Poles in the United States (Table)

YEAR	POLISH BORN	PERCENTAGE OF
	FOREIGN	TOTAL FOREIGN
	POPULATION	POPULATION
———————-	——————————	——————————-
1860	7,298	0.2
1870	14,436	0.3
1880	48,557	0.7
1890	147,440	1.6
1900	383,510	3.7

YEARS ENDING	IMMIGRANTS	EMIGRANTS	NET GAIN
30 JUNE
————————-	———————–	———————-	———————–
1899	28,446	……	……
1900	46,938	……	……
1901	43,617	……	……
1902	69,620	……	……
1903	82,343	……	……
1904	67,757	……	……
1905	102,437	……	……
1906	95,835	……	……
1907	138,033	……	……
1908	68,105	46,727	21,378
1909	77,565	19,290	58,275
1910	128,348	16,884	111,464
1910 (July-Dec.)	45,448	……	……

ARCHDIO-	CLER-	PAR-	SCH-	NUNS	LAY	SCH-	POLISH
CESE	GY	ISHES	OOLS	TEACH-	TEACH-	OOL	POPU-
				ING	ERS	CHIL-	LATION
						DREN
——————	————–	————–	————-	————–	————-	————–	————–
Baltimore	9	5	3	25	…	1,616	16,700
Boston	8	8	3	7	2	414	13,747
Chicago	81	36	28	362	…	23,283	223,304
Cincinnati	2	2	2	…	2	95	981
Milwaukee	44	18	17	148	7	9,232	59,182
New York	11	9	4	…	5	553	30,000
Oregon city	1	1	…	…	…	…	1,600
Philadelphia	28	19	11	51	6	3,470	56,000
St. Louis	7	6	6	…	…	849	12,700
St. Paul	9	9	5	23	2	1,275	11,500

DIOCESE	CLER-	PAR-	SCH-	NUNS	LAY	SCH-	POLISH
	GY	ISHES	OOLS	TEACH-	TEACH-	OOL	POPU-
				ING	ERS	CHILD-	LATION
						REN
——————	————	————	———–	————-	————–	—————	——————
Albany	9	7	5	15	15	1,541	13,200
Altoona	8	7	4	…	5	504	17,515
Belleville	6	5	4	10	1	375	5,491
Brooklyn	14	11	6	25	2	1,285	46,000
Buffalo	41	21	21	141	1	8,398	88,759
Burlington	2	2	1	…	2	64	2,200
Cheyenne	1	1	…	…	…	….	838
Cleveland	24	18	12	55	10	4,927	51,990
Columbus	4	4	4	5	2	325	3,216
Crookston	2	2	…	…	…	…	1,100
Dallas	l	1	…	…	…	…	700
Denver	1	1	…	…	…	…	2,400
Detroit	33	18	16	138	…	8,028	49,000
Duluth	7	7	2	3	…	390	5,476
Erie	8	7	5	18	…	1,610	13,200
Fall River	4	4	2	6	1	372	6,200
Fargo	5	5	…	…	…	…	7,200
Fort Wayne	18	13	12	55	1	3,031	29,000
Galveston	8	8	4	5	5	329	7,205
Grand Rapids	19	17	14	81	4	4,418	40,200
Green Bay	33	28	19	47	2	2,344	23,231
Harrisburg	6	4	4	21	…	1,800	9,544
Hartford	16	11	10	14	19	1,740	39,000
Kansas City	1	1	1	1	…	40	900
La Crosse	13	12	8	18	3	797	11,032
Leavenworth	1	1	1	3	…	86	1,100
Lincoln	1	1	…	…	…	…	1,400
Little Rock	1	1	…	…	…	…	1,550
Louisville	2	…	…	…	…	…	400
Manchester	3	2	1	5	…	184	1,900
Marquette	7	8	2	4	1	283	9,500
Mobile	1	1	…	…	…	…	400
Monterey and Los Angeles	1	1	…	…	…	…	1,200
Newark	15	11	7	39	1	2,570	50,550
Ogdensburg	1	1	…	…	…	…	1,100
Omaha	15	12	7	47	…	1,613	16,000
Peoria	6	6	5	26	2	1,429	12,140
Pittsburg	40	33	19	74	18	4,913	77,309
Providence	6	5	…	…	…	…	5,500
Rochester	3	3	3	11	…	496	4,700
Rockford	1	…	…	…	…	…	600
St. Cloud	17	14	6	18	4	639	12,076
St. Joseph	1	1	1	4	…	190	1,700
Salt Lake	1	…	…	…	…	…	600
San Antonio	8	10	10	32	…	1,071	6,042
Scranton	33	32	12	23	4	1,842	52,200
Seattle	3	3	…	…	…	…	2,800
Sioux City	1	1	1	3	…	57	1,100
Sioux Falls	2	1	1	…	2	90	1,250
Springfield	9	8	4	45	…	1,437	28,580
Superior	8	8	3	13	…	493	7,200
Syracuse	4	4	2	6	2	455	4,500
Trenton	13	8	7	25	2	1,687	23,000
Wheeling	4	4	1	…	1	78	6,000
Wichita	1	1	…	…	…	…	1,100
Wilmington	1	1	1	8	…	500	4,200
Winona	8	7	3	18	…	925	6,420
——————	————	————	———–	————-	————–	—————	——————
(Totals)	702	517	330	1,678	134	104,143	1,244,428

ARCHDIOCESE,	POLISH
DIOCESE,OR	POPULATION
VICARIATE
APOSTOLIC
—————————	————————–
Dubuque	800
New Orleans	700
San Francisco	3,000
Santa Fe	550
Alexandria	400
Alton	410
Baker City	500
Bismarck	600
Boise	700
Concordia	300
Covington	450
Davenport	550
Helena	800
Indianapolis	900
Lead	300
Nashville	600
Natchez	350
Oklahoma	700
Portland	1,600
Richmond	900
Sacramento	800
St. Augustine	250
Savannah	1,200
Tucson	300
Brownsville	350
North Carolina	420
Alaska, Hawaii, etc.	400
—————————	————————–
Total	18,830

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