JEWISH STATISTICS

JEWISH STATISTICS

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JEWISH STATISTICS

The statistics of Jews in the world rest largely upon estimates.

In Russia, Austria-Hungary, Germany, and a few other countries,

official figures are obtainable. In the main, however, the numbers given are based upon estimates repeated and added to by

one statistical authority after another.

For the statistics given below various authorities have been

consulted, among them the " Statesman's Year Book" for 1910,

the English " Jewish Year Book " for 5670-71, " The Jewish Encyclopedia," Jildische Statistik, and the Alliance Israelite Universelle reports.

THE UNITED STATES

ESTIMATES

As the census of the United States has, in accordance with the

spirit of American institutions, taken no heed of the religious

convictions of American citizens, whether native-born or naturalized, all statements concerning the number of Jews living in this

country are based upon estimates.

The Jewish population was estimated¡ª

In 1818 by Mordecai M. Noah at

3,000

In 1824 by Solomon Etting at

6,000

In 1826 by Isaac C. Harby at

6,000

In 1840 by the American Almanac at

15,000

In 1848 by M. A. Berk at

50,000

In 1880 by Wm. B. Hackenburg at

230,257

In 1888 by Isaac Markens at

400,000

In 1897 by David Sulzberger at

937,800

In 1905 by "The Jewish Encyclopedia" at

1,508,435

In 1907 by " The American Jewish Year Book "

at

1,777,185

In 1910 by " The American Je\rish Year Book"

at

2,044,762

DISTRIBUTION

The following table by States presents two sets of estimates.

In the left-hand column is given the estimated Jewish population

of each State for 1905 as it appears in the " Jewish Encyclopedia,"

Vol. XII, pp. 371-374, in the article "United States." In the

right-hand column are the estimates made up from figures furnished ? by correspondents who interested themselves in the

DIRECTORY OF JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES

piled for the AMERICAN JEWISH YEAE BOOK, 5668 (p. 432).

com-

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278

STATES

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

Hawaiian Islands . .

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

,

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

,

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Philippine Islands . .

Porto Rico

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

Eat. Jew. Pop.

1905

'-The Jewish Encyclopedia"

Vol. XII, pp. 371-374

Article ''United States"

7,000

3,085

28,000

5,800

8,500

1,500

3,500

3,000

7,000

100

300

100.000

25,000

5,000

3,000

12,000

12,000

5,000

26,500

60,000

16,000

13,000

3,000

50,000

2,500

3,800

300

1,000

40,000

800

820,000

6,000

50,000

6,000

115,000

1.500

2,500

250

7,000

17,500

1,000

700

15,000

2,800

1,500

15,000

1,508,435

Est. J?w. Pop.

1907

Compiled from statements of

individual correspondents of the

AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

7,000

500

3,085

42.000

6.500

22,000

1.600

5,100

3.000

9,300

100

300

110,000

12,000

6.000

1.500

10,000

12.000

5.000

41.000

90.000

16,000

13,000

3.300

52,000

1.500

6.500

300

1.000

70.000

RO0

905.000

1.500

1.000

85,000

1.000

6.000

150.000

100

100

12.000

2.500

300

10.000

16.000

1.000

1.000

10.000

5.500

1.500

15,000

300

1,777,185

The Industrial Removal Office made an estimate in 1910 of the

Jewish population in fifty cities as follows: Akron, O., 1,400;

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279

Atlanta, Ga., 4,200; Augusta, Ga., 600; Buffalo, N. Y., 14,000;

Canton, O., 1,000; Charleston, S. C, 1,500; Chattanooga, Tenn.,

600; Chester, Pa., 500; Cincinnati, O., 28,000; Cleveland, O., 45,000; Colorado Springs, Colo., 400; Columbus, O., 4,200; Davenport, la., 350; Dayton, O., 3,500; Denver, Colo., 8,000; Des Moines,

la., 3,500; Detroit, Mich., 14,000; Erie, Pa., 600; Evansville, Ind.,

900; Fort Wayne, Ind., 500; Grand Rapids, Mich., 400; Harrisburg, Pa., 1,700; Indianapolis, Ind., 7,000; Jacksonville, Fla.,

1,000; Joplin, Mo., 175; Kalamazoo, Mich., 400; Kansas City, Mo.,

8,000; La Crosse, Wis., 200; Leavenworth, Kan., 400; Lincoln,

Neb., 1,000; Lynchburg, Va., 250; Madison, Wis., 200; Minneapolis, Minn., 6,500; Montgomery, Ala., 1,500; Norfolk, Va., 3,200;

Omaha, Neb., 6,500; Portland, Ore., 5,500; Quincy, 111., 150;

Rochester, N. Y., 12,000; St. Joseph, Mo., 2,500; St. Louis, Mo.,

45,000; Salt Lake City, Utah, 900; San Francisco, Cal., 30,000;

Seattle, Wash., 4,500; Sioux City, la., 1,200; Spokane, Wash., 1,400;

Syracuse, N. Y., 9,000; Toledo, O., 3,500; Topeka, Kan., 225;

Zanesville, O., 250; total, 287.100.1

This shows an increase of 37,220 over the figures for the same

cities given in the AMEBICAN JEWISH YEAB BOOK for 5668, or not

quite 15 per cent. On this basis the Jewish population of the

whole of the United States should have increased, since the last

estimate, made in 1907, from 1,777,185 to 2,044,762.

IMMIGRATION

The total Jewish immigration to the United States, through the

three principal ports of entry, New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, from 1881 to June 30, 1910, is stated to have been 1,473,167.

The immigration at the same ports from July 1, 1909, to June

30, 1910, was as follows:

Austrians

July.. .

Aug..

Sept..

Oct...

Nov... ..

Dec... ..

Jan...

Feb...

Mar. ?.

Apr...

May... ..

June.. ..

1,080

863

809

603

1,105

1,086

610

573

778

€80

803

1,116

10,094

Port of Now York

Port of

PhilaRUBTotals Ml 'delphia

Roumanian B elan a Others New York Totals

Port of

Baltimore

Totals

161 6,030 894 8,165

141 4,669 866 6,528

104 3,926 719 5,657

93 1,426 671 2,793

186 5.484 918 7,692

191 3,895 639 6.710

108 2,869 531 4,118

47 2,352 399 3.871

119 4.019 601 5,417

121 3,711 806 5.317

97 1,946 635 3,481

160 6,619 1,220 8.014

1,517 45,845 8,697 66,163

216

307

337

131

385

464

269

228

617

167

239

445

3,695

304

301

349

209

643

714

319

311

665

896

319

836

5,896

Port of Totals

Boston for four

Totals

Ports

Total

General

Immigration

101 8,779

66,218

139

7,275

69,777

167

6,100

67,619

ll

3,174

75.608

172

8,892

85,049

6,932

68,711

44

16 4,722

50 242

73 4,013

67,980

136 6,735 136,715

135 6,505 135,062

89 4,128 133,614

297 9,592 105,026

1,403 77,147 1,041,570

1

We a r e indebted to Mr. David M. Bressler, General Manager of t h e

I n d u s t r i a l Removal Office, for t h e figures of the population of tne cities

given above.

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AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

To the totals given above should be added 1,271, the number

who arrived at Galveston, and 5,842, the number who arrived at

other ports, making a total Jewish immigration of 84,260.

For the year 1908-9, the Jewish immigration was: New York,

49,024; Philadelphia, 1,789; Baltimore, 2,443; Boston, 955; other

ports, 3,340; total, 57,551. From this should be deducted 6,105

emigrating aliens recorded, and a considerable number not recorded. Thus the total increase of the Jewish population by immigration for the year 1908-9 was less than 51,446.

THE BRITISH EMPIRE

British Isles

240,546 South Africa

50,000

Australasia

17,106 Gibraltar

1,300

Canada and British CoAden

3,500

lumbia

60,000 Cyprus and Malta

143

Trinidad and Barbados.

50 Hong Kong and Straits

Jamaica

2,000

Settlements

680

India

18,228

Total

393,553

GENERAL JEWISH STATISTICS

United States

2,044,762 Luxembourg

British Empire

393,553 Mexico

Abyssinia (Falashas)

3,000 Morocco

Argentine Republic..

30,000 Norway

1

Austria-Hungary . . . 2,084,591 Persia

Belgium

12,000 Peru

Brazil

3,000 Roumania

Bulgaria

36,455 Russia 3

China and Japan

2,000 Servia

Costa Rica

43 Spain

Cuba

4,000 Sweden

Denmark

3,476 Switzerland

France

95,000 Turkey *

Algeria

64,565

Egypt

Tunis

62,540

Tripoli

Germany *

607,862

Crete

Greece

8,350 Turkestan and AfHolland

105,988

ghanistan

Curacoa

1,000 Venezuela

Surinam

1,158

Italy

52,115

Total

1

2

8

4

851,378 in Hungary, 8,213 in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

409,501 in Prussia.

Census of 1909.

78,000 in Palestine.

1,200

8,972

109,712

642

49,500

498

250,000

6,243,712

5,729

2,500

3,912

12,264

463,686

38,635

18,660

1,150

14,000

411

12,840,641

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A LIST OF AETICLES OP JEWISH INTEKEST

IN THE JEWISH AND IN THE GENERAL PRESS

JULY 1, 1909, TO JUNE 30, 1910

L I S T OF ABBREVIATIONS

Ag.¡ªAugust.

A. H.¡ªAmerican Hebrew.

A. I.¡ªAmerican Israelite.

Ap.¡ªApril.

Chaut.¡ªChautauquan.

D.¡ªDecember.

E.¡ªEmanuel.

F.¡ªFebruary.

F. R.¡ªFederation Review.

H. S.¡ªHebrew Standard.

Immig.¡ªImmigration.

Ind.¡ªIndependent.

Ja.¡ªJanuary.

J. A.¡ªJewish Advocate.

J. C.¡ªJewish Comment.

J. Crit.¡ªJewish Criterion.

J. E.¡ªJewish Exponent.

Je.¡ªJune.

J. H.¡ªJewish Herald.

J. I.¡ªJewish Independent.

J. L.¡ªJewish Ledger.

ADLEE, SAMUEL.

Jl.¡ªJuly.

J. O.¡ªJewish Outlook.

J. R. & O.¡ªJewish Review and

Observer.

J. Rec.¡ªJewish Record.

J. S.¡ªJewish Spectator.

J. T.¡ªJewish Tribune.

J. V.¡ªJewish Voice.

Mac.¡ªMaccabsean.

Mr.¡ªMarch.

M. V.¡ªModern View.

My.¡ªMay.

N.¡ªNovember.

N. A. R.¡ªNorth American Review.

O.¡ªOctober.

R. A.¡ªReform Advocate.

R. R.¡ªReview of Reviews.

S.¡ªSeptember.

T.¡ªTemple.

Joseph Stolz. T. D. 24, 09.

AMERICAN JEWISH FARMERS. B. A. Palitz. J. C.

TO THE SOIL. Joseph Erauskopf. A. I. Ap. 21,

10.¡ªBACK TO THE SOIL. Lajos Steiner. F. R. N., 09.¡ªCONVENTION OF JEWISH FARMERS. J. H. B. J. C. O. 8, 09.¡ªFARMING BY THE JEW IN AMERICA. A. R. Levy. B'nai B'rith News.

Mr.-Ap., 10.¡ªJEW AS AN AGRICULTURIST. Qaston Lichtenstein.

J. Rec. O. 3-10, 09.¡ªJEWISH FARMEES. A. R. Levy. A. I.

Ap. 14, 10.¡ªJEWISH FARMERS' FAIR. A. H. O. 8, 09.¡ªJEWISH

FARMERS IN AMERICA. Eugene Wood. A. I. S. 30, 09.¡ªJEWISH FARMERS IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

Isaac Landman.

J. E. S. 3, 09.¡ªJEWS AND AGRICULTURE. Bernard M. Kaplan.

AGRICULTURE:

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