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

The results of the foregoing are summarized in Table VI, which gives the number of Jewish immigrants arriving in each of the thirty years from 1881 to 1910, and the principal countries of nativity of these immigrants. We are thus in a position closely to study the movement of Jewish immigration for practically the entire period since it became a significant part of the recent immigration to the United States, and thereby to throw light upon the character of this movement, in itself and as a part of the general immigration.

Table VI

JEWISH IMMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES, 1881 TO 1910

Year	Russia	Austria-Hungary	Roumania	United Kingdom	Germany	Brit. N.A.	Turkey	France	All Others	Total
1881	3125	2537	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	5692
1882	10489	2648	65	—	—	—	—	—	—	13202
1883	6144	2510	77	—	—	—	—	—	—	8731
1884	7867	3340	238	—	—	—	—	—	—	11445
1885	10648	3938	803	—	1473	—	—	—	—	16862
1886	14092	5326	518	—	983	—	—	—	254	21173
1887	23103	6898	2063	—	780	—	—	—	200	33044
1888	20216	5985	1653	—	727	—	—	—	300	28881
1889	18338	4998	1058	—	758	—	—	—	200	25352
1890	20981	6439	462	—	633	—	—	—	124	28639
1891	43457	5890	854	—	636	—	—	—	561	51398
1892	64253	8643	740	—	1787	—	—	—	950	76373
1893	25161	6363	555	—	1814	—	—	—	429	35322
1894	20747	5916	616	—	1109	—	—	—	791	29179
1895	16727	6047	518	—	1028	—	—	—	871	26191
1896	20168	9831	744	—	829	—	—	—	276	32848
1897	13063	5672	516	—	586	—	—	—	535	20372
1898	14949	7367	720	—	296	—	—	—	322	23654
1899	24275	11071	1343	174	405	5	81	9	52	37415
1900	37011	16920	6183	133	337	—	114	17	49	60764
1901	37660	13006	6827	110	272	—	154	20	49	58098
1902	37846	12848	6589	55	182	—	138	9	21	57688
1903	47689	18759	8562	420	477	—	211	11	74	76203
1904	77544	20211	6446	817	669	8	313	32	196	106236
1905	92388	17352	3854	14299	734	11	173	327	772	129910
1906	125234	14884	3872	6113	979	429	461	479	1297	153748
1907	114937	18885	3605	7032	734	1818	918	306	952	149182
1908	71978	15293	4455	6260	869	2393	635	425	1079	103387[1]
1909	39150	8431	1390	3385	652	2780	690	325	748	57551[1]
1910	59824	13142	1701	4098	705	2262	1388	339	801	84260[1]
Total	1119059	281150	67057	42896	20454	9706	5276	2299	14903	1562800
[1] From 1908 immigrants were classified in the reports of the Commissioner-General of Immigration as "immigrant aliens," those intending to reside permanently in the United States and "non-immigrant aliens," those making a temporary trip to the United States. In the figures of 1908, 1909 and 1910, only the "immigrant aliens" are considered.

Table VII

PERCENTAGE OF ANNUAL JEWISH IMMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES
CONTRIBUTED BY EACH COUNTRY OF NATIVITY, 1881 TO 1910

Year	Russia	Austria-Hungary	Roumania	United Kingdom	Germany	Brit. N.A.	Turkey	France	All Others	Total
1881	54.8	44.7	0.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	100.0
1882	79.5	20.1	0.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	100.0
1883	70.4	28.7	0.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	100.0
1884	68.7	29.2	2.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	100.0
1885	63.1	23.4	4.8	—	8.7	—	—	—	—	100.0
1886	66.6	25.2	2.4	—	4.6	—	—	—	1.2	100.0
1887	69.9	20.8	6.3	—	2.4	—	—	—	.6	100.0
1888	70.0	20.7	5.7	—	2.5	—	—	—	1.1	100.0
1889	72.3	19.7	4.2	—	3.0	—	—	—	.8	100.0
1890	73.3	22.5	1.6	—	2.2	—	—	—	.4	100.0
1891	84.6	11.5	1.6	—	1.2	—	—	—	1.1	100.0
1892	84.1	11.3	1.1	—	2.2	—	—	—	1.3	100.0
1893	71.2	18.0	1.6	—	5.1	—	—	—	4.1	100.0
1894	71.1	20.3	2.1	—	3.8	—	—	—	2.7	100.0
1895	63.9	23.1	2.0	—	3.9	—	—	—	7.1	100.0
1896	61.4	29.9	2.3	—	2.5	—	—	—	3.9	100.0
1897	64.1	27.9	2.5	—	2.9	—	—	—	2.6	100.0
1898	63.2	31.1	3.0	—	1.3	—	—	—	1.4	100.0
1899	64.9	29.5	3.6	.5	1.1	—	—	—	.4	100.0
1900	60.9	27.8	10.2	.2	.6	—	—	—	.3	100.0
1901	64.8	22.4	11.8	.2	.5	—	.2	—	.1	100.0
1902	65.6	22.3	11.4	.1	.3	—	.2	—	.1	100.0
1903	62.6	24.6	11.2	.6	.6	—	.3	—	.1	100.0
1904	73.0	19.0	6.1	.8	.6	—	.3	—	.2	100.0
1905	71.1	13.4	3.0	11.0	.6	—	.1	.2	.6	100.0
1906	81.5	9.7	2.5	4.0	.6	.3	.3	.3	.8	100.0
1907	77.1	12.7	2.4	4.7	.5	1.2	.6	.2	.6	100.0
1908	69.6	14.8	4.3	6.1	.8	2.3	.6	.4	1.1	100.0
1909	68.0	14.7	2.4	5.9	1.2	4.7	1.2	.6	1.3	100.0
1910	71.1	15.6	2.0	4.9	.8	2.7	1.6	.4	.9	100.0
Total	71.6	17.9	4.3	2.8	1.3	0.6	0.3	0.2	1.0	100.0