The Old World in the New / The Significance of Past and Present Immigration to the American People

by Edward Alsworth Ross

	Per cent
	Reporting
	Wife
Old Immigration.	Abroad.
Canadian, French	1.5
Dutch	3.8
English	3.4
German	4.3
Irish	1.2
Scotch	3.2
Swedish	2.9
Welsh	1.4
New Immigration.
Bulgarian	90.0
Croatian	59.3
Greek	74.7
Hebrew, Russian	12.5
Italian, North	31.6
Italian, South	36.9
Lithuanian	23.3
Magyar	43.3
Polish	23.0
Portuguese	15.9
Roumanian	73.9
Russian	45.5
Servian	64.5
Slovak	34.2
Slovenian	33.7

TABLE VIII

OLD AND NEW IMMIGRATION COMPARED WITH RESPECT TO
ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH.[3]
(STUDY OF EMPLOYEES)

Old Immigration.
Nationality.	Per cent.
Danish	96.5
Dutch	86.1
French	68.6
German	87.5
Norwegian	96.9
Swedish	94.7
Average	82.2
New Immigration.
Bulgarian	20.3
Croatian	50.9
Greek	33.5
South Italian	48.7
Lithuanian	51.3
Macedonian	21.1
Magyar	46.4
Montenegrin	38.0
Polish	43.5
Roumanian	33.3
Ruthenian	36.8
Russian	43.6
Servian	41.2
Slovak	55.6
Slovenian	51.7
Syrian	54.6
Turkish	22.5
Average	40.8

TABLE IX

FOREIGN-BORN IN URBAN AND RURAL COMMUNITIES, 1910

Old Immigration.
	Per	Per
Country	Cent	Cent
of Birth.	Urban.	Rural.
Belgium	59.6	40.4
Denmark	48.3	51.7
England	72.6	27.4
France	69.9	30.1
Germany	66.7	33.3
Holland	54.9	45.1
Ireland	84.7	15.3
Norway	42.2	57.8
Scotland	72.4	27.6
Sweden	60.6	39.4
Switzerland	53.9	46.1
New Immigration.
Austria	72.4	27.6
Balkan States	50.9	49.1
Finland	50.	50.
Greece	71.4	28.6
Hungary	77.3	22.7
Italy	78.1	21.9
Portugal	69.6	30.4
Roumania	91.9	8.1
Russia	87.	13.
Turkey, in Asia	86.7	13.3
Turkey, in Europe	79.5	20.5

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