AGE As in the case of the distribution of sex, the Jewish population varies from the non-Jewish population in distribution according to age groups. Owing to their being a more recent immigrant population, the Jews had in 1921 a smaller proportion of persons of 60 years of age and over: 39 in every 1000 Jews as against 62 in every 1000 non-Jews. On the other hand, but largely owing to the same cause, the Jewish population had a comparatively larger proportion of children (0-14 years) and of youth (15–24 years): 327 and 182 respectively in every 1000 Jews, as against 310 and 171 respectively in every 1000 non-Jews. The comparatively small proportion of Jews between the ages of 25 and 59 was due to the paucity of adult women in this age group. Thus, the Jews had 498 men and only 406 women between the ages of 25 and 59 in every 1000 men and women respectively, while the non-Jewish population had 426 men and 457 women of those ages in every 1000 men and women respectively. TABLE XXI AGES OF THE White (European) POPULATION, OF NON-JEWISH POPULATION, AND OF THE JEWISH POPULATION, ON THE BASIS OF RELIGION, CENSUS 1921. 0-14 287,220 277,684 564,904 276,918 267,820 544,738 10,302 9,864 20,166 15-24 130,759 136,339 267,098 125,491 730,470 255,961 5,268 5,869 11,137 25-59 319,840 285,882 605,722 302,862 274,498 577,360 16,978 11,384 28,362 60 & over 44,216 37,548 81,764 42,701 36,625 79,326 1,515 923 2,438 Total 782,035 737,453 1,519,488 747,972 709,413 1,457,385 34,063 28,040 62, 103 Including those whose age was not reported. 7 See note on next page. 7 Including 5,578 males (1,255 of 0-14 age group, 624 of 15-24 group, 3,276 of 25-59 group, and 423 of 60 and over group) and 3,200 females (1,139 of first, 485 of second, 1,436 of third, and 140 of fourth groups) whose religion is not reported. MARITAL CONDITIONS Table XXII below gives the marital conditions of the Jewish population which vary from those of the White (European) population. The variations seem to be due largely to the paucity of adult Jewish women. Thus, for instance in 1921, the Jews had 349 married males and 387 females in every 1000 males and females respectively; while the non-Jewish population counted 397 married males and 378 females in every 1000 males and females respectively. TABLE XXII MARITAL CONDITIONS OF THE WHITE (EUROPEAN) POPULATION, OF THE NON-JEWISH POPULATION, AND OF THE JEWISH POPULATION ON THE BASIS OF RELIGION, CENSUS 1921. A. NUMBER White (European) Popul. Non-Jews' Marital Jews tion Male Female Men and Male Female Men and Male Female Men & Women 526,096 11,879 10,855 22,734 53,827 754 1,332 2,086 4,553 122 112 234 872,527 21,279 15,724 37,003 Total 782,035 737,453 1,519,488 747,972 709,413 1,457,385 34,063 28,040 62, 103 8 The totals include 266 non-Jewish males and 162 females, and 29 Jewish males and 17 Jewish females whose marital condition was not reported. The figures in this column include males of "no religion", "object to state" and "unspecified": 2,312 married, 194 widowed, 65 divorced, and 2,979 never married; and 3,200 females of "no religion", "object to state" and "unspecified"; 1,279 married, 149 widowed, 23 divorced, and 1,742 never married. 10 See note 9. OCCUPATIONS Table XXIII below shows the occupations of the Jewish population compared with those of the total population and with those of the non-Jewish population. In 1921, as many as 597 Jewish men of every 1000 were engaged in commercial pursuits and 149 in industry; only 31 were professionals, 17 were independent, and 63 were dependent. On the other hand only 269 non-Jewish men in every 1000 non-Jewish men were engaged in commercial pursuits and 234 in industry; 47 were professionals, 26 were independent, and only 47 dependent. Of every 1000 Jewish women 757 were dependent, 138 were engaged in commercial pursuits, 19 were professionals, and 19 were in industry; of every 1000 non-Jewish women, 753 were dependent, 74 were engaged in commercial pursuits, 19 were in industry, and 43 were professionals. OCCUPATIONS OF WHITE (EUROPEAN) POPULATION, OF THE NON-JEWISH POPULATION, And of the JEWISH POPULATION ON THE BASIS OF RELIGION, CENSUS 1921. 3,694 26,495 138 ernment 22,939 3,724 26,663 22,801 Personal Service Independent Dependent Misc. un specified Total 8,763 13,985 22,748 7,629 13,753 21,382 1,134 18 932 347 3,885 8 436 2,484 16,716 30 168 337 1,077 232 1,366 9,906 4,376 14,282 9,506 4,225 13,731 400 151 551 33,719 366,842 400,561 32,214 353,219 385,433 1,505 13,623 15,128 13,395 14,992 28,387 12,606 14,223 26,829. 789 769 1,558 494,815 459,769 954,58412 470,997 441,770 912,767 23,818 17,999 41,817 11 The figures in this column include 4,327 males whose religion was not reported. Almost 25% of this number were engaged in commerce. 12 The official tables published give the occupations of only 954,584 persons: 912, 716 non-Jews and 41,817 Jews of a total of 1,519,488 persons: 1,457,385 non-Jews and 62,103 Jews. 13 See note 11. D. JEWISH IMMIGRATION INTO THE UNITED STATES JEWISH IMMIGRATION 1881-1924 Little is known, statistically, of the earlier waves of Jewish immigration to the United States, the immigration of Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch Jews, and of German Jews. We are in possession of satisfactory figures relative to Jewish immigration from 1881 onward. TABLE XXIV A SUMMARY OF JEWISH IMMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES, 1881-1924 Year 1881-1898 Not deducting departures or adding admissions through ports other than New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore. 1899-1907 Gross increase (departures not deducted) 1908-1924 Net increase (departures deducted) Total Number 533,478 829,244 906,563 2,319,014 If we assume that during the period of 1881-1898 the number of Jewish departures equalled the number of Jewish admissions through ports other than New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, and if we neglect for the moment the number of Jewish departures during 18991907, the net increases of Jewish immigration to the United States during 1881-1924 amounts to 2,319,014. TABLE XXV JEWISH IMMIGRANTS ADMITted at the Ports of New York, PhilaDELPHIA, AND Baltimore, 1881-1898 |