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 576 EMIGRATION To obtain the net immigration from the prece- ding table, about If per cent, of the total aliens should be deducted for those not intending to remain in the United States. Those who died during the voyage are included prior to 1867. Prior to 1871 the statements for Germany do not include the emigrants from Prussia and Austria. Since 1819 a law of congress has required that all who come to the sea and lake ports shall be registered at the custom houses. The number, age, sex, nativity, occu- pation, and destination of all passengers com- ing to the United States, distinguishing aliens from citizens returning from abroad, and those intending to remain from those who come merely for temporary purposes, are ascertain- ed and reported to the general government. This information is compiled and published an- nually by the United States bureau of statis- tics. No official registration is made, however, of those foreigners who enter the country through other channels than the sea and lake ports, many of whom come across the border from Canada and New Brunswick. The follow- ing statement shows the principal countries represented in the emigration to the United States from 1820 to 1874, with the total num- ber from each during that period and in 1873 : FROM 1873. 1820 to 1874. Great Britain and Ireland Germany (including Prussia) Austro-Huni'ary 159,355 133,141 7 835 4,319.048 2,764,420 Sweden and Norway. 29 458 Denmark 5 095 Netherlands 4640 Belgium 1 306 Switzerland. . 3 223 France 10 813 Spain 486 Portugal 84 Italy, Sicily, Sardinia, and Malta.. Greece 7,511 87 44,684 Turkey 78 Russia, Poland, and Finland Other parts of Europe 6,466 9 20,898 Total Europe. . . 869 4S7 Azores Other islands of the Atlantic. West India islands .... 81 i.oao British North America. . . Mexico 29,508 394.216 Central America. South America China Japan Other countries of Asia. . . . 40 Africa Australasia, Pacific, and East In- dia islands. 736 Countries not specified* Born at sea 14,460 4.794 285,721 862 Total other countries than Eu- rope and countries not stated. 67,517 927,672 Aggregate alien passengers Estimated arrivals prior to 1820. 437,004 8,808,141 250,000 Grand aggregate 9,058,141 The distribution of sex and age among those arriving for a series of years has been : SEX AND AGE. Number of passengers ar- rived : Male.... Female 1870. 1871. 1872. 255,540 247,756 299,746 164,458 167,3991 199,077 Total, 419,y98 415,155 498,823 Citizens of the U. S. return ' Female Total Foreigners visiting the D. S. : Male Female Total Net immigration under 15 years : Male Female Total Net immigration, 15 to 40 years : Male Female Total Net immigration over 40 years : Male. . . 26,271 14,931 41,202 14,884 8.109 22,493 30,138 17,228 47,366 12,890 7,961 20,851 32,737 16,603 49,840 8,440 8,293 11,733 49,787 88,621! 35,378 81,307 74,043 146,662 140,081 173,028 169,473 84,966 88,252' 104,911 1 98,347 231,628; 228,333 277,939 267,820 1878. 297,162 186,207 483,459 80,297 16,158 46,455 10,465 3.1>94 14,459 47,915 44,444 Total Total net immigration : Male Female Total... 39,012 23,354 25.537 25,982 35,754 17,831 18,580j 25,237 43,368 44,562| 60,991 214.885! 204,728 258.569 256.400 141,418 142.210 179,181 166,145 356,303 346,938' 437,750,' 422,545 The number of foreigners in the United States in 1870, with the places of their birth, is re- ported as follows in the census of 1870 : Aggregate popula- tion 38,558,371 Born in the United States 32,991,142 Born in foreign countries White Colored Chinese Indian Not stated...... Africa Asia Atlantic islands.... Australasia Austria (proper) Belgium Bohemia British America (to- tal) Canada New Brunswick. Newfoundland. . . Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island Not specified.... Central America China Cuba Denmark Europe (not speci- fied) France Germany (total) Baden Bavaria Hamburg Hanover 5,567,229 5,493,712 9.645 62,786 1,186 954 2.657 '864 4,431 8,118 30,508 12,553 40,289 493,464 414,912 26,737 8,423 83,562 1,361 301 68,042 5,319 80,107 1,546 116,402 1,690,533 153,366 204,119 | 7,629 104,365 Hesse 131,524 Lubeck.... Mecklenburg Nassau Oldenburg Prussia Saxony Weimar Wurtemberg Not specified Gibraltar Great Britain and Ireland (total). . . . England Ireland Scotland Wales Not specified Greece Greenland Holland Hungary India Italy Japan Luxemburg Malta Mexico Norway Pacific islands Poland Portugal Eussia Sandwich islands. . . South America Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey West Indies Born at sea 279 39,670 8,962 10.286 596,782 45,256 1,628 127.959 253,632 77 2.626,242 550,924 1,855.827 74,533 4.123 390 3.737 586 17,157 78 5,802 55 42,485 114,246 826 14,436 4,542 4,644 584 3,565 8,764 75,153 802 6,250 2,638 According to Mr. Young, 46 per cent, of the whole immigration, after deducting the women and children, had been trained to various pur- suits, nearly half being skilled laborers and workmen. Nearly 10 per cent, consist of mer- chants and traders. The occupations of the
 * Includes aliens not intending to remain in the United States.