All other countries ………………….. 18.2 [Footnote: 1. Of the immigration from "other countries" 98,295 was from British North America, or 12.4 per cent of the total. This,added to the 71.3 per cent from Western Europe, makes a total of 83.7 of the immigrants in 1882 of West European stock.]
100.0
IMMIGRATION, 1907.
Per cent.
Great Britain and Ireland …………….. 113,567 8.8
Scandinavia …………………………. 49,965 3.9
Germany …………………………….. 37,807 2.9
Netherlands, France, Switzerland, etc. …. 26,512 2.1
Total Western Europe …………………. 17.7
Austria-Hungary ……………………… 338,452 26.3
Italy ………………………………. 285,731 22.2
Russia ……………………………… 258,943 20.1
Greece, Servia, Roumania, etc. ………… 88,482 6.9
Total Southern and Eastern Europe ……… 75.5
All other countries ………………….. 6.8
100.0
It will be noted that while in 1882, 71.3 per cent of our immigrants came from the countries of Western Europe, only 10.5 per cent came from the countries of Southern and Eastern Europe. In 1907 the situation was very nearly reversed. In 1907 Great Britain and Ireland, and Scandinavia, Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, France, and Switzerland—the countries which had furnished 71.3 per cent of our immigrants in 1882—furnished only 17.7 per cent, while Austria-Hungary, Italy, Russia, Greece, Servia, Roumania, and Turkey in Europe—the countries which had furnished but 10.5 per cent in 1882—furnished 75.5 per cent. This matter of changed sources from which we receive our immigrants evidently is one of first importance in any consideration of the present immigration problem of the United States.