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 LXI

SEX OF JEWISH IMMIGRANT ILLITERATES, 1908 TO 1912[1][ToT]

Year	Jewish immigrants 14 years of age and over		Jewish immigrants illiterates 14 years of age and over
			Number		Per cent
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
1908	43270	34104	9455	13762	21.9	40.4
1909	23452	18889	4832	7369	20.6	39.0
1910	35272	27120	7593	10370	21.5	38.2
1911	38018	31370	6453	10304	16.9	32.8
1912	32706	27799	5637	9498	17.2	34.2
Total	172718	139282	33970	51303	19.7	36.8
[1] In order to ascertain the number of males and females, 14 years of age and over, the number of Jewish immigrants under 14 years of age were distributed equally between the sexes. Subtracting these respectively from the number of males and females, we obtain the above totals. Cf. Report of New York State Commission on Immigration, 1908, p. 171.