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IMMIGRATIONSource: Monthly Review of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Vol. 5, No. 4 (OCTOBER, 1917),pp. 181-182Published by: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of LaborStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41829208 .

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IMMIGRATION.

IMMIGRATION IN JUNE, 1917.

The number of immigrant aliens admitted to the United States during the year 1916 was 355,767, as compared with 258,678 for the year 1915, an increase of 97,089, or 87.5 per cent. During the current year the figures for the first six months show a considerable falling off of immigration. The decrease from the precèding month for January, February, and March, 1917, is 19.9, 22.3, and 19.4 per cent, respectively. For April, however, the number of immigrant aliens admitted shows an increase of 32.3 per cent over the number ad- mitted in March. During May, immigration reached the point of low ebb, only 10,487 immigrant aliens having been admitted, the smallest total for any month in many years. As compared with April, the figures for May show a decrease of 48.9 per cent. The figures for June indicate an increase of 5.5 per cent over those for May. These facts are brought out in the following table :

IMMIGRANT ALIENS ADMITTED INTO THE UNITED STATES IN SPECIFIED MONTHS, 1913 TO 1917.

1917

Month. 1913 1914 1915 1916 hiciease Number. over preceding month.

January 46,441 44,708 15,481 17,293 24,745 U9.9 February 59, 156 46, 873 13,873 ; 24, 740 19, 238 * 22. 3 March 96,958 92,621 19,263 : 27,586 15,512 U9.4 April 136,371 119,885 2i,532 30,560 20,523 32.3 May 137,262 107,796 26,069 ! 31,021 10,487 148.9 June 176,261 71,728 22,598 30,764 11,095 5.5 July 138,244 60,377 21,504 25,035 August 126,180 37,706 21,949 29,975 September 136,247 29,143 »4,513 36,398 October 134,440 30,416 25,450 37,056 November 104,671 26,298 24,545 i 34,437 December 95,387 20,944 18,901 30,902 I

» Decrease.

Classified by races, the number of immigrant aliens admitted to and emigrant aliens departing from the United States during June, 1916 and 1917, was as follows. 1 2 * 181»] 181

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182 MONTHLY BEVIEW ÖF THE BUBEATJ OP LABOB STATISTICS.

IMMIGRANT ALIENS ADMITTED TO AND EMIGRANT ALIENS DEPARTING FROM THE UNITED STATES, JUNE, 1916 AND 1917.

Admitted. Departed. Race.

June, 191G. Jur.e,1917. June, 1916. June, 1917.

African (black) 643 943 171 209 Armenian 106 2S 1 29 Bohemian and Moravian 46 13 5 1 Bulganan, Servian, Montenegrin 305 46 3 120 Chinese 171 140 207 130 Croatian and Slovenian 33 3 2 Cuban 498 238 201 214 Dalmatian, Bosnian, Herzegovinian... .4 2 Dutch and Flemish 61. > 346 94 62 East Indian 7 . 1 2 3 English..: 3,016 1,221 715 853 Finnish 459 331 " 96 341 French.* 1,893 583 361 919 German 841 1Ç6 69 . 69 Greek. 3,791 251 107 139 Hebrew... 1,292 752 13 177 Irish t. 2,123 403 160 202 Italian (north) 424 63 311 89 Italian (south) 5.374 554 650 800 Japaneso 974 896 56 52 Korean...... : 112 1 Lithuanian 39 14 28 Magyar . : 43 3 1 43 3 Mexican 1,070 84 I 45 87 Pacific Islander - 2 - Polish 460 39 i 31 26 Portuguese 715 350 | 62 3 Roumanian 74 20 1 9 3 Russian 319 137 | 546 1,745 Rutheňian (Russniak) 88 2 5 8 Scandinavian 1,811 1,544 639 405 Scotch 1,288 398 215 198 Slovak 15 11 21 Spanish.. 1,354 1.016 212 293 Spanish-American... 267 254 51 46 Syrian...... 55 11 4 17 Turkish 38 3 3 21 Welsh : 72 29 9 17 West Indian (except Cuban) ... _ 157 146 48 30 Other peoples 283 32 54 101 Notspecified *! 1,148

Total 30,764 11,095 6,361 7,462

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