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gressive people of the South see the advantage of this stream of immi- 
gration and are devising means to divert a portion of it to their section. 
Hitherto it has been benefited by it only in a slight degree. The eleven 
States south and west of the Potomac, or the cotton States, have only 
210,684 persons of foreign birth in a population of 9,487,386, or 23 per 
cent; excluding Louisiana and Texas , but one per cent. 
A statement, by occupations, of the number of passengers arrived in the United States for the 
Jifiy-one years ended December 31, 13870 
Occupation. P 1800 “0 | 182039. | 1831-40. | 1841-'50. | 1851~"60. 51-00. | 1861-"70. tore. | A Aggro: 
iirc: poe amare 10, 280 53, 169 281,229 | 527, 639 526,199 | 1,398, ae 
DOD. Skee Se er 15, 005 88, 240 256, 880 404, 712 211, 7142 976, 5 
Mechanics, not specified...|......-.- 6, 805 56, 582 164, 411 179, 726 163. 994 571, ae 
Loe a aes 19, 434 41, 881 46, 388 124, 149 94, 200 326, 052 
Soy Ue a | = aims Stent 1, 327 2, 571 24, 538 2 058 91, 204 140, 698 
i 8 oa eee rer 341 368 1, 735 37, 523 52) 214 92) 181 
ERIOE HG Sees 2% Soo Sonne ccf acaues suse 4, 995 8, 004 6 398 10, 087 18, 788 45, 272 
Lol a Ae eee tite 8, 882 1, 143 1, 065 792 16, 123 20, 010 
Weavers and spinners...--|.-..-----. 2, 937 6, 600 1, 303 WT 3, 233 14, 790 
LDC En Soe eee 805 1, 959 2, 116 2, 229 3, aoe 10, 393 
Seamstresses, dress- 
makers, and milliners. |--.-.-..-.. 413 1, 672 2, 096 1, 065 3, 405 8, 651 
OU) Da Oe ee 415 932 1, 559 1, 420 3, 117 7, 443 
I ee ea ie wis a ewido <2|crennnie asin = 583 569 23 92 6, 766 8, 038 
oS ee eee 139 513 1, 223 615 3, 669 6, 159 
“0 fGnE) 5. Ee re 329 432 76 108 5, 651 6, 556 
0 i hs A Oe 983 2, 252 65 334 4, 786 8, 420 
Shoemakers ....-...-..--. {a2 SR ee 1, 109 1, 196 63 336 4, 563 8, 037 
MEATRHAGGOICLS . 2 .55--.-|5--+-2---- 1,175 107 1, 833 1, 005 1, 400 4, 520 
Lawyers 244 + 461 831 1, 440 1, 545 4, 221 
IA aes tos 2 RE 793 1, 435 24 4, 682 6, 992 
Engineers -.---.--..--.--. 226 3iL 654 825 1, 738 3, 754 
Teachers | 275 267 | 832 154 2, LO9 a 637 
Mer Ss 255024... | 199 189 33 210 64 1,279 
Painters......... 232 369 8 38 1, 484 2,131 
PNIMOU ss Je 2 os. . de: 179 472 14 40 512 1,217 
LOT OEM DES: Sa i 140 165 236 188 612 1, 341 
J SG eA Cae eS 183 87 233 85 268 856 
Wi ee ee 2 ae ee 137 114 1 4 102 358 
Other occupations -.-..-..|.-.------. 5, 466 4, 004 2, 892 18, 844 7, 972 34, 178 
ges: tious not stated, 
without occupation. | *250,060 | 101,442} 363, 252 969, 411 | 1,544,494 | 1,572,938 | 4, 801, 537 
Gro i i eee 250, 000 76,473 | 640,086 | 1, 768,175 | 2, 874,687 | 2, 808,913 | 8, 518, 334 
Deduct citizens of the 
iPaiied States: ...-../3).)-...4.55 24, 640 40, 961 54, 924 276, 473 317, 462 714, 469 
Jha Se eee ae 250,000 | 151,824 | 599, 125 | 1, 713, 251 | 2,598, 214 | 2, 491, 451 | 7, 803, 865 
* Estimated. 
A statement, by countries, of the number of alien passengers arrived in the United States from 
foreign countries, from the commencement of the Government to December 31, 1870. 
Prior to} 1820 to | 1831 to | 1841 to 1851 to 1861 to Aggre- 
Countries. 1920. | 1830. | 1840. | 1950. 1360, 1870. gate. 
Sacer ee 15, 837 7, 611 32, 092 247, 125 213, 527 516, 192 
ws 's\aaia abate 57, 278 | 198, 233 733, 434 936, 665 774, 883 | 2, 700, 493 
sea ceeue 3, 180 2, 667 3, 712 38, 331 36, 733 84, 623 
Pr. 170 185 1, 261 6, 319 4, 500 12, 435 
Great Britain, not specified...|......... 5, 362 | 74, 495 277, 264 109, 653 77, 333 544, 107 
Total from British Isles...|........ 81, 827 | 283,191 | 1, 047, 763 | 1,338, 093 | 1, 106,976 | 3, 857, 850 
Germany toes. Ae ee 7, 583 | 14%, 204 422,477 907, 780 781, 456 | 2, 267, 500 
REG aes eee ah ee 146 4, 250 12, 149 43, 887 40, 551 100, 983 
JOR CUE eR SOS” A ne ae ae eee) Sook tT ee eee 9, 398 9, 392 
Sweden and Norway...-...-.|......... 94 1, 201 13, 903 20, 931 117, 799 153, 928 
Los PoE. ee ee 189 1, 063 539 3, 749 17, 885 23, 425 
Tlie eae oe oe a 1,127| 1,412 8,251 10, 739 9, 539 31. 118 
SO Re ee | 8,868 | 45,575 77, 262 76, 358 37,749 | 245, 812 
Switzerland -.-..-............ 3, 257 4, 821 4, 644 25, 011 23, 839 61, 572 
Ppl eiain 3 2: 2522. 28 22 5, 074 4, 738 7, 416 17, 278 
Soaps: 02 ph 3 ws 2,616} 2,125 2, 209 9, 298 6, 966 23, 214 
“2 See ce Veoh acs i 180 829 530 1, 055 2, 081 4, 695 
