JEWISH STATISTICS the Statistics of Jews in the World Rest Largely Upon Estimates
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66 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 1908, the English " Jewish Year Book" for 56C8, " The Jewish Ency- clopedia," Jiidische Statistik, and the Alliance Israelite Uni- verselle reports. Some of the statements rest upon the authority of competent individuals, as for South Africa and Curagoa. 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 184S 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 ORGANIZATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES com- piled for the AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK, 5668 (p. 432). JEWISH STATISTICS 67 Est. Jew. Fop. Est. Jew. Pop. 1906 1907 STATES The Jewish Encyclopedia" Compiled from statements of Vol. XII, pp. 371-37-t individual correspondents of the Article "Dnited States" AMBHTCAN JEWI6H YEAR BOOK Alabama 7,000 7,000 Alaska Arizona 600 Arkansas 3,085 3,085 California 28,000 42,000 Colorado 6,800 6,600 Connecticut 8,500 22,000 Delaware 1,600 1,600 District of Columbia. 3,500 5,100 Florida 3,000 3,000 Georgia 7,000 9,300 Hawaiian Islands 100 100 Idaho 300 300 Illinois 100,000 110,000 Indiana 26,000 12,000 Iowa 5,000 6,000 Kansas 3.000 1,500 Kentucky 12,000 10,000 Louisiana 12,000 13.000 Maine 6,000 5,000 Maryland 26,600 41,000 Massachusetts 60,000 90,000 Michigan 16,000 16,000 Minnesota 13,000 13,000 Mississippi 3,000 3,300 Missouri 60,000 62,000 Montana 2,500 1,500 Nebraska 3,800 6,600 Nevada 300 300 New Hampshire 1,000 1,000 New Jersey 40,000 70,000 New Mexico 800 800 New York 820,000 905,000 North Carolina 6,000 1,500 North Dakota 1,000 Ohio 60,000 85,000 Oklahoma 1.000 Oregon 6,000 6,000 Pennsylvani a 116,000 150,000 Philippine Islands— 100 Porto Rico 100 Rhode Island 1,500 12,000 South Carolina 2,500 2,600 South Dakota 250 300 Tennessee 7,000 10,000 Texas 17,500 16,000 Utah 1,000 1,000 Vermont 700 1,000 Virginia 16,000 10,000 Washington 2,800 6,600 West Virginia 1,500 1.500 Wisconsin 15,000 15,000 Wyoming 300 1,608,435 1,777,185 68 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, 1908, is stated to have been 1,339,872. The immigration at the same ports from July 1, 1907, to June 30, 1908, was as follows: Port of New York Port of Port of Total Jk Phila- Balti- Port of TotalB AUK- Rou- RUB- Totals at delphia more Boston for four Immi- trians manians BlHllB Others New York Totals Totals Totals Ports gration July.. 1,505 717 8,808 1,022 12,052 939 609 - 359 13,959 97,132 August. 2,003 753 9.698 i,i;2 13,526 667 812 514 15,509 98 825 Sept.. 987 525 6,949 777 9,238 784 549 382 10,953 98,694 Oct... 891 446 3,823 741 6.901 269 183 163 6,606 111,513 Nov... 1,856 869 8.747 946 12,418 646 701 706 14,470 117.476 Dec .. 1,139 532 5,878 669 8,108 488 682 147 9,325 66,574 Jan... 568 267 3.836 238 4,889 377 °72 160 5,698 27.220 Feb... 422 192 2,843 228 3.685 141 168 147 4,141 23,381 Mar... 47U 235 3,167 223 4.095 309 113 134 4.651 32,617 Apr... 320 158 170 2,920 193 106 142 3,361 41,274 May.. 405 103 L649 328 2.485 71 57 46 2,659 36,317 June.'. 474 120 2,586 304 3,484 271 261 93 4,099 31,947 11,030 4,907 60,156 6,708 82.801 6,134 4,402 2,993 96,330 782,870 For the preceding year, 1906-1907, the total number of immi- grants at the three principal ports was: New York, 117,468; Philadelphia, 8,854; Baltimore, 7,791; in all, 134,113. The above figures relating to immigration have been furnished the AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK through the. courtesy of Mr. H. S. Sabsovich, General Manager of the Baron de Hirsch Fund, New York; Mr. I. Irving Lipsitch, Representative of the United Hebrew Charities, Immigration Station, Port of New York; Mr. Louis H. Levin, Secretary of the Federated Jewish Charities of Baltimore; Mr. George B. Billings, Commissioner of Immigration, Port of Boston. The statistics of general immigration were ob- tained by courtesy of the Department of Commerce and Labor. THE BRITISH EMPIRE British Isles 220,304 South Africa 40,000 Australasia 17,403 Gibraltar 2,000 Canada and British Aden 3,059 Columbia 50,000 Cyprus and Malta 165 Barbadoes 21 Hong Kong and Straits Trinidad 50 Settlements 680 Jamaica 2,000 India 18,228 Total 353,910 1 For a more detailed statement of Jewish immigration into the United States than here follows, see the AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK for 66fiO, pp. 283-4. JEWISH STATISTICS 69 GENERAL JEWISH STATISTICS United States 1,777,185 Netherlands 103,988 British Empire 353,910 Curacoa 1,000 Abyssinia (Fala- Surinam 1,158 shas) 120,000 Norway 642 Argentine Republic. .. 30,000 Persia 49,500 Austria-Hungary l 2,076,378 Peru 498 Belgium 12,000 Roumania 250,000 Bosnia, Herzegovina.. 8,213 Russia 5,215,805 Brazil 3,000 Servia 5,729 China 300 Spain 2,500 Costa Rica 43 Sweden 3,402 Cuba 4,000 Switzerland 12,264 Denmark 3,476 Turkey3 463,686 France 90,000 Bulgaria 33,717 Algeria 63,000 Egypt 30,578 Tunis 62,540 Tripoli 18,660 Germany2 586,948 Crete 1,150 Greece 5,792 Turkestan and Af- Italy 52,115 ghanistan 14,000 Luxembourg 1,201 Venezuela 411 Mexico 8,972 Morocco 109,712 Total 11,577,473 1 851,378 In Hungary. 2 392,322 in Prussia. 3 78,000 in Palestine. 70 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK LIST OP JEWISH MEMBERS OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES PAST BENJAMIN, JUDAH PHILIP, 1812-1884. Sen. from La., 1853-1861. EINSTEIN, EDWIN, 1842-1906. Rep. from N. Y., 1879-1881. EMEEICH, MABTIN, 1847- . Rep. from 111., 1903-1907. FRANK, NATHAN, 1852- . Rep. from Mo., 1889-1891. GOLDZIEE, JULIUS, 1854- . Rep. from 111., 1893-1895. HART, EMANUEL B., 1809-1897. Rep. from N. Y., 1851-1853. HOUSEMAN, JULIUS, 1832-1891. Rep. from Mich., 1883-1885. JONAS, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, 1834- . Sen. from La., 1879-1885. LESSLER, MONTAGUE, 1869- . Rep. from N. Y., 1902-1903. LEVIN, LEWIS CHARLES, 1808-1860. Rep. from Pa., 1845-1851. LEVY, DAVID. See YULEE, DAVID LEVY. LEVY, JEFFERSON MONROE. Rep. from N. Y., 1899-1901. LITTAUEB, Lucius NATHAN, 1859- . Rep. from N. Y., 1897-1907. MAY, MITCHELL, 1871- . Rep. from N. Y., 1899-1901. MEYER, ADOLPH, 1842-1908. Rep. from La., 1891-1908. MORSE, LEOPOLD, 1831-1892. Rep. from Mass., 1877-1885, 1887-1889. PHILLIPS, HENRY MYER, 1811-1884. Rep. from Pa., 1857-1859. PHILLIPS, PHILIP, 1807-1884. Rep. from Ala., 1853-1855. PULITZER, JOSEPH, 1847- . Rep. from N. Y., 1885-1886. SIMON, JOSEPH, 1851- . Sen. from Ore., 1898-1903. STRAUS, ISIDOR, 1845- . Rep. from N. Y., 1894-1895. STROUSE, MYER, 1825-1878. Rep. from Pa., 1863-1867. YULEE, DAVID LEVY, 1811-1886. Del. from Fla., 1841-1845; Sen. from Fla., 1845-1851; 1855-1861. PRESENT (MEMBERS OF THE SIXTIETH CONGRESS) GOLDFOGLE, HENRY M., Democrat, of New York City, was born in New York City; educated in the public schools; admitted to the bar after having passed the examination at the head of his class; was elected justice of the fifth district court of JEWS IN CONGRESS 71 New York in 1887, and re-elected in 1893 without opposition; became one of the judges of the municipal court of New York; retired from the bench on January 1, 1900, to resume the practice of law; during twelve years of judicial service he enjoyed the creditable record of having been reversed in but two cases; drafted and secured the enactment of a law by the State legislature which allows an execution against the body to issue against a delinquent debtor on a judgment in favor of a working woman for services performed by her; is the author of the present law in that State providing for an expeditious remedy to collect judgments obtained by laborers, mechanics, and other wage-earners for wages earned or labor performed; served several terms as grand president of District No.