European Immigration to the U.S. Honors Seminar Prof. Barr
Immigrant Arrivals to U.S. per 1,000 Residents in U.S.
* Extrapolated value.
Newark Population Characteristics,
Newark 1830s-1880s: German and Irish Immigration 1880s-1910s: Southern and Eastern Europe: –Italy and Greece –Polish, Hungarian, Russian, Lithuanian (many of whom were Jewish).
Foreign Born in Selected Large Cities, 1870 CityTotal Pop.Native Foreign born NumberPercent New York City, NY 942, , , Philadelphia, PA 674, , , Brooklyn, NY 396, , , St. Louis, MO 310, , , Chicago, IL 298, , , Newark, NJ 105,059 69,175 35, Jersey City, NJ 82,546 50,711 31,