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 LXIII

ILLITERACY OF "OLD" AND "NEW" IMMIGRATION (JEWISH EXCEPTED) AND OF JEWISH IMMIGRATION, 1899 TO 1909[1][ToT]

Classed	Immigrants 14 years of age and over	Immigrant illiterates 14 years of age and over
		Number	Per cent
Old immigration	1983618	52833	2.7
New immigration (Jewish excepted)	4471047	1667754	37.3
Jewish immigration	744395	191544	25.7
Total	7199060	1912131	26.6
[1] From Emigration Conditions in Europe, p. 30.