Jewish Immigration to the United States from 1881 to 1910 / Studies in History, Economics and Public Law, Vol. LIX, No. 4, 1914

by Samuel Joseph

TABLE LX

ILLITERACY OF JEWISH IMMIGRANTS, 1899 TO 1910[1][ToT]

Year	Jewish immigrants 14 years of age and over	Jewish immigrant illiterates[2] 14 years of age and over	Per cent illiterate
1899	28428	5637	19.5
1900	47672	10607	22.2
1901	43367	10119	23.3
1902	42376	11921	28.1
1903	57159	14980	26.2
1904	82707	18763	22.6
1905	101357	22770	22.4
1906	110128	29444	26.7
1907	111486	31885	28.6
1908	77374	23217	30.3
1909	42341	12201	28.8
1910	62391	17963	28.8
Total	806786	209507	26.0
[1] From Reports of Commissioner-General of Immigration.
[2] Those who could neither read nor write.