Immigration and Americanization; selected readings . h Canadaentered the United States at some place having less than 100,000inhabitants (a most improbable hypothesis), then 706,179 ofthe 4,203,188 immigrants who arrived during the decade 1890-1900, or per cent, entered outside a large city, and DISTRIBUTION IN THE UNITED STATES 5ii per cent entered at an urban gateway. We have thus fixed amaximum limit of per cent and a minimum limit of cent for the proportion of our immigrants entering at alarge city, and the evidence also warrants the belief that thetrue proportion is
Immigration and Americanization; selected readings . h Canadaentered the United States at some place having less than 100,000inhabitants (a most improbable hypothesis), then 706,179 ofthe 4,203,188 immigrants who arrived during the decade 1890-1900, or per cent, entered outside a large city, and DISTRIBUTION IN THE UNITED STATES 5ii per cent entered at an urban gateway. We have thus fixed amaximum limit of per cent and a minimum limit of cent for the proportion of our immigrants entering at alarge city, and the evidence also warrants the belief that thetrue proportion is much nearer the upper than the lower seems little doubt that more than nine tenths of theimmigrants enter the United States at a city of at least 100,000inhabitants. Point of Arrival New York City Some other port of ioo,ooo+ inhabitants: Baltimore Boston New Orleans \ Philadelphia San FranciscoSome known port having less than 100,000 inhabitants Canada 1893-1900 1890-1893 (estimated) Unknown: From Canada and Mexico (estimated) . .Total. If we grant this, we are in a better position for judging thepresent distribution of the foreign-born between city and country,as reported by the That distribution in 1900 is givenbelow: Total foreign-born Residing in all cities Residing in cities of ioo,ooo+ . .Residing in cities of 25,000-100,000Residing in cities of 8,000-25,000 .Residing in cities of 4,000-8,000Residing in cities of 2,500-4,000 Residing in country districts .... Number 10,341,276 6,859,078 4,008,085 1,122,196 953,827 479,866 295,104 3,482,198 Per Cent 33-7 1 Twelfth Census, Supplementary Analysis (1906), Tables X and XIV. 5i2 DISTRIBUTION If nine tenths of these ten million immigrants reached theUnited States at some city having at least 100,000 inhabitantsand less than four tenths were residing in such cities in 1900,then more than half of our immigrants must have dispersedfrom the cities where they landed. But this is
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