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. | |||
TABLE LXIV
ILLITERACY OF PEOPLES FROM EASTERN EUROPE, 1899 TO 1910[1][ToT]
| People | Immigrants 14 years of age and over | Illiterates | |
| Number | Per cent | ||
| Jewish | 806786 | 209507 | 26.0 |
| Lithuanian | 161441 | 79001 | 48.9 |
| Polish | 861303 | 304675 | 35.4 |
| Russian | 77479 | 29777 | 38.4 |
| Ruthenian | 140775 | 75165 | 63.4 |
| [1] From Statistical Review of Immigration, p. 51. | |||
TABLE LXV
SEX OF ILLITERATES OF PEOPLES FROM EASTERN EUROPE, 1908[1][ToT]
| Race | Number illiterates 14 years and over | Per cent. | ||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| Jewish | 9455 | 13762 | 21.9 | 40.4 |
| Lithuanian | 4215 | 2897 | 53.4 | 63.4 |
| Polish | 14573 | 8813 | 36.7 | 42.9 |
| Russian | 5820 | 828 | 40.1 | 50.8 |
| Ruthenian | 4203 | 1836 | 49.6 | 57.4 |
| [1] From Report of New York State Commission on Immigration, 1908, p. 171. | ||||