Table I100

Number of Immigrants Arrived in the United States Each Year From 1820 to 1905, Both Inclusive

Period	Number
Year ending September 30—
1820	8,385
1821	9,127
1822	6,911
1823	6,354
1824	7,912
1825	10,199
1826	10,837
1827	18,875
1828	27,382
1829	22,520
1830	23,322
1831	22,633
Oct. 1, 1831, to Dec. 31, 1832	60,482
Year ending December 31—
1833	58,640
1834	65,365
1835	45,374
1836	76,242
1837	79,340
1838	38,914
1839	68,069
1840	84,066
1841	80,289
1842	104,565
Jan. 1 to Sept. 30, 1843	52,496
Year ending September 30—
1844	78,615
1845	114,371
1846	154,416
1847	234,968
1848	226,527
1849	297,024
1850	310,004
Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, 1850	59,976
Year ending December 31—
1851	379,466
1852	371,603
1853	368,645
1854	427,833
1855	200,877
1856	195,857
Jan. 1 to June 30, 1857	112,123
Year ending June 30—
1858	191,942
1859	129,571
1860	133,143
Year ending June 30—
1861	142,877
1862	72,183
1863	132,925
1864	191,114
1865	180,339
1866	332,577
1867	303,104
1868	282,189
1869	352,768
1870	387,203
1871	321,350
1872	404,806
1873	459,803
1874	313,339
1875	227,498
1876	169,986
1877	141,857
1878	138,469
1879	177,826
1880	457,257
1881	669,431
1882	788,992
1883	603,322
1884	518,592
1885	395,346
1886	334,203
1887	490,109
1888	546,889
1889	444,427
1890	455,302
1891	560,319
1892	579,663
1893	439,730
1894	285,631
1895	258,536
1896	343,267
1897	230,832
1898	229,299
1899	311,715
1900	448,572
1901	487,918
1902	648,743
1903	857,046
1904	812,870
1905	1,026,499
1906 101	1,100,735

Table II

Race, Sex, and Age of Immigrants Admitted in 1905

Race or people	Male	Female	Total	Under 14 years	14 to 44 years	45 yrs. and over
African (black)	2,325	1,273	3,598	433	2,974	191
Armenian	1,339	539	1,878	246	1,529	103
Bohemian and Moravian	6,662	5,095	11,757	2,620	8,442	695
Bulgarian, Servian, and Montenegrin	5,562	261	5,823	97	5,529	197
Chinese	1,883	88	1,971	28	1,666	277
Croatian and Slovenian	30,253	4,851	35,104	1,383	32,470	1,251
Cuban	4,925	2,334	7,259	1,346	5,225	688
Dalmatian, Bosnian, and Herzegovinian	2,489	150	2,639	62	2,450	127
Dutch and Flemish	5,693	2,805	8,498	1,699	6,085	714
East Indian	137	8	145	3	122	20
English	31,965	18,900	50,865	6,956	36,726	7,183
Filipino	4	1	5		4	1
Finnish	11,907	5,105	17,012	1,483	15,047	482
French	6,705	4,642	11,347	1,121	8,825	1,401
German	49,647	32,713	82,360	11,469	64,441	6,450
Greek	11,586	558	12,144	446	11,523	175
Hebrew	82,076	47,834	129,910	28,553	95,964	5,393
Irish	24,640	29,626	54,266	2,580	48,562	3,124
Italian (north)	31,695	8,235	39,930	3,569	34,561	1,800
Italian (south)	155,007	31,383	186,390	16,915	159,024	10,451
Japanese	9,810	1,211	11,021	124	10,588	309
Korean	4,506	423	4,929	325	4,557	47
Lithuanian	13,842	4,762	18,604	1,474	16,875	255
Magyar	34,242	11,788	46,030	3,864	39,926	2,240
Mexican	152	75	227	29	169	29
Pacific Islander	13	4	17	1	15	1
Polish	72,452	29,985	102,437	9,867	89,914	2,656
Portuguese	2,992	1,863	4,855	1,035	3,381	439
Roumanian	7,244	574	7,818	153	7,293	372
Russian	2,700	1,046	3,746	591	2,988	167
Ruthenian (Russniak)	10,820	3,653	14,473	661	13,321	491
Scandinavian (Norwegians, Danes, and Swedes)	37,202	25,082	62,284	6,597	52,226	3,461
Scotch	10,472	5,672	16,144	2,270	12,109	1,765
Slovak	38,038	14,330	52,368	4,582	45,882	1,904
Spanish	4,724	866	5,590	403	4,612	575
Spanish-American	1,146	512	1,658	223	1,232	203
Syrian	3,248	1,574	4,822	742	3,843	237
Turkish	2,082	63	2,145	45	2,073	27
Welsh	1,549	982	2,531	464	1,726	341
West Indian (except Cuban)	892	656	1,548	187	1,209	152
All other peoples	288	63	351	22	311	18
Total	724,914	301,585	1,026,499	114,668	855,419	56,412

Here we have forty-four races or nationalities differentiated. Surely this is a medley of peoples to be harmonized. Note the vast proportion of working age.

Table III

Debarred in 1905, for Reasons Given

Race or People	Idiots	Insane	Paupers or likely to be public charges	Loathsome or contagious diseases	Contract laborers	Relieved in hospital
African (black)	-	-	107	-	13	3
Armenian	-	-	25	50	5	78
Bohemian and
Moravian	-	1	38	8	5	104
Bulgarian, Servian, and Montenegrin	-	-	314	19	62	37
Chinese	-	1	9	74	3	2
Croatian and Slovenian	-	-	263	88	32	128
Cuban	-	1	22	4	11	-
Dalmatian, Bosnian,
and Herzegovinian	-	-	41	3	13	18
Dutch and Flemish	2	1	51	7	5	41
East Indian	-	-	12	-	1	3
English	4	9	328	28	58	144
Finnish	2	1	33	46	4	89
French	-	2	94	9	23	48
German	5	8	420	100	60	747
Greek	-	-	193	22	60	70
Hebrew	10	10	1,208	353	33	1,534
Irish	4	13	175	28	15	243
Italian (north)	-	2	169	41	42	158
Italian (south)	6	19	1,578	247	205	1,290
Japanese	-	1	238	285	13	2
Korean	-	-	4	18	-	1
Lithuanian	2	1	48	92	8	269
Magyar	-	-	427	103	18	363
Mexican	-	-	7	8	-	2
Polish	-	4	444	204	125	991
Portuguese	-	-	50	7	1	26
Roumanian	-	-	388	14	111	47
Russian	-	3	66	27	1	59
Ruthenian (Russniak)	1	1	186	14	13	115
Scandinavian
(Norwegians, Danes,
and Swedes)	2	9	152	43	14	253
Scotch	-	2	77	10	21	75
Slovak	-	-	275	66	47	491
Spanish	-	1	66	6	63	23
Spanish American	-	-	13	4	1	6
Syrian	-	-	124	155	59	200
Turkish	-	-	46	9	5	17
Welsh	-	1	12	1	13	8
West Indian (except Cuban)	-	1	20	-	-	17
All other peoples	-	-	195	5	-	74
Grand total	38	92	7,898	2,198	1,164	7,776

Wave of Immigration Into the United States From All Countries During 87 Years

Estimated Arrivals 1776 to 1820 250,000 Arrivals 1820 to 1906 24,032,718

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