1. European Immigration to the U.S. Honors Seminar Prof. Barr

3. Immigrant Arrivals to U.S. per 1,000 Residents in U.S.

4. * Extrapolated value.

5. Newark Population Characteristics, 1850-1990

8. 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).

9. Foreign Born in Selected Large Cities, 1870 CityTotal Pop.Native Foreign born NumberPercent New York City, NY 942,292 523,198 419,09444.5 Philadelphia, PA 674,022 490,398 183,62427.2 Brooklyn, NY 396,099 251,381 144,71836.5 St. Louis, MO 310,864 198,615 112,24936.1 Chicago, IL 298,977 154,420 144,55748.4 Newark, NJ 105,059 69,175 35,88434.2 Jersey City, NJ 82,546 50,711 31,83538.6