ON THE IMMIGRANT POPULATION. "FOREIGN BORN. (p. 285-339.) Census of Massachusetts, 1875, v. I. *NATIVITIES, AGES, AND ILLITERACY OF FARMERS, FARM LABORERS, SKILLED AND UNSKILLED WORKMEN. Part VI of the Annual Report on the Statistics of Labor, 1878. (p. 159-262.) "PLACE OF BIRTH. Native and Foreign Born. Foreign Parent Nativity. (p. 37-211.) Census of Massachusetts, 1880. CANADIAN FRENCH IN NEW ENGLAND. Part I of the Annual Report on the Statistics of Labor, 1882. (92 p.) *CITIZENSHIP. Part II of the Annual Report on the Statistics of Labor, 1882. (p. 93-191.) A study of the nativities of voters and aliens. PLACE OF BIRTH. (p. 487-575.) Census of Massachusetts, 1885. v. I. Part I. *CITIZENS AND ALIENS. Part II of the Annual Report on the Statistics of Labor, 1888. (p. 119-225.) "NATIVE AND FOREIGN BORN. (p. 791-803.) Census of Massachusetts, 1895. v. I. *RECENT IMMIGRATION AT THE PORT OF BOSTON. (p. 158-161.) Labor Bulletin No. 16 (1900). *ALIENS IN INDUSTRY. (p. 105-137.) Labor Bulletin No. 27 (1903). ALIENS AND CITIZENSHIP. (p. 149-152.) Labor Bulletin No. 28 (1903). *RACE IN INDUSTRY. Part I of the Annual Report on the Statistics of Labor, 1903. (130 p.) ⚫ALIEN ARRIVALS DESTINED FOR MASSACHUSETTS. (p. 327-330.) Labor Bulletin No. 38 (1905). *POPULATION CLASSIFIED BY COUNTRY OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN AND BY FOREIGN PARENTAGE, (p. lxxiv. civ.) Census of Massachusetts, 1905. v. I. *MASSACHUSETTS IMMIGRANTS. (p. 1-15.) Labor Bulletin No. 39 (1906), *RESTRICTION OF IMMIGRATION, (p. 64-80.) Labor Bulletin No. 40 (1906). *IMMIGRANT ALIENS DESTINED FOR MASSACHUSETTS, 1897-1906. (p. 277-281.) Labor Bulletin No. 49 (1907). *IMMIGRANT EXODUS; ALIEN VERSUS NATIVE LABOR. (p. 201, 202.) Labor Bulletin No. 55 (1907). IMMIGRANT POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. (p. 13-30.) Labor Bulletin No. 56 (1908). *IMMIGRANT ALIENS DESTINED FOR MASSACHUSETTS, 1899-1908. (p. 47-51.) Labor Bulletin No. 63 (1909). IMMIGRANT ALIENS DESTINED for and EMIGRANT ALIENS DEPARTED FROM MASSACHUSETTS: *1909 (8 p.) Labor Bulletin No. 75 (1910). 1910 (8 p.) Labor Bulletin No. 81 (1911). *1911 (8 p.) Labor Bulletin No. 90 (1912). 1912 (p. 3-16) Part I of the Annual Report on the Statistics of Labor, 1912. IMMIGRANT POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. Part I of the Annual Report on the Statistics of Labor, 1912. (90 p.) Study of Immigrants in cities and industries and the foreign-born population of Massachusetts, 1910. IMMIGRANT ALIENS DESTINED for and EmiGRANT ALIENS Departed from MassachuseTTS: 1913 (12 p.) Labor Bulletin No. 99 (1914). 1914 (12 p.) Labor Bulletin No. 108 (1915). *The publications marked with an asterisk are out of print, but copies may be found in many public libraries. APPROVED BY THE STATE BOARD OF PUBLICATION. BUREAU OF STATISTICS CHARLES F. GETTEMY, Director LABOR BULLETIN No. 108 (Being Part V of the Annual Report on the Statistics of Labor for 1915) IMMIGRANT ALIENS DESTINED FOR AND EMIGRANT ALIENS DEPARTED FROM MASSACHUSETTS IMMIGRANT ALIENS DESTINED FOR AND EMI GRANT ALIENS DEPARTED FROM 1. INTRODUCTORY. Endeavor has been made in preparing this report2 to show the volume and character of that portion of the immigration to the United States which was destined for Massachusetts, and of that portion of the emigrant population of Massachusetts which departed from this Commonwealth to take up a permanent residence abroad. The data herein presented have been selected from the Annual Reports of the Commissioner-General of Immigration for the years1 1896 to 1914, and from the Annual Report of the Superintendent of Immigration for the year1 1895. 2. IMMIGRANT ALIENS' DESTINED FOR MASSACHUSETTS. The number of immigrant aliens admitted to the United States and destined for Massachusetts during the year ending June 30, 1914, was 93,200, which was less by over 8,000 than the number so destined in 1913, notwithstanding the fact that the aggregate number admitted to the United States, 1,218,480, was greater by over 20,000 than the number admitted in 1913. The proportion destined for Massachusetts of the aggregate number admitted to the United States was 7.6 per cent, the smallest percentage since 1908, when 7.3 per cent of those admitted to the United States were destined for Massachusetts. During the past 20 years there has been considerable variation from 1 The years referred to throughout this article are in each case the years ending June 30. 2 This report is the tenth annual presentation by this Bureau on the subject of immigrant aliens destined for Massachusetts, previous presentations having been published in Labor Bulletins Nos. 38 (December, 1905), 49 (May, 1907), 56 (January, 1908), 63 (April, 1909), 75 (August, 1910), 81 (May, 1911), 90 (March, 1912), Part I of the Annual Report on the Statistics of Labor for 1912, and 99 (April, 1914). 3 "Arriving aliens whose permanent domicile has been outside the United States who intend to reside permanently in the United States are classed as immigrant aliens; departing aliens whose permanent residence has been in the United States who intend to reside permanently abroad are classed as emigrant aliens; all alien residents of the United States making a temporary trip abroad and all aliens residing abroad making a temporary trip to the United States are classed as non-emigrant aliens on the outward journey and non-immigrant on the inward." - Report of Commissioner-General of Immigration, 1913, page 6. year to year in the total number of immigrants to the United States and also in the number destined for Massachusetts. The number admitted to the United States did not exceed 343,267 during any one of the years 1895 to 1899. In 1900 the number admitted was 448,572 and from year to year thereafter, with the exception of 1904, it increased by large additions until 1907, when there were 1,285,349 admitted. This was the record year both for the United States and for Massachusetts. In 1908 the number admitted to the United States decreased by over 500,000 as compared with 1907, and 1909 showed even a smaller total than 1908. In 1910 the number increased to 1,041,570, fell to 878,587 in 1911, and to 838,172 in 1912, but in 1913 it increased to 1,197,892, and in 1914 to 1,218,480, or to within 67,000 of the record in 1907. From the monthly summaries of the Federal Bureau of Immigration it appears that during the nine months July, 1914, to March, 1915, inclusive, the volume of immigration to the United States has shown a remarkable decrease due, no doubt, partly to the European War and partly to the recent industrial depression in this country. The number of immigrant aliens admitted during the period of nine months was only 253,501, as compared with 919,071 admitted during the corresponding nine months of the fiscal year ending in 1914. The number of emigrant aliens who departed from the United States during the period was 176,166, or about 42,000 less than during the corresponding period of the fiscal year ending in 1914. As only 253,501 immigrant aliens were admitted during the period, the net addition to the population of the country through immigration was only 77,335 during the nine months, as compared with a net addition of 700,491 during the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year. The Slavs, who during recent years have constituted a very large proportion of the total number of immigrant aliens admitted to this country, showed during the first nine months of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915, a remarkable decrease as compared with the number admitted during the corresponding nine months of the previous fiscal year, the number admitted having been only 22,771 as compared with 236,863 during the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year. Likewise the Italians (North and South) showed a great reduction in the number admitted, the comparative figures being 41,875 and 222,939 for the corresponding periods. For certain other races marked reductions may be noted, thus, for the Germans, the comparative numbers were 17,351 and 58,322; for the English, 29,979 and 38,110; Scandinavians, 18,146 and 24,691; and for the French, 9,494 and 13,592. |