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370 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

A. THE JEWS OF THE UNITED STATES

A total of 4,228,000 Jews reside in the United Statesaccording to the estimates prepared at the end of 1927.1 TheJewish inhabitants live in every state of the Union and arewidely distributed, within the states. Of the total numberof Jews, 4,077,000 live in 8l71 primary communities, eachone having 1 congregation or more, and the remaining151,000 Jews reside in places without forming permanentcongregations. These subordinate communities are foundin as many as 1,691 urban places and in 7,235 rural incor-porated places and rural unincorporated districts. Of the871 primary communities, 85 are rural.

The proportion of Jews to the total population variesbetween 16.67% in the state of New York and 0.21% inthe state of Idaho. As for the communities, the Jews con-stitute 11.11% of the total population of the cities of 100,000or over in the country; 3.11% of the total population of thecities of 100,000 to 25,000; and between 1.61% and 0.71%of the total population of the other classes of urban places;and the percentage of Jews of the total rural population isvery small, being 0.48% of those in rural incorporated and0.15% of those in rural unincorporated places. However,in the 3950 rural incorporated places having Jews, the latterconstitute 1.37% of the total population of those places and1.76% of the total population of the unincorporated areashaving Jews.

The number of Jews in the Outlying Possessions of theUnited States is very small.2

In 1917, the number of Jews in the country was estimatedat 3,389,000, and in 1877, at 229,000. The earliest esti-mate of the number of Jews in the country is said to be thatof Mordecai M. Noah in 1818, who claimed that there wereat that time 3,000 Jews in the country. In 1848, M. A.Berk estimated the number of Jews as 50,000.

• For a detailed analysis, see H. S. Linfield, The Jews in the United States, 1927, NewYork 1929

"500 in Alaska (1917), 75 in Hawaii (1926); 25 in Panama Canal Zone (1926),-500 in Philippine Islands (1927); 200 in Porto Rico (1917), and 70 in Virgin Islands(1923).

STATISTICS OF JEWS

TABLE I

THE JEWS OF THE UNITED STATES, BY STATES

371

State

UNITED STATES

Florida

IdahoIllinois

Montana

Nevada

New Jersey

New YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOhioOklahomaOregonPennsylvania

South CarolinaSouth Dakota..TennesseeTexasUtahVermontVirginiaWashingtonWest Virginia

Wyoming

Total1930

122,775,046

2,646,248435,573

1,854,4825,677,2511,035,7911,606,903

238,380486,869

1,468,2112,908,506

445,0327,630,6543,238,5032,470,9391,880,9992,614,5892,101,593

797,4231,631,5264,249,6144,842,3252,563,9532,009,8213,629,367

537,6061,377,963

91,058465,293

4,041,334423,317

12,588,0663,170,276

680,8456,646,6972,396,040

953,7869,631,350

687,4971,738,765

692,8492,616,5565,824,715

507,847359,611

2,421,8511,563,3961,729,2052,939 006

225,565

' Jews1927

4,228,029

12,8911,4558,850

123,28420,32191,538

5,31016,00013,40223,179

1,141345,980

27,24416,4047,792

19,53316,4328,480

70,871225,63489,46243,197

6,42080,687

1,57814,209

2642,779

225,3061,052

1,903,8908,2522,749

173,9767,823

13,075404,979

25 0036,8511,584

22,53246,648

2,8572,036

25 65614,6987,471

35 9351,319

P. C. of Jewsof Totalin 1927

3.58

0.500.320.462.781.895.592.182.960.980.730.214.740.860.680.590.770.851.074.445.321.991.610.362.300.221.020.340.616.010.27

16.670.280.432.590.331.474.163 560.370 230.910.860.550.581 010.940.441 230.55

Distributionof Jews

100.00

.30

.03

.212.91

.482.16

.12

.38

.32

.55

.038.18

.64

.39

.18

.46

.39

.201.675.332.111.02

.151.910.37

.33

.01

.065.33

.0245.03

.20

.064.11

.18

.319.58.60.16.03.53

1.10.06.05.60.35.17.85.03


TABLE II

JEWISH COMMUNITIES AND THEIR JEWISH POPULATION

BY SIZE OF PLACES, 1927

Numberof

placeshavingJews

P. C. ofplaceshavingJews to

totalnumber

ofplaces

Numberof

Jews

P. C. ofJews to

totalpopula-

tion

P. C. ofJews to

totalpopula-tion ofplaceshavingJews

Urban places of 100,000 or overUrban places of 100,000—25,000Urban places of 25,000—10,000Urban places of 10,000—5,000Urban places of 5,000—2,500Rural Incorporated places of 2,500 or

lessRural Unincorporated Areas

68219433636

1,121

3,9433,292

100.00100.0093.9388.2284.86

30.557.39

3,553,600378,862111,74241,85532.370

43,51366,08'

11.113.111.610.840.71

0.480.1S

11.113.111.820.950.82

1.371.76

TABLE III

PRINCIPAL JEWISH COMMUNITIES AND THEIR SUBORDINATE

COMMUNITIES, BY SIZE OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES, 1927

United States

Principal CommunitiesSubordinate CommunitiesAverage Number of Subordinate

Communities for one PrincipalCommunity

Principal Urban CommunitiesPrincipal Rural Communities

500.000 Jews or over500,000—100,000100,000— 50,00050.000— 20,00020.000— 8,0008,000— 2,0002,000— 500

500— 100Less than 100 Jews

Number ofCommunities

9,712

8718,841

10

78685

128

123372

165330163

Numberof Jews

4,228.029

4,077,042150,987

4,058,36518,677

1,765,000595,000551,000282,800362,410265,810153,41072,55210,383

Distribution ofCommunities

100.00

9.0091.00

90.0010.00

1.001.001.001.003.008.00

19.0038.0018.00

STATISTICS OF JEWS 373

TABLE IV

JEWS OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, BY BOROUGHS'

Borough

BronxBrooklynManhattanQueensRichmond

Total

TotalPopulation

1930

1,266,7322,596,1541,856,5881,078,357

157,253

6,955,084

Jews 1927

420,000797,000465,000

75,8007,200

1,765,000'

Per Cent ofTews to total

in 1927

45.2835.0225.719.334.90

29.56

Distributionof Jews,

1927

23.8045.1526.354.29

.41

100.00

i In 1917, the total number of Jews was estimated at 1,503,000, and in 1920, 1,643,012,distributed as follows: Bronx—211,000 in 1917 and 278,169 in 1920; Brooklyn—568,000in 1917 and 604,380 in 1920; Manhattan—696,000 in 1917 and 657.101 in 1920; Queens—23,000 in 1917 and 86,194 in 1920; Richmond—5,000 in 1917 and 17,168 in 1920;total—1,503,000 in 1917 and 1,643,012 in 1920.

TABLE V

JEWS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1877-1927

Year

1877...

1897. . .

1907. . .

1917...

1927. . .

TotalPopulation

43,661,968

72,106,120

88,787,058

103,690,473

118,140,645

Jews

229,087

937,800

1,776,885

3,388,951

4,228,029

P. C.

0.52

1.31

2.

3.27

3.58

Inter-val

20 yrs.

10 yrs.

10 yrs.

10 yrs.

Increase

Total

Number

28,444,152

16,680,938

14,853,415

14,500,172

P. C.

65.15

23.13

16.73

13.99

Jews

Number

708,713

839,085

1,612,066

839,078

P. C.

309.36

89.47

90.72

24.76


TABLE VIA LIST OF CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES HAVING 1,000 JEWS OR MORE

City

Akron, OhioAlbany, N. YAllentown, PaAltoona, PaAsbury Park, N. J . . .Atlanta, GaAtlantic City. N. J.. .

Baltimore, MdBangor, MaineBayonne, N. JBeaumont, Texas. .Bethlehem, PaBeverlv, MassBinghamton, N. Y...Birmingham, Ala . . . .Bloomneld, N. JBoston, MassBraddock, PaBridgeport, ConnBrockton, MassBrookline, MassBuffalo, N. Y

Cambridge, Mass. . . .Camden, N. JCanton, OhioCharleston, S. CCharleston, W. Va...Chattanooga, Tenn..Chelsea, MassChester PaChicago, 111Cincinnati, O h i o . . . .Cleveland OhioCleveland Heights

OhioColumbus, Ohio

Dallas, TexasDayton, OhioDenver, ColoDes Moines, Iowa.. .Detroit, MichDuluth, MinnEast Orange, N. J . . .Easton, PaEast St. Louis, 111....Elizabeth, N. JElmira, N. YEl Paso, TexasErie, PaEvansviile, IndEverett, Mass

Fall River, Mass.. . .Fallsburg town, N.Y.Flint, MichFort Wayne, Ind. . . .Fort Worth, Texas ..

TotalPopula-

tion 1930

255,040127,41292,05281,50314,981

353,722"65,748

804,87428,70185,82257,48358,25724,98576,601

257,65737,245

781,18819,301

147,20663,69547,437

572,217

113,650117,172105,52462,12360,411

119,53944,82758 350

3,376,438449,331901 482

50 123289,056

260,397200,225287,644142,469

1,568,662101.23167,34434,38274,024

114,55147,381

101,975115,875103.15140,120

114,3484,716

156,422115,121160,892

Jews*

6,50048,50041,9601,25041,5002

12,000412,160

68,0001,500

12,1501 OOO1

1,5001,0002,40044,200 s

1,40085,0004

2,00012,000"4,000lO.OOO2

20,000

4,000'8,600'4,300=2,500"1,25052,500=

20,000 s

1 8004

302,1641'23,5001285 000

8 0001=8,500

8,000=5,000=

17,0004,500 s

71,26823,0004

2,0001,5002,7509 ,500"1,600221,400*1,60041,50042,350

5,5001,0601,1001,8002,100

City

Galveston, Texas

Gloversville, N. Y . . .Grand Rapids, Mich.

Hammond, IndHarrisburg, PaHartford, ConnHaverhill, MassHazleton, PaHighland Park,

Mich.Hoboken, N. JHolyoke, MassHomestead, PaHouston, TexasHuntington, W. Va..

Indianapolis, Ind. . . .

Jacksonville, FlaJersey City, N. JJohnstown, Pa

Kansas City, Kans...Kansas Citv, Mo. . . .Kingston, N. Y

Lancaster, PaLawrence, MassLincoln, NebrLinden, N. JLittle Rock, ArkLong Beach, Calif.. .Long Branch, N. J...Los Angeles, Calif.. .Louisville, KyLowell, MassLynbrook, N. YLynn, Mass

McKeesport, PaMadison, WisMaiden, MassMemphis, TennMeriden, ConnMiami, FlaMilwaukee, WisMinneapolis, Minn...Montgomery, Ala... .Monticello, N. YMount Vernon, N. Y.

Nashville, TennNew Bedford, Mass..New Britain, Conn...New Brunswick, N.J.New Haven, Conn...

TotalPopula-

tion 1930

51,939100,42622,842

168,234

64,56080,284

161,22448,68739,078

52 81756,52356,55520,141

289,43875,575

362,52756,110

129,682316,914

66,886

122,327399,746

28,186

60,59684,94975,91981,624

18,399307,808100,050

11,971102,327

54,44357,81558,483

252,04938,452

110,025578,249462,611

65,8013,447

60,869

153,866112,80467,84334.273

162,650

Jews*

1,1001'2,500=1,250*1,780

1,2004,500s

27,0003,3851,000

1,7652,7801,325s

760=15,0001

1,2005

10,0002,000"

3,700"20,0002

1,000

2,50022,000

1,750

1,75013,775

1,500*

10,000"2,7002*1,0009,000

5,0001,000

12,000110,0001,750

2,000s

25,00022.000

1,40041,200

10,000"

3,000«

2,10026,5001'

25,00025* Unless otherwise indicated, the figure for the number of Jews is as of the end of1927.


TABLE VI (Cont.)

City

New London, Conn..New Orleans, LaNew Rochelle, N. Y..New York, N. YNewark, N. JNewburgh, N. Y.. . .Newport News, Va...Newton, MassNiagara Falls, N. Y..Norfolk, VaNorwalk, ConnNorwich, Conn

Oak Park Village, 111.Oakland, CalOklahoma City, Okla.Omaha, NebOrange, N. J

Pasadena, CalPassaic, N. JPaterson, N. JPeabody, MassPeekskill, N. YPeoria 111Perth Amboy, N. J . .Philadelphia, PaPittsburgh. PaPittsfield, MassPlainfield, N. JPortland, MePortland, OrePortsmouth, VaPoughkeepsie, N. Y..Providence, R. I

Quincy, Mass

Reading, PaRevere, MassRichmond, VaRochester, N. YRock Island, 111

Sacramento, CalSt. Joseph, MoSt. Louis, Mo

TotalPopula-

tion 1930

27,827455,792

54,0556,930,446

439,50631,24034,28546,05475,306

127,80835,96123,021

63,819284,213182,845214,17534,958

75,87563,108

138.26721,24417,125

104.7SS43,953

1,950,961669,81749,57834,40570,452

301,81545,35340,123

251,029

71,965

110,28935,680

182,883325,01939,245

93,68579,226

821,960

Jews

2,00029,0005,500s

1,765,00065,000

2,500'1,7501,3001,0006,500"2.0001,100s

1,6006,000s

1,500'11,000s

1,000

1,4009,000

22,3001,4001,0001 5005,5001

247,000"45,000*

2,100"2,100»3,5007,000*2,1801,850

21,000

1,650

2,5008,0006,500s

33,00061,220s

1,1002,5OO»

50,000

City

St. Paul, MinnSalem, MassSalt Lake City, UtahSan Antonio, Texas..San Diego, CalSan Francisco, Cal...Savannah, GaSchenectady, N. Y...Scranton, PaSeattle, WashShreveport, LaSioux City, Iowa. . . .Somerville, Mass.. . .South Bend, IndSouth Orange, N. J..Spokane, WashSpringfield, MassStamford, ConnStockton, CalSuperior, WisSyracuse, N. Y

Tacoma, WashTerre Haute, Ind

Trenton, N. JTroy, N. YTulsa, Okla

Union, N. JUniontown, PaUtica, N. Y

Waco, TexasWashington, D. C . . .Waterbury, Conn....Waukegan, 111West New York.N.J.White Plains, N. Y..Wilkes-Barre, PaWilmington, DelWinthrop, MassWoodbine, N. JWorcester, Mass

Yonkers, N. YYoungstown, Ohio...

TotalPopula-

tion 1930

270,88343,287

140,058231,542147,897634,394

87,71495,692

143,428363.134

76,65979,031

103,604103,69413,729

115,514149,86146,34647,69036,087

207,007

106,83762,543

290 787122.61072,350

141,281

58,65919,368

102,633

52,825485,71699,90233,43436,94135,60486,507

104,94116,9682,164

196,395

135,123170,004

Jews

14,000s

2,4002,0006,00052,5005

38,0003,8003,800"8,000"

12,000=2.20O1

3,1502,50O!

2,500s

1,0001,350

12,1005,6001,150

600s

12,000s

1,0001,000

12 000s

11,000"2,IOC1,500s

4,000!»1,1005.6002

1,50016,0005,3001,0002,4101,7005,5003,936'2,4501,100"

13.00021

8,00058,500'

' 1931 local est. 2 1932 local est. s 1933 local est. ' 1934 local est. ' 1930 local est.• Bureau of Jewish Social Research, est. 1928. 7 Bureau of Jewish Social Research,

Talmud Torahs. « 7,500 in 1930, Jewish Welfare Board. ls 1930 local census, undersupervision of Rabbi Dr. Henry Cohen. « 1927, Jewish Welfare Board; 1933 est. ofJewish Community Center, 1149 families. "1932 est. of the' Associated TalmudTorahs. '» 1934 local est., 1,000. '» 7,500 in 1929, Jewish Welfare Board and Bureauof Jewish Social Research; 10,000 in 1930 local est. '" 3,200 in 1928, Jewish WelfareBoard. !1 14,000 in 1930, local est.; 9,500 in 1930, Bureau of Jewish Social Research.

11 1932 est.; 1934 est. by Benjamin F. Levy, 1,100. 2S est, by Robbi Joseph Warren,1,500. » 1934 est. by Rabbi Harvey Kaplan, 1,400. » 1931 local est.- 1933 est ofCommunity Center, 18,00-20,000.


B. JEWISH POPULATION OF THE WORLD

The total number of Jews in the world is here estimatedat 15,300,000. Of that number, 7,677,000 reside in a groupof adjacent countries located in the center of the continentof Europe, which region may be designated as the "Jewish"Central Europe. This region includes Poland, Danzig,Lithuania, Latvia; Austria, Czecho-Slovakia, Hungary;Roumania, Russia (Crimea, Ukraine, and White Russia).In this region the Jews constitute nearly 6% of the total pop-ulation. Over 4,400,000 live in North America and the WestIndies, where the Jews constitute nearly 3% of the totalpopulation; 318,000 Jews live in Palestine and the surround-ing countries of Arabia, Iraq, and Syria, constituting over2% of the total population of that region. Over 400,000Jews reside in the Arab-speaking countries of North Africa,namely, Tangiers, Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, Libya, andEgypt; in this region the Jews form nearly 1.4% of the totalpopulation. In addition to these regions, the proportionof Jews to the total population is considerable in Nether-lands (2%) and in the southeastern portion of Europe,namely, Greece and European Turkey (1.74%); in thesouthernmost country of the continent of Africa, namely,the Union of South Africa, where the Jews constitute nearly1% of the total population and over 4% of the white popu-lation in that country; and in the southernmost country ofthe American continent, namely, Argentine, where theJews constitute nearly 2% of the total.

In all other regions the Jews constitute less than 1% ofthe total population. Of these, over 1,500,000 residein western and southern Europe; nearly 200,000, in northernand eastern Europe (Russia and the Baltic countries); and30,000 reside in Australia and New Zealand, constitu-ting a little over 0.5% among the European peoples in Eu-rope and nearly 0.33% among the white residents of Australia.Nearly 225,000 Jews reside among the peoples of Asia Minor,and central and northern Asia; and only about 125,000Jews reside among the peoples of eastern and southern Asia


(Japan, China, India and Indo-China), in Central Africa,Oceania, and Central and Southern America, exclusive ofthe Argentine Republic; and the proportion of Jews to non-Jews in those countries is very small. There are 50,000Falashas, it is claimed, in Abyssinia.

Of the total number of 15,315,439 Jews in the world,9,494,363 reside in Europe, 530,869 in Africa, .582,609 inAsia, 30,401 in Australasia, and 4,677,217 in America. Thus,61.99% live in Europe, 30.54 in America, 3.80% in Asia,3.47% in Africa, and 0.20% in Australasia.

TABLE VII

JEWS OF AMERICA, BY GEOGRAPHICAL DIVISIONS AND COUNTRIES

ALL COUNTRIES

North America and West Indies

United States (Continental)...

Cuba

HaitiJamaica

Virgin IslandsPanama Canal Zone

South and Central America

BrazilChileGuiana (British)... .PanamaParaguayPeruSurinamUruguayVenezuela

Gen.Population

227,872,950

159,882,190

122,775,04659,278

10,376,78616,552,7223,961,725

76,2991,200,0002,300,200

974,7421,543,913

22,01239,467

67,990,760

11 846 65539,103 856

4,287,445310,933467,459836,360

6,147.00015 5 888

1,808,2863,026,878

Yr.

193019301931193019331930193219271929193019301930

1933192819301931193019281927193119291926

JewishPopulation*

4,677,217

4,410,259

4,228,029500

155,614c16,000'

7,800566

55c150

l,2S0c200

7025

266.958

215 0 0040,000

2.2OO2

1,7867504001

300640

5,000882c

Yr.

192719171931192719331929192019291921191719231926

1933193319311925192619241927193119291926

PerCent

2.05

2.76

1.50

0.20

0.39

1 81

0.010.410.280.03

• The letter " c " following a figure indicates tha t it is based on a census.1 10,000 Oriental Jews and 6.000 European Jews.! Number of Jews residing a t Santiago, Valparaiso, Concepsion and Temuco.' Number of Jews residing at Villarrica, Borche, Cabaliero. Ipcarai, Caifunto and

armasion.


TABLE VIIIJEWS OF EUROPE, BY GEOGRAPHICAL DIVISIONS AND COUNTRIES

ALL COUNTRIES

Central Europe

Austria ,Crimea3

Czecho-Slovakia ,DanzigHungary , ,LatviaLithuaniaNorthwest Russia10

Poland

White Russia4

Ukraine*

Western and Southern Europe.

AlbaniaBelgiumBulgariaCyprusDenmarkFranceGermany '.GibraltarGreat Britain and Northern

IrelandGreece ,Irish Free StateItalyLuxemburgMalta and GozoNetherlandsPortugalSaar BasinSerb-Croat-Slovene StateSpainSwitzerlandTurkey (Europe)

Northern Europe

EsthoniaFinland

Russia (R. S. F. S. R.,exclusiveof Crimea and the Northwest)1"

Sweden

Gen.Population

501,861,635

132,914,825

6 732 625713 823

14,726,1581 407,517

8,688,3491,900,0452,340 038

13,450,53331,927 77318,025,0374,982 623

29,020,304

280,823,152

1,003 0688,092,0045,478 741

347,9593,550,656

41,834 92365,143,052

17,613

46,178,8846,204,6842,971,992

41,176,671299,782241,621

7,935,5656,825,883

770,03013,934,03823,563,8674,066,4001,185,719

88,123,658

1,116,5533,667,0672,814,194

74,384,2736,141,5718

Yr.

193119261930192919301930193019261931193019261926

19301930192919311930193119331931

1931192819261931193019311930193019271931193019301927

192919301930

19261930

JewishPopulation

9,494,363

7,676,913

250 00045 926c

356,768c9,239c

444,567c94,388c»

155 125c1

326,363c3 028 837

984,213407 059c

1,574,428c

1,632,493

20460 000s

46 431195c

5,947220 000c"564,379c7

1,123c5

300,00072,791c1!

3,686c47,435c2,242

35156,817'

1,2004,038c

68,405c4.000

17,97355,592c

184.957

4,566c"1,7.721,457c

170,6936,469c

Yr.

192319261930192419301930192319261932193019261926

19301934192619211921192619251920

1931192819261931193019201933193119271931193419301927

192219301920

19261920

PerCent

1.89

5.78

6 432.42

5.114.97

2.43

5.468.175.43

0.58

0 02

0.651.170.120.120.75

0.520.49

0.444.69

0.21

0.05

0.23

1 Exclusive of the number of Jews in the district of Memel of 141,274 inhabitantson January 1. 1925.

• Including part of refugees from Germany.• Autonomous republic of Russia (R. S. F. S. R.).4 Constituent republic of Russia (U. S. S. R.).• The ecclesiastical returns of the four synagogues of the city.6 The returns of the 1930 census give 111,917 Jews, exclusive of the possible number of

Jews among the 1,144,393 enumerated as of "no religion" and 185 as of "unknownreligion."

7 The results of the 1933 census giving population figures by religion, have not yetbeen published. 8 Preliminary figure. • On basis of nationality.

10 The Goverments of Leningrad, Pskow, Smolensk, Briansk, and Moscow." Estimate for 1931, 225,000. 1! Estimate for 1933, 100,000.>" Estimate for 1931, 5,000.


TABLE IX

JEWS OF AFRICA, BY GEOGRAPHICAL DIVISIONS AND COUNTRIES

ALL COUNTRIES

Northern Part (Arabic-Speaking Countries)

EgyptLibya" . . . .

Tunis

Southern Part (Black Africa)..

Congo (Belgian)

Northern RhodesiaPortuguese East AfricaSouthern RhodesiaSouth-West AfricaTanganyika (German

East Africa)Union of South Africa

Gen.Population

68,003,199

29,948,170

6,553,45114,213,364

717,663'5,000,0001,000,000

53,0002,410,692

38,055,029

7,500,000"9,402,604'2,891,691'1,386,081'3,514,612'l,109,012»

258,905"

5,063,544"6,928,580"

Yr.

1931192719311931192919311931

1932193319281931192719311926

19311921

JewishPopulation

530,869

406,019

110,12763,550"24,342'

120,000'15,000"8,000*

65,000*

124,850

50,000'»177100426100

2,021200

1071.81615

Yr.

1931192719311931192919311926

1922192319241931192319311925

19231926

PerCent.

0.78

1.36

1.680.453.392.401.50

15 09

0.33

0 03

0 18

#

1 552,663 in Tripolitania, including 21,342 Jews and 165,000 in Cyrenaica, including3,000 Jews, practically all in the town of Bengazi.2 Native Jews.

I The number of Jews residing at Alcazar, Arzila, Larache, and Tetuan.4 The census of 1926 returned 54,243 native Jews; in 1931 census, the number of

native Jews was 56,242. 2.54% of the total native population (2,215,399).s Including 18,721 Europeans.'Including 23,086 Europeans and Arabs.' Including 13,846 Europeans.• Including 35,570 non-natives.• Including 49,910 Europeans."Including 24,115 Europeans.II Including 48,749 Europeans: 29,749 in Tripolitania and 19,000 in Cyrenaica .12 Including 1,828,175 Europeans in 1931.18 Falashas.» Estimate received in 1934, 72,550.11 3.93% of the total white population." Including 8,217 Europeans and 32,687 Asiatics." Est. taken from Political Handbook of the World, 1934.


TABLE XJEWS OF ASIA, BY GEOGRAPHICAL DIVISIONS AND COUNTRIES

ALL COUNTRIES

Palestine and NeighboringCountries

PalestineArabiaAden and PerimIraqSyria and Lebanon

Asia Minor, Central andNorthern Asia

AfghanistanPersiaRussia (R. S. F . S. R.) in Asia>Transcaucasian Republic2

Turkmenistan3

Turkey (in Asia) ;Uzbekistan'

Eastern and Southern Asia

British Malaya. . . .China

India (States and Agencies)...Indo-China (French)Japan

Gen.Population

992,652,069

13,665,953

1,035.154'7,000,000

50.8092,849,2822,730,708

64,256,569

12,000,0009,000,000

18,845,6215,850,692

827,40012,462,5515,270,195

914,729,657

1,114,015474,787,386

840,473352,837,778

20,700,00064,450,005

Yr.

19311929193119201933

1933192919261926192619271926

193119321931193119261930

JewishPopulation

582,609

317,696

175,00625,0004,151

87,488c26,051

222,919

5,00040,00049,571c62,194c

2,040c26,280c37,834c

41,994

703c15,000

15024,141

1,000*1,000

Yr.

1931

193119201933

1929192919261926192619271926

192119211921193119241922

PerCent

0.06

2.32

16.91

8.173.100.95

0.35

0.440.261.060.250.210.72

0.005

0.01

1 Including the Far Eastern Region, Yakutsk Republic, Buriat-Mongul Republic,Siberian Region, and the autonomous republic of Kirghizia.

2 A constituent republic of Russia (U. S. S. R.), and the republic includes Armenia,Azerbajdjan, and Georgia.

• Constituent republic of Russia (U. S. S. R.).1 The number of Jews residing at Haiphong, Hanoi, Saigon and Tourane.

TABLE XI

JEWS OF AUSTRALASIA, BY COUNTRIES

Countries

Hawaii1

Philippine Islands

Gen.Population

20,425,771

6,630,600c368,336

1,344,46912,082,366

Yr.

1933193019261929

JewishPopulation

30,401

27,000310

2,591c500

Yr.

1933193419261917

PerCent0.15

0.41

0.19

1 Exclusive of Maoris, having a population of 63,670.


TABLE XIIA LIST OF COUNTRIES AND THEIR JEWISH POPULATIONS

Name of Country Number of Jews1 Name of Country Number of Jews

AbyssiniaAden and P e r i m . . . .AfghanistanAlaskaAlgeriaArabiaArgentinaAustraliaAustriaBelgiumBrazilBritish MalayaBulgariaCanadaChileChinaCongo (Belgian). . . .CrimeaCubaCuracaoCyprusCzecho-SlovakiaDanzigDenmarkDominican Republic.EgyptEsthoniaFinlandFranceGermanyGibraltarGreat Britain and

Northern Ireland..GreeceGuiana (British)HaitiHawaiiHong KongHungaryIndiaIndo-China (French)IraqIrish Free StateItalyJamaicaJapanJugoslaviaKenya.LatviaLibya.. . ,

50,0004,1515,000

500110,12725.000

215,00027,000

250,00060,00040,000

70346,431

155,6142,200

12,000177

45,9267,800

565195

356,7689,2395,947

5563,5504,5661,772

220.000510,000

1.123

300,00072,791

1,786150310150

444,56724,141

1,00087,4883,686

47,4851,2501,000

68,405100

94,38824,342

LithuaniaLuxemburgMaltaMexicoMorocco (French)Morocco (Spanish)NetherlandsNew ZealandNorwayPalestinePanamaPanama Canal Zone . . . .ParaguayPersiaPeruPhilippine IslandsPolandPorto RicoPortugalPortuguese East Africa..Rhodesia (Northern). . .Rhodesia (Southern)RoumaniaRussia (R. S. F. S. R.)

in AsiaRussia (R. S. F. S. R.)

in EuropeRussia (U. S. S. R.)Saar BasinS.W.AfricaSpainSurinam (Dutch Guiana)SwedenSwitzerlandSyria and LebanonTanganyikaTangier ZoneTrans-Caucasian Rep. . .TunisiaTurkmenistanTurkey in AsiaTurkey in EuropeUkraineUnion of South Africa..United States2

UruguayUzbekistan RepublicVenezuelaVirgin IslandsWhite Russia

155,1252,242

3516,000

120,00015,000

156,8172,5911,457

175,00675025

40040,000

300500

3,028.837200

1,200100426

2,021984,213

49.571

539,2722,672,398

4,038200

4,000628

6,46917,97326,051

108,000

62,19465.000

2,04026,28055,592

1,574,42871,816

4,228,0295,000

37,834882

70407,059

1 See footnote 1 to p. 382.'Continental; Jews in Alaska and other possessions number 1,372.


TABLE XIII

LIST OF IMPORTANT CITIES AND THEIR JEWISH POPULATION*

NameGen.

Population

450,000257,122766,263284,811250,000

4,190,847685,000

1,006,184795,000119,173561,344221,260111,12250,533690,85790,407203,298417,342c513,63792,446316,177

1,614,008605,287131,528818,577c

,144,679420,862848,08130,953

377,9171,008,083213,002127,00046,116631,207c81,400

202,4051,865,7801,178,211218,78Sc

Yr.

19201931193219301920193319211930192019261921193119301931192719311 93119261926192319311926193119261931192619261930192119301931192619261931193119311931193019311931

JewishPopulation1

27,20023,55065,55822,000e.50,000c.

172,672c.20,000e.232,21238,10011,0795,875c.45,19243,555c.15,99546,698c51,41625,82681,139c140,256c25,044c.76,85484,503c155,86053,686c57,710131,747c153,243c35,463c.3,004c.

39,459c.13,40020,8951,929c.45,60745,205c14,700c25,3992

201,513c.309,165c.17,153c

Yr.

1933193119331921192019251921193019331926192119211919193119271931192619261926192619211926192119261931192619261930192119251931192619221931193119311931192319211931

PerCent

9.1610.4

20.0

2.9,23.08

9.301.04

6.75

19.4427.31

5.24

40.827.056.14

36.414.189.7

1.3311.89

98.907.1618.0612.55

7.84

Alexandria....AlgiersAmsterdam...AntwerpBagdadBerlinBrusselsBudapestCairoCape Town. . .Copenhagen...Cracow........Czernowitz....HaifaIstanbulJerusalemJohannesburg.,KharkovKievKovnoLwowLeningradLodzMinskMontrealMoscowOdessaPragueRabatRigaRomeSofiaTallinn (Revel)Tel AvivTorontoTripoliTunisViennaWarsawWinnipeg

• For cities in the United States, see pp. 374-375' It should be borne in mind that the figures for the number of Jews arrived at on

the basis of a religious or nationality census, are minima. This is partly due to the factthat there is sometimes a tendency on the part of census enumerators to minimize thenumber of persons of a minority religion or nationality, and partly because some Jewsreport their nationality as that of the majority population, or decline to answer thequestion as to religion or nationality. For example, in the 1921 census of Czecho-slovakia as many as 724,507 persons refused to give their religious affiliation. Thenumber of Jews for that country given in this article does not include the possiblenumber of Jews among those that refused to give their religious affiliation.

' Exclusive of Europeans.


C. IMMIGRATION OF JEWS TO THEUNITED STATES

4. DURING THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1933

Admissions and Departures.—During the year endedJune 30, 1933, a total of 2,372 Jewish immigrants wereadmitted to the United States, about 400 less than thepreceding year (2,755). During the same period, 384 Jewsemigrated from the country. The net increase throughimmigration, was thus 1,988.

Deportations and Debarments.—During the fiscal year,ended June 30, 1933, a total of 138 Jews previously admittedwere deported, and 276 applying for admission were debarred.The former number represents 6.94% of the net increaseof Jewish immigrants over emigrants, while the numberof debarred constitutes 11.64% of those admitted. Whilethese percentages are somewhat higher than in previousyears, reflecting no doubt a more stringent administrationof the law, yet they are considerably lower than the per-centages for the immigration as a whole, for we find thatthe percentage of all debarments to all admissions was23.96%. As in the foregoing year, there can be no com-parison regarding deportations for the year ended June30, 1933, because there was an actual net decrease of 57,013created by an excess of departures over admissions. In1931 however, when the percentage of all deportations tonet increase was as high as 51.46%, the percentage of Jewsdeported was only 2.79% of the excess of Jews admittedover those who departed.

Countries of Origin.—Of the 2,372 Jews admitted duringthe fiscal year ended June 30, 1933 almost three-fifths(57.29%) came from a group of adjacent countries in centralEurope in which live almost half of the total number ofJews in the world.1 Of the remaining 1,013, nearly half(491) came from Canada, 130 from Cuba, 99 from Mexico,72 from Germany, and 41 from Palestine.

•Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Austria, Czecho-Slovakia, Hungary, Roumania, Russia.


On the other hand, only less than one-eighth (11.78%)of the total number of immigrants came from the countriesof Central Europe which contributed one-half of the Jewishimmigrants, while seven-eighths (87.23%) of the total camefrom the countries which contributed the remaining two-fifths of the Jewish immigrants.

Destination of Immigrants.—Jewish immigrants to theUnited States during the fiscal year were destined to thirty-eight states and the District of Columbia, the states rankinghighest being New York, Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania,New Jersey, California, Massachusetts, in the order given.

Sex.—Of the total number of Jewish immigrants admittedduring the fiscal year, 48.69% were males, and 51.31% werefemales, as compared with 39.96% and 60.04% respectivelyfor the total number of immigrants.

Age.—-The Jewish immigration differed but slightly fromthe total in the matter of age distribution. Of the totalnumber of Jewish immigrants, 15.89% were children under16 years of age, 67.08% were persons between 16 and 44,and 17.03% were 45 years or over; in the total immigrationthe proportion of persons 45 years and over (16.92%) waspractically the same as in the Jewish group, while the per-centage of those from 16 to 44 years of age 65.17% wasslightly lower and the proportion of children 17.91% inthe total immigration was slightly higher than in theJewish immigration.

Conjugal Condition.—Among the Jewish immigrants therewere proportionately a smaller number of single personsand a larger number of married persons, than were foundamong the immigration as a whole, the percentages beingrespectively 38.62% single, and 55.31% married, amongthe Jews, as compared with 41.84% and 51.36% in thetotal; the proportions of widowed and divorced personswer2 also slightly lower in the Jewish group (5.65% widowedand 0.42% divorced among the Jews as compared with6.33% widowed and 0.47% divorced for the total).

Family Character of Jewish Immigration.—The differ-ences in age grouping and in conjugal condition of theJewish immigration from the total indicate that the Jewishimmigration is more largely of a family character. This is


also evident from the fact that 93.97% of the Jewishimmigrants came to join relatives as compared with 83.92%for the total immigration; and only 3.5% of the Jewishimmigrants had neither relatives nor friends here, as com-pared with 9.76% for the total number of immigrants.

Financial Condition.—The Jewish immigrants (10.28%of the total) brought in 9.19% of the aggregate amount ofmoney shown to be in the possession of all the immigrants,but whereas fully three-quarters (75.84%) of the totalimmigrants showed the possession of money, only a littleover two-thirds (69.31%) of the Jews did so,—anotherreflection of the family character of the Jewish immigration.

2. DURING THE SIX MONTHS, JULY-DECEMBER, 1933

For the fiscal year which ended June 30, 1934, completeofficial figures for only the first six months were availableat the time this article was written. These figures showthat the number of Jews admitted during this period, 1,571,was 10.47% of the total immigration and that Jewishimmigrants exceeded Jewish emigrants by 1,369; whereasthe general emigration showed an excess of 9,437 depar-tures over admissions. The proportion of Jews debarredduring the six months was slightly lower than for the pre-ceding fiscal year. (4.50% during the six months, comparedwith 4.99% during the preceding year); while the propor-tion of Jews deported was considerably higher (1.36%during July-December, as against 0.69% during the pre-ceding fiscal year).

3. FROM 1881 TO 1933

Of the earlier waves of Jewish immigration to the UnitedStates, which were made up chiefly of immigrants fromSpain, Portugal, and Holland, and from Germany, noreliable statistics are available. Such statistics were recordedonly beginning in 1881, but these are not complete for theentire period since then. For the seventeen years from 1881to 1898, we have statistics only for the number of Jewsadmitted at the ports of New York, Philadelphia, and


Baltimore. For the next eight years (1899-1907) we havefigures for the number of Jews admitted at all ports. It isonly since 1908 that statistics of departures as well as ofarrivals have been recorded.

Notwithstanding these" deficiencies and gaps, we are in aposition to arrive at an approximate figure for the totalJewish immigration since 1881. From 1908, when thenumber of departures began to be recorded, up to 1914, afterwhich the World War and restrictive legislation interruptedthe free flow of immigration, the percentage of Jews depart-ing to those admitted was 7.14%. We may assume that thesame percentage held good during the period 1899-1907 forwhich we have complete figures for Jewish admissions. Ifthis assumption is correct, the number of Jews admittedduring those years totalled 829,244. For the period from1881-1898 we have figures only for Jews admitted at theports of New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore. We mayperhaps assume that the number of departures during thoseyears equalled the number of admissions a t other ports; inother words, that the total number of Jews admitted at allports equalled the number admitted at the three portsmentioned, namely, 533,478. Adding the net increases forthese two periods, thus arrived at, to the net increase from1908 to 1933, for which official statistics are available, wefind that the total net increase of the Jewish population ofthe United States as a result of, immigration was 2,335,559for the fifty-three years from 1881 to 1933.


TABLE XIV

JEWISH IMMIGRANTS ADMITTED, DEPARTED, DEBARRED AND DEPORTED

JULY 1, 1932—JUNE 30, 1933, AND JULY-DECEMBER, 1933

July 1,

Total

23,06880,08157,0135,527

19,865

1932—June 30,

Jews

2,372384*

1,988276138

1933

P.C.

10.280.48

4.990.69

July—December,

Total

14,99824,435

—9,4373,0235,363

Jews

1,571202

1,369136

73

933

P.C.

10.470.83

4.501.36

1 In addition, 127,660 non-immigrants, including 2,636 Jews (2.06%) were admittedduring the year ended June 30, 1933, and 75,932 non-immigrants, including 1,900 Jews,during July-December, 1933.

2 In addition, 163,721 non-emigrant aliens departed during the year ended June 30,1933, including 1,591 Jews (0.97%); and 76,741, including 914 Jews, during July-December, 1933.

315 to Canada, 95 to Great Britain, 104 Palestine, 53 to Poland, 20 to Russia,and 97 to other countries.

TABLE XV

JEWISH IMMIGRANTS ADMITTED BY SEX, AGE, CONJUGAL CONDITION

FINANCIAL CONDITION, ETC., YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1933

Immigrants Admitted. . . .

SEXMalesFemales

AGEUnder 1616—4445 and over

MARITAL CONDITIONSingleMarriedWidowedDivorced

FINANCIAL CONDITIONAmount of money shown .No. showing $50 or over..No. showing less than $50

PERSONS JOINEDRelativesFriends

Number

Total

23,068

9,21913,849

4,13115,0333,904

9,65211,848

1,461107

$3,276,59211,9725,525

19,3591.4572,252

Jews

2,372

1,1551,217

3771,591

404

9161,312

13410

$301,197858786

2,2296083

Distribution

Total

100.00

39.9o60.04

17.9165.17

• 16.92

41.8451.366.330.47

9.19

83.926.329.76

Jews

100.00

48.6951.31

15.8967.0817.03

38.6255.315.650.42

—

93.972.533.50


TABLE.XVI

DESTINATION OF JEWISH IMMIGRANTS BY STATEYEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1933

United States

Illinois . .Massachusetts

New JerseyNew YorkOhioPennsylvaniaOther States1

Total

23,068

1,9721,1961,5481,6271,2168,039

5411,2195,710

Jews

2,372

8817270

13997

1,43751

102216

P. C.

10.28

4.4614.384.528.547.98

17.889.438.373.78

Distribution

Total

100.00

8.555.186.717.055.27

34.852.355.29

24.75

Jews

100.00

3.717.252.955.864.09

60.582.154.309.11

1 Alabama (3), Arizona (5), Colorado (3), Connecticut (24), Delaware (1), Districtof Columbia (7), Florida (6), Georgia (9), Indiana (2), Iowa (1), Kansas (5), Kentucky(2), Louisiana (5), Maine (4), Maryland (16), Minnesota (15), Missouri (15), Montana(1), Nebraska (2), North Carolina (1), North Dakota (1), Oklahoma (2), Oregon (3),Rhode Island (8), Tennessee (5), Texas (34), Utah (3), Vermont (1), Virginia (2),Washington (22), and Wisconsin (8).

TABLE XVII

PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES OF LAST RESIDENCE OF JEWISH IMMIGRANTSYEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1933

ALL COUNTRIES

CENTRAL EUROPEANCOUNTRIES

Czecho-Slovakia

Poland

Russia

OTHER COUNTRIES

CanadaCuba

Countries of less than40 Jews

Total

23,068

2,718

228294285

50118

1,332247164

20,350

476,135

6481,9361,919

9,665

Jews

21372

1,359

3042762431

940118

98

1,013

41491130

9972

180

P. C.

10.28

50.00

13.1614.2926.6748.0026.2770.5747.7759.76

4.98

87.238.00

20.065.113.75

1.86

Distrbution

Total

100.00

11.78

8.3910.8210.48

1.844.34

49.019.096.03

88.22

0.2330.15

3.199.519.43

47.49

Jews

100.00

57.29

2.213.095.591.772.28

69.178.687.21

42.71

4.0548.4712.839.777.11

17.77


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TABLE XX

JEWISH IMMIGRANTS REJECTED ON APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION AND

THOSE DEPORTED FROM THE UNITED STATES AFTER

ADMISSION, 1899-1933

Year

1899-1910191119121913191419151916191719181919192019211922.19231924.192519261927192819291930193119321933

Total 1899-1933

Total 1911-1933

Debarred

Number

Total

116,25522,34916,05719,93833,04124,11118,86716,0287,2978,626

11,79513,77913,73120,61930,28425,39020,55019,75518,83918,1278,2339,7447,0645,527

506,006

Jews

10,7851,9991,0641,2242,5061,398

949607222199268

1,1951,2561,4551,7541,137

8711,090

898610275405314276

32,757

Per Cent toAdmission

Total

1.22.51.91.62.77.36.35.46.56.12.71.74.43.94.38.66.75.96.16.483.41

10.0319.8623.96

2.59

Jews

1.02.11.31.21.95.26.23.56.06.51.81.02.32.93.5

11.18.49.47.74.892.397.12

11.4011.64

1.71

Deported

Number

Total

12,1772,7882,4563,4614,1372,6702,9061,918

7963,1022,7624,5174,3453,6614,2949,495

10,90411,66211,62512,90816,63118,14219,42619,865

186,648

174,471

Jews

1,303209191253317

687946271753

13421499

113250175184213153164150147138

4,697

3,394

Per Cent toNet Increase

Total

.5

.4

.4

.42.11.8.9

4.917.6

1.9.8

3.9.82.68

4.74.74.45.16.138.71

51.46

—

2.66

Jews

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.5.3

.9

.7

.4

.1

.4

.02

.22.51.71.61.91.251.462.796.386.94

—

0.42


D. JEWISH IMMIGRATION TO O T H E RAMERICAN COUNTRIES

CANADA. During the year ended March 31, 1933, atotal of 772 Jews entered Canada (426 from the UnitedStates), 3.9% of the total. The distribution by sex is aboutthe same among the Jews as among the total number ofimmigrants, the percentage for females being higher thanfor males (45.34% males and 54.66% females among Jews;and 46.36% males and 53.64% females among the totalimmigration); and the immigrants of 18 years or overconstituted 63.21% of the total number of Jewish immi-grants, while for the total number of immigrants, thecorresponding percentage was 61.61%.

Nearly 2 3 % of the Jewish immigrants admitted weretraders; 9.72% mechanics; 2.59% laborers; 2.07% femaledomestic servants; and 0.77% farmers. This occupationaldistribution varied from tha t of the other immigrants,where the farming class constituted 15.4%.

Of the total number of Jews tha t entered the country(772—346 via ocean ports and 426 from the United States),251 were born in the United States, and 15 in Canada; ofthe remainder, all except 4, came from European countries(502). Of this number, nearly seven-eighths (435) camefrom the four countries of Lithuania, Poland, Roumania,and Russia (56.35% of the total number of Jews admittedto Canada), and 33 (4.27%) from England. Of the totalnumber of immigrants (19,782) tha t entered Canada, 9,695,almost half (49.01%), were born in the United States, and1,129 (5.71%) were born in Canada.

Over 90% (93.26%) of the Jewish immigrants were boundfor the three provinces of Ontario (52.07%), Quebec(34.45%), and Manitoba (6.74%). Of the total numberof immigrants, over two-thirds were bound for the sameprovinces, and of these, 44.42% went to Ontario, 20.79%to Quebec, and 3.57% to Manitoba.

During 1901 to 1933, a total of 125,285 Jews enteredCanada, constituting 2.14% of the total.


CUBA. During 1930, a total of 1,374 Jews entered Cuba,and 120 immigrant Jews departed; and 29 were debarredfrom landing. During 1929, a total of 476 Jews entered thecountry. The number of Jewish immigrants that enteredCuba during 1931 is 208, and during 1932 is 165.

BRAZIL. During 1932, a total of 2,049 Jewish immigrantswere admitted to Brazil. From 1925 to 1932, a total of28,909 Jews entered the country, constituting 4.64% of thetotal number of persons admitted.

URUGUAY. During 1932, 765 Jews entered Uruguay;and during 1927-1932, a total of 7,889 Jewish immigrantsentered the country, 0.76%.

ARGENTINE. During 1932, a total of 1,801 Jews enteredArgentine, constituting 5.57% of the total number ofimmigrants admitted to the country during that year. Dur-ing the period of 20 years of 1913-1932, a total of 96,844Jews entered the country, constituting 4.63% of theadmissions.

UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA. During 1930, a total of 1,200Jewish immigrants entered the Union of South Africa,40.64% of total. In 1929, the dumber of Jewish immi-grants was 2,664, 61.20% of the total.


TABLE XXI

JEWISH IMMIGRATION INTO CANADA BY SEX, AGE,

OCCUPATION AND DESTINATION, 1933

Total

From United States

S E X

Females

ACEUnder 18 Years18 Years or Over

OCCUPATIONFarmers

MechanicsTraders and Clerical ClassesFemale Domestic Servants..Other Classes

COUNTRY OF BIRTH

Canada

Poland

United StatesOther Countries1

DESTINATION .

Alberta

British Columbia

Prince Edward IslandYukon TerritoryNorthwest Territories

Number

Total

19,782

6,58613,196

9,17110,611

7,59412,188

3,047667

1,4211,829

70412,114

721,1292,634

931.089

173154

9,6954,743

8,7874,113

7071,635

625955

1,848905196

83

Jews

772

346426

350422

284488

62075

17716

478

11153330

2923281

25127

402266

52141110

98

Distribution

Total

—

33 2966.71

46.3653.64

38.3961.61

15.403.377.189.253.56

61.24

0.365.71

13.310.475.510.870.78

49.0123.98

44.4220.793.578.273.164.839.344.570.990.040.02

Jews

—

44 8255.18

45.3454.06

36.7963.21

0.772.599.72

22.932.07

61.92

1.421.944.283.89

37.824.15

10.4932.513.50

52.0734.45

6.741.811.421.301.171.04

1 Countries from which fewer than 10 Jewish immigrants arrived in Canada.


TABLE XXII

SUMMARY OF JEWISH IMMIGRATION TO CANADA, 1901-1933

Year

19011902190319041905190S19071908190919101911191219131914191519161917

Total

49,14967,379

128,364130,331146,266189,064124,667262,469146,908208,794311,084354,237402,432384,878144,78948,53775,374

Jews1

2,7651,0152,0663,7277,7157,1276,5847,7121,6363,1825,1465,3227,387

11.2523,107

65136

Per CentJews to To-

tal

5.61.51.62.85.23.85.22.91.11.51.61.51.82.92.1

.1

Year

1918191919201921192219231924192519261927192819291930193119321933

Total

Total

79,07457,702

117,336148,47789,99972,887

148,560111,36296,064

143,991151,597167,722163,288

88,22325,75219,782

5,856,538

Jews1

3222

1162,7638,4042,7934,2554,4594,0144,8634,7663,8484,1643,421

649772

125,285

Per CentJews to To-

tal

.04

.04

.091.99.33.82.84.4.183.383.142.292.553.882.523.90

2.14

1 The figures for the Jews entering Canada during 1901-1925 are exclusive of thosewho entered from the United States.

TABLE XXIII

SUMMARY OF JEWISH IMMIGRATION TO BRAZIL, 1925-1931

Year

19251926192719281929193019311932

Total 1925-1932

Total'

84,883121,569101,56882,061

100.42467,06631,41034,683

623,664

Jews

2,624'3,906'5,167'4,055'5,610»3,558l,940<2,049«

28,909

P. C.

3.093.215.094.945.595.316.185.91

4.64

* Communicated by the Consul General of Brazil in New York City.9 Communicated by Hicem.'Communicated by lea.4 Communicated by Hias.


TABLE XXIV

SUMMARY OF JEWISH IMMIGRATION TO URUGUAY, 1927-1931

Year

192719281929193019311932

Total 1927-1931.

Total

183,386180,654184,514230,464*160,000*

939,018

Jews1

77121,500'2,000'1,600'1,250"

765«

7,886 •

P. C.

0.420.831.080.690.78

0.76

1 lea.2 Number assisted by local Jewish Committee.3 Number assisted in 1928, 1,270; in 1929, 1,449.1 Anuario Estadistics.5 Estimate of Consul General.«Hias.

TABLE XXV

SUMMARY OF JEWISH IMMIGRATION TO ARGENTINE, 1913-1931

Year

19131914-19181919192019211922192319241925192619271928..19291930..:19311932

Total 1913-1932..

Total'

285,215225,365

41,29987,03298,086

129,263195,063159,939125,366135,011161,548129,047100,424«133,183*

56,33331,267*

2,093,441

Jews

10,8604,845»

2802,0714,09527,1982

13.7O12

7,799«6,92027,534!

5,58426,81225,986»7,80523,553*1,801'

96,844

P. C.

3.8t2.150.682.384.185.577.024.885.525.583.465.285.965.866.315.76

4.63

• Revista Economia Argentina, Buenos Aires.• Communicated by lea.» The figure includes 3,693 admitted during 1914; 606, during 1915; 324, during 1916;

90, during 1917 (slightly incomplete); and 132 during 1918 (slightly incomplete)—communicated by lea.

• Communicated by Consul General of Brazil, New Yor City.• Communicated by Hias. '


E. JEWISH IMMIGRATION TO PALESTINE1. DURING 1933

Admissions.—During 1933, a total of 27,862 immigrantJews were admitted to Palestine, 95.74% of the totaladmitted, 29,101. In addition 2,465 Jews who had enteredthe country as travelers or without permission and whohad permanently settled were registered as immigrants,85.71% of the total so registered, 2,876. Thus, a total of30,327 Jews were registered as immigrants during the year,94.84% of the total so registered, 31,977. Of the totalnumber of Jews, 12,762 were men, 11,306 women, and6,259 children under 16 years of age.

During 1933, over two-fifths (43.28%) of the Jews whoentered the country came from Poland; Germany was thecountry which contributed the next largest number (17.78%).The rest were distributed among the following countries:The Yemen, the United States, Roumania, Greece, Lithuania,the Balkan States, with a somewhat larger percentage fromthe latter; and a few other countries.

Departures-.—No official figures on emigration were com-piled during 1933.

Categories of Immigrants.—During 1933, five-eighths(62.5%) of the Jews admitted or registered as immigrantswere persons coming to employment (or employed) andtheir dependents; nearly one-tenth (9.38%) were dependentsof residents already in Palestine; less than one-fourth(23.28%) were persons with capital, or assured income ormaintenance, with their dependents; 1.76% were personsof religious occupation, and their dependents, orphanscoming to institutions, and students whose maintenancewas assured; and only (3.08%) were persons who are notincluded in one of the foregoing categories but were per-mitted to remain under special orders and regulations ofthe High Commissioner, under the Immigration Ordinance,and the dependents of such persons.


The distribution of the non-Jewish immigrants wasnotably different from that of the Jewish newcomers.Over 37% of the non-Jewish immigrants were admittedunder exemption from the immigration ordinance; overone-fifth (22.24%) were persons coming to employmentand their dependents, 18.12% were persons of religiousoccupation, students and orphans, 18.73% were dependentsof Palestinian citizens; and 2.97% were persons of means;while 0.91% were persons permitted to remain under specialorders and regulations of the High Commissioner, underthe Immigration Ordinance, and their dependents.

During 1933, 1,505 persons were refused admission, anaverage of 125 persons monthly, six times as many as inthe preceding year.

During 1933, the monthly immigration of Jews, as dis-tinguished from registration, averaged 2,322. The largestnumber (4,417) was admitted in October, and the smallestnumber (1,097) in June. The monthly average for non-Jewswas 103; the largest number (246) being admitted in April,and the smallest number (58) in July and in August.

2. FROM 1917 TO 1933

From the date of the British occupation of Palestine,December 9, 1917, to the end of 1933, a total of 152,927Jews entered the country, the yearly number varyingbetween 33,801 in 1925 and 2,178 in 1928. The number ofJews that departed between December 9, 1917 and theend of 1921, was small. But, during the decade from1922 to 1931, a total of 27,809 Jews, emigrated, or 29.53% ofthe number admitted. Figures for emigration during thesecond half of 1932 and the year 1933 are not available.During the ten years (1922-1931), the yearly emigrationof Jews varied between 666 in 1931 and 7,365 in 1926; andthe percentage of Jewish emigration to Jewish immigrationvaried between 6.36% in 1925 and 99.54% in 1928. Thenet immigration of Jews during 1922-1931 was 66,353.One year, 1927, shows a decrease of'2,358 Jews, but allother years witnessed an increase of Jewish immigrationover emigration, varying between 10 in 1928 and 31,650


in 1925. A total of 12,660 non-Jews were admitted to thecountry during 1922-1933, and an additional small numberbetween December 9, 1917 and May 31, 1921, for whichperiod no statistics of non-Jews were kept; and during1922-1931,J a total of 13,309 departed, being 4,035 in excessof the number admitted. During 1922-1933, an averageof 8.63% of the yearly immigration was non-Jewish, theyearly percentage varying between 2.42% in 1925, and29.42% in 1928. The yearly immigration of non-Jewsvaried between 284 in 1922 and 1,736 in 1932, and theyearly emigration for 1922-1931, between 474 in 1924and 2,064 in 1926.

No statistics of non-Jewish emigration for 1932 and 1933 are available.


TABLE XXVI

JEWISH IMMIGRATION TO PALESTINE BY MONTHS, 1933

JanuaryFebruary . . . .March

JulyAugustSeptember...Oc tobe r . . . . .November.. .December...

Total

Total

31,977

2,3711,7132,7432,1101,9581,3642,8072,5134,0624,5723 9381,826

Immi-grantsArriv-

ing

29,101

1,3301,5092,4081,9741,7341,1742,3892,3873,9924,5283,9031,773

Per-sons

Regis-tered

asImmi-grants

2,876

1,041204335136224190418126

70443553

Jews

Total

30,327

2,2491,5812,4821,8271,8541,2632,7032,4423,9034,4493,8371.737

Immi-grantsArriv-

ing

27,862

1,2611.4482,2131,7281,6621,0972,3312,3293,8524,4173,8131,711

Regis-tered

asImmi-grants

2,465

988133269

9919216637211351322426

Non-Jews

Total

1,650

12213226128310410110471

15912310189

Immi-grantsArriv-

ing

1,239

6961

195246

72775858

1401119062

Regis-tered

asImmi-grants

411

537166373224461319121127

RefusedAdmis-

sion

1,505

5354

12521114644

2391222201366095


TABLE XXVII

JEWISH IMMIGRATION TO PALESTINE BY CATEGORIES, 1933

Total

CATEGORY Ai. Persons with L. P. 1000 and upwards...

ii. Members of liberal professions in pos-session of not less than L. P. 500

iii. Skilled artisans with capital of L. P.

iv. Persons with minimum income of L. P.

v. Persons with capital of not less thanL. P. 500

2. Dependents of persons in Category A\.

CATEGORY Bi. Orphans coming to institutions

ii. Persons of religious occupationiii. Students whose maintenance is assured.2. Dependents of persons in Category B..

CATEGORY Ci. Persons coming to employment (Men

\Women2. Dependents of persons in Category C. . .

CATEGORY DDependents of residents of Palestine

CATEGORY KPersons exempted from the provisions of1 the Immigration Ordinances

CATEGORY A (i) Ai. Persons with less than L. P. 1000 regis-

tered under Regulation 2 (b) ofSeptember 14,1932, under the Immi-gration Ordinances 1925-28

2. Dependents of persons in Category A

Number

Total

31,977

7,1093,267

2

124

90

293,597

8321

254503

74

19,3208,7152,7537,852

3,155

611

950

497

453

Jews

30,327

7,0603,250

2

121

72

283,587

533

70391

72

18,9538,5272,6387,788

2,846

_^

935

488

447

Non-Jews

1,650

4917

3

18

110

2991

184112

2

36718811564

309

611

15

9

6

Distribution

Jews

100.00

23.2846.03

0.03

1.71

1.02

0.4050.81

1.76

13.1373.3613.51

62.5044.9913.9241.09

9.38

3.08

52.19

47.81

Non-Jews

100.00

2.9734.69

6.12

36.74

2.0420.41

18.120.33

61.5437.460.67

22.2451.2331.3317.44

18.73

37.03

0.91

0.60

0.40


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TABLE XXIX

PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN OF JEWISH IMMIGRATIONINTO PALESTINE, 1933

Total

Poland..4Germany :

United States

Balkan State" . . . .British Empire

Other Countries

Number

1933

30,327

13,1255,3921,4111,2871,2561,1691,0992,3551 548

2871,398

Distribution

1933

100.00

43.2817.784.654.244.143.863.627.775 100.954.61

1932

100.00

33.13.75.37.23.09.12.5

29.14.21.71.1

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