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JEWISH STATISTICS the Statistics of Jews in the World Rest Largely Upon Estimates 190 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK 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 num- bers 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 1909, the English " Jewish Year Book " for 5669-70, " The Jewish Ency- clopedia," Jiidische Statistik, and the Alliance Israelite Vni- verselle 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 natural- ized, 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 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 fur- nished by correspondents who interested themselves in the DIRECTORY OF JEWISH OROANIZATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES com- piled for the AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK, 5668 (p. 432). JEWISH STATISTICS 191 Eat. Jew. Pop. Est. Jew. Pop. 1905 1907 STATES The JewiBli Encyclopedia" Compiled from statements of Vol. XII. pp 371-374 individual c<>rreHpondents nl (lie Article "Uiil'eil Staten" AMERICAN JEWISH YEAH BOOK Alabama 7,000 7,000 Alaska Arizona 500 Arkansas 3,085 3.085 California 28,000 42 0011 Colorado 5,800 6.500 Connecticut 8,500 22,000 Delaware 1,500 1,600 District of Columbia 3,500 5,1(10 Florida 3,000 3,000 Georgia 7,000 9,300 Hawaiian Islands . 100 100 Idaho 300 300 Illinois 100,000 110,000 Indiana 25,000 12 000 Iowa 5,000 6,000 Kansas 3,0011 1,500 Kentucky 12.(10(1 10,000 Louisiana 11',(1(10 12,000 Maine 5,000 5,000 Maryland 2(1,50(1 41,000 Massachusetts 00,000 90,000 Michigan Ui.000 16,000 Minnesota 13,0(10 13,000 Mississippi 3,00(1 3,.'KIO Missouri 50 000 52,000 Montana 2,500 1,500 Nebraska 3,800 6,500 Nevada 300 .",110 New Hampshire . 1,000 1,0(10 New Jersey 40,000 70,000 New Mexico 800 soo New York 820,000 905,000 North Carolina 6,000 1,500 North Dakota 1,000 Ohio 50,000 85,000 Oklahoma 1,000 Oregon 6,000 6,000 Pennsylvania 115,000 150,000 Philippine Islands . 100 Porto Rico 100 Rhode Island 1,500 12,000 South Carolina 2,50(1 2,500 South Dakota 250 300 Tennessee 7,000 10,000 Texas 17,500 16,000 Utah 1,000 1,000 Vermont 700 1,000 Virginia 15,000 10,000 Washington 2,S00 5,500 West Virginia 1.500 1.5OO Wisconsin 15,000 15,000 Wyoming 300 1,508,435 1,777,185 192 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK IMMIGRATION The total Jewish immigration to the United States, through the three principal ports of entry. New York, Philadelphia, and Balti- more, from 1881 to June 30, 1909, is stated to have been 1,397,423. The immigration at the same ports from July 1, 1908, to June 30, 1909, was as follows: Port of New York p..rtor Port of Tntal Balti- Purt.if Totals General Aus- RUA- Totalaat Phila- more Boston for Tour Immi- trlane i 8ianB OtherB New York Totals Totals Ports gration ToUln 6,484 July.... 777 125 3,340 707 4,949 136 278 121 27,670 Aug-ust 865 122 2.716 176 3.867 203 105 4,3X6 27,782 '.'11 267 6,834 Sept 1,234 273 4,607 111 6,225 237 105 38,238 Get. 224 64 1,503 166 1,947 86 176 80 2,289 40,994 Nov. 600 163 2,292 371 3,426 123 125 92 3,766 37,076 Dec. 668 209 2,566 457 3,900 IKS 167 62 4,297 46,003 Jan. 681 133 2,263 343 3,310 46 216 27 3,599 43,868 Feb. 369 60 2,259 2H5 2.953 149 69 52 3,223 67,154 Mar. 569 101 3.320 398 4,3-8 118 220 79 4,805 113,038 Apr. 305 50 1,738 146 2.239 161 119 40 2.669 116,764 May. 901 117 3,116 884 5,018 204 111 80 6,413 107,839 Jane !IK2 161 4,789 6,802 130 602 122 7,656 85,470 8,065 1,668 34,498 4,893 49,024 1,789 2,443 955 64,211 761,786 To the totals given above should be added 3,340, the number who arrived at other ports, making a total Jewish immigration of 57,551. For the year 1907-8, the Jewish immigration was: New York, 82,801; Philadelphia, 5,134; Baltimore, 4,402; Boston, 2,993; other ports, 8,057; total, 103,387. From this should be deducted 7,702 emigrating aliens recorded, and a considerable number not re- corded. Thus the total increase of the Jewish population by im- migration for the year 1907-8 was less than 95.685.1 THE BRITISH EMPIRE British Isles 237,760 South Africa 40,000 Australasia 17,106 Gibraltar 1,300 Canada and British Co- Aden 3,500 lumbia 60,000 Cyprus and Malta 185 Trinidad and Barbados. 50 Hong Kong and Straits Jamaica 2,000 Settlements 680 India 18,228 Total 380,809 1 Many of the above figures have been obtained through the courtesy of Mr. II. L. Sabsovich, General Manager of the liaron de Ilirsch Fund, New York, Mr. I. Irving Lipsitch, Ellis Island, and the Department of Com- merce and Labor. JEWISH STATISTICS 193 GENERAL JEWISH STATISTICS United States 1,777,185 Luxembourg 1,200 British Empire 380,809 Mexico 8,972 Abyssinia (Falashas) 3,000 Morocco 109,712 Argentine Republic... 30,000 Norway 642 Austria-Hungary1 ... 2,084,591 Persia 49,500 Belgium 12,000 Peru 498 Brazil 3,000 Roumania 250,000 Bulgaria 36,455 Russia 5,215,805 China and Japan 2,000 Servia 5,729 Costa Rica 43 Spain 2,500 Cuba 4,000 Sweden 3,912 Denmark 3,476 Switzerland 12,264 France 95,000 Turkey8 463,686 Algeria 03,000 Egypt 38,635 Tunis 62,540 Tripoli 18,660 Germany2 607,862 Crete 1,150 Greece 8,350 Turkestan and Af- Holland 105,988 ghanistan 14,000 Curasoa 1,000 Venezuela 411 Surinam 1,158 Italy 52,115 Total 11,530,848 1 851,378 in Hungary, 8213 in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 2 409,501 in Prussia. '78,000 in Palestine. 194 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK A LIST OF ARTICLES OF JEWTSH INTEREST INT THE JEWISH AND IN THE GENERAL PRESS AucisT, 1908, TO JULY, 1909 LIST OF ARUREVIATIONS Ag.—August. J. L.—Jewish Ledger. A. H.—American Hebrew. Jl.—July. A. I.—American Israelite. .7. O.—Jewish Outlook. Ap.—April. J. R.—Jewish Review and Ob- Char.—^Charities and The Com- server. mons. J. V.—Jewish Voice. Chant.—Chautauquan. Mac.—Maccabsean. D.—December. Mr.—March. F.—February. M. V.—Modern View. F. R.—Federation Review. My.—May. H. S.—Hebrew Standard. N.—November. Ind.—Independent. N. A. R.—North American Re- Ja.—January. view. J. A.—Jewish Advocate. O.—October. J. C.—Jewish Comment. R. A—Reform Advocate. J. Crit.—Jewish Criterion. R. R.—Review of Reviews. .7. E.—Jewish Exponent. S.—September. Je.—June. AGRARIAN MOVEMENT AJIOXII THE HEBREWS IN AMERICA. Arena, Ja., 09. AM HA-AUETZ. Mayer Kulzbcrger. J. E., Ap. 30, 09. AMERICAN COLONIES, HOW THE JEWS HELPED TO DEVELOP, IN SPITE OF PERSECUTION. Madison C. Peters. B'nai B'rith News, F., 09. AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE. J. Crit., F. 5, 09; S. Maccabaean, Ja., 09. AMERICANS IN THE MAKING; NEW ENGLAND'S METHOD OF ASSIMILAT- ING THE ALIEN. D. A. WiUey. Putnam's, Ja., 09. ANTI-SEMITISM: JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES, PREJUDICE AGAINST. Charles S. Bernheimer. Ind., N. 12, 08; BECAUSE YOU'RE A JEW. Sidney Reid. Ind., N. 26, 08. (See also Ind., D. 17, 08). ARTICLES OF JEWISH INTEREST jn:, ANTI-SEMITISM IN AMERICAN SEMINARIES FOK GIRLS. J. Crit, O. 23, 08. ARE THE JEWS NON-VISUALS? Cur. Lit., Ja., 09. ART, JEW IX. Ephraim Keyser. A. I., N. 12, 08. BALKAN CRISIS. Cyrus Adler. A. H., O. 16, 08. BARHARY STATES, JEWS OF. R. A., Ja. 30, 09. BATTLESHIP "MAINE" AND THE JEWS. Mark J. Kiitz. J. E., F. 26, 09. BIBLE AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Ben Altheimer. B'nai B'rith News, Mr., 09. BIBLE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. J. E., D. 18, 08. BIBLE IN THE SCHOOLS. M. V., F. 19, 09. BIBLE, INFLUENCE OF THE, UPON MILTON. Bernard Repel. J. E., D. 18, 08. BIXCHAM INCIDENT. A. »S'. Isaacs. J. E.. O. 2, 08.
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