. The geography of Texas, physical and political. Fig. 97. Map of Texas showing the Distrtrution of the Mexican PoilLATIOX I5V CorXTIES rOPULATIOX 153 131. Foreign-Born Population. The foreign-born popula-tion is 179,357. Its chief representatives are as follows: Mexicans .GermansBohemians .English . 71,062 48,295 9,204 Austrians .... G,870 Irish 6,173 Swedes 4,388 Italians 3,942 The Mexican population occupies for the most part theregion along the Rio Grande, together with that portion. Fig. 98. Map of Texas showinCx tub Distribution of the German POPLLATION BY COUNTIES 154 THE GEOGRAPH
. The geography of Texas, physical and political. Fig. 97. Map of Texas showing the Distrtrution of the Mexican PoilLATIOX I5V CorXTIES rOPULATIOX 153 131. Foreign-Born Population. The foreign-born popula-tion is 179,357. Its chief representatives are as follows: Mexicans .GermansBohemians .English . 71,062 48,295 9,204 Austrians .... G,870 Irish 6,173 Swedes 4,388 Italians 3,942 The Mexican population occupies for the most part theregion along the Rio Grande, together with that portion. Fig. 98. Map of Texas showinCx tub Distribution of the German POPLLATION BY COUNTIES 154 THE GEOGRAPHY OF TEXAS of the state lying between the Gulf and a line drawndue east from the Great Bend of the Rio Grande to theColorado river. The five counties having the largestpopulation of this nationality are: Webb 10,755 Bexar 4,752 El Paso 8,368 Starr 4,262 Cameron .... 4,906 The German population early established itself in soutlicentral and southwest Texas, and to-day the larger part ofthe citizens of German birth are found within that five counties having the largest German population are : Bexar 3958 Harris 2572 Washington .... 3281 Galveston .... 2450 ^Payette 3055 The Bohemian population is found for the most part inthe south central portion of the state, where it has estab-lished itself in the drainage basins of the Brazos and Colo-rado rivers, beginning with the third tier of counties fromthe coast. The four counties having the largest Bohemianpopulation are: Fayette 2203
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