412 



IMMIGRATION. 



As finally returned by the census of 1880, 

 the population of the State by counties is given 



in the following table, together with the cor- 

 responding figures for 1870: 



IMMIGRATION. The immigration to the 

 United States during 1 880 and 1881 surpassed 

 that of any previous years in the history of the 

 country. The whole number of arrivals of 

 immigrants during the five months ending 

 November 30, 1881, was 291,318, and the 

 whole number for the year ending June 30, 

 1881 (including six months of 1880), was 669,- 

 431. The whole number registered as arriving 

 at American ports, during the year 1880, was 

 593,703, the largest number ever recorded in a 

 single ye,ir. The only previous year in which 

 the number of immigrants exceeded 500,000 

 was 1873, when 522,545 arrivals were recorded. 

 The number of immigrants then fell off till 

 1877, when it was only 130,526 the lowest 

 since 1862 but rose to 153,207 in 1878, and to 

 250,565 in 1879 ; and, as the figures already given 

 show, more than doubled upon this in 1880. 

 The arrivals at the single port of New York 

 during 1880 amounted to 327,371, or an aver- 

 age of nearly 900 a day. Only two previous 

 years are recorded in which the number of 

 arrivals at this port exceeded 300,000, viz. : 

 1852, 300,992 ; and 1854, 319,223. While in 

 the two years last named the larger propor- 

 tion of the arrivals was from Ireland, the pre- 

 ponderance of emigration in 1880 was from 

 the Continent, particularly from Germany and 

 the Scandinavian countries. The immigrants 

 arriving at New York during 1880 are clas- 

 sified according to their nativity as follows: 

 from Ireland, 66,399 ; from Germany (includ- 

 ing a few from Austria), 108,725; from the 

 Scandinavian 'kingdoms, 50,731 ; from Eng- 



land, 33,768; from Scotland, 9,625; from 

 Wales, 3,588 ; from Hungary, 6,672 ; from Hol- 

 land and Belgium, 4,568; from Switzerland, 

 8,223; from France, 4,087; from Italy, 11,- 

 190; from Bohemia, 7,606 ; from Russia (most- 

 ly Mennonites and of German origin), 7,693 ; 

 from Spain and Portugal, 985 ; from Luxem- 

 burg, 511; Turks, 61; Greeks, 40 ; from the 

 West Indies, 1,298 ; from Mexico and Central 

 America, 221 ; from South America, 355 ; 

 from British North America, 588; from Aus- 

 tralia, 39 ; from Africa, 45 ; from Asia, 262 (of 

 whom 200 were Chinese). The destination of 

 287,729 immigrants, or nearly 90 per cent of 

 the whole number that landed at the port, is 

 given as follows : 



TO EASTERN AND MIDDLE STATES. 



Maine 230 | New Hampshire 



Vermont 184 j Massachusetts 



Rhode Island 2,805 ' Connecticut 



New York * 187,561 j New Jersey 



Pennsylvania 81,104 I Delaware 



Maryland 1,626 | District of Columbia. . 



TO THE GREAT WEST. 



Ohio 18,869 



Illinois 82,641 



Missouri 4,847 



Minnesota 12,640 



Wisconsin 9,847 



Colorado 1,191 



Indiana. . . 

 Michigan . 

 Kansas... 



Iowa 



Nebraska . 



244 



11.568 



eilST 



11,046 



12T 



286 



8,537 

 11.803 

 8,546 

 7,649 

 4,287 



TO SOUTHERN STATES. 



