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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--

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 com-

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

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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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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

J u l y . . . 1,080

Aug..

863

Sept..

809

Oct...

603

Nov... .. 1,105

Dec... .. 1,086

Jan...

610

Feb...

573

Mar. ?. 778

Apr... 80

May... .. 803

June.. .. 1,116

10,094

Port of Now York

Port of

Phila-

Rou- RUB-

Totals Ml 'delphia

manianB elan a Others New York Totals

161 6,030 894 8,165 304

141 4,669 866 6,528 301 104 3,926 719 5,657 349 93 1,426 671 2,793 209 186 5.484 918 7,692 643 191 3,895 639 6.710 714 108 2,869 531 4,118 319 47 2,352 399 3.871 311 119 4.019 601 5,417 665 121 3,711 806 5.317 896 97 1,946 635 3,481 319 160 6,619 1,220 8.014 836

1,517 45,845 8,697 66,163 5,896

Port of Baltimore Totals

216 307 337 131 385 464 269 228 617 167 239 445

3,695

Total Port of Totals General Boston for four ImmiTotals Ports gration

101 8,779 66,218 139 7,275 69,777 167 6,100 67,619 l l 3,174 75.608 172 8,892 85,049 44 6,932 68,711 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 are indebted to Mr. David M. Bressler, General Manager of the 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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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

Australasia

17,106

Canada and British Co-

lumbia

60,000

Trinidad and Barbados. 50

Jamaica

2,000

India

18,228

South Africa

50,000

Gibraltar

1,300

Aden

3,500

Cyprus and Malta

143

Hong Kong and Straits

Settlements

680

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 Austria-Hungary1 . . . 2,084,591 Persia

Belgium

12,000 Peru

Brazil Bulgaria

3,000 Roumania 36,455 Russia3

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 Af-

Holland

105,988 ghanistan

Curacoa

1,000 Venezuela

Surinam

1,158

Italy

52,115

Total

1 2 8 4

851,378 in Hungary, 409,501 in Prussia. Census of 1909. 78,000 in Palestine.

8,213

in

Bosnia

and

Herzegovina.

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

ARTICLES OF JEWISH INTEREST

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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.--August. A. H.--American Hebrew. A. I.--American Israelite. Ap.--April. Chaut.--Chautauquan. D.--December. E.--Emanuel. F.--February. F. R.--Federation Review. H. S.--Hebrew Standard. Immig.--Immigration. Ind.--Independent. Ja.--January. J. A.--Jewish Advocate. J. C.--Jewish Comment. J. Crit.--Jewish Criterion. J. E.--Jewish Exponent. Je.--June. J. H.--Jewish Herald. J. I.--Jewish Independent. J. L.--Jewish Ledger.

Jl.--July. J. O.--Jewish Outlook. J. R. & O.--Jewish Review and

Observer. J. Rec.--Jewish Record. J. S.--Jewish Spectator. J. T.--Jewish Tribune. J. V.--Jewish Voice. Mac.--Maccabsean. Mr.--March. M. V.--Modern View. My.--May. N.--November. N. A. R.--North American Re-

view. O.--October. R. A.--Reform Advocate. R. R.--Review of Reviews. S.--September. T.--Temple.

ADLEE, SAMUEL. Joseph Stolz. T. D. 24, 09.

AGRICULTURE: AMERICAN JEWISH FARMERS. B. A. Palitz. J. C. Jl. 9, 09.--BACK TO THE SOIL. Joseph Erauskopf. A. I. Ap. 21, 10.--BACK TO THE SOIL. Lajos Steiner. F. R. N., 09.--CON-

VENTION OF JEWISH FARMERS. J. H. B. J. C. O. 8, 09.--FARM-

ING BY THE JEW IN AMERICA. A. R. Levy. B'nai B'rith News. Mr.-Ap., 10.--JEW AS AN AGRICULTURIST. Qaston Lichtenstein. J. Rec. O. 3-10, 09.--JEWISH FARMEES. A. R. Levy. A. I.

Ap. 14, 10.--JEWISH FARMERS' FAIR. A. H. O. 8, 09.--JEWISH

FARMERS IN AMERICA. Eugene Wood. A. I. S. 30, 09.--JEWISH FARMERS IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. Isaac Landman. J. E. S. 3, 09.--JEWS AND AGRICULTURE. Bernard M. Kaplan.

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