Rensselaer Union, Volume 3, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1871 — The Population of New York. [ARTICLE]

The Population of New York.

Full returns of the census of New York city give a grand total of 042,292 as the population of this municipality. Of this number, 510,553 are white, of native birth; 418,048 are white, of foreign birth, and 18,001) are colored. Of this last element in our population, only 448 are of foreign birth. A cursory examination into these figures reveals some curious facts; for instance, the proportion of native Americans, born outside the State of New York, is hot so large as may generally have been supposed, all the rest of the Union furnishing only 35,207 population in the city against 475,340 born in this State. New Jersey, one of our nearest neighbors, sends us the largest contribution of population, furnishing 7,445 against prolific Massachusetts’ 5,915, and Pennsylvania’s 4,589. But Pennsylvania keeps her children at home; even Connecticut sends more abroad, 4,987 being set down as our quota from that land of steady habits. The representatives of the other States decrease in volume until we come to some of the later additions to the republic, and find that far-off Alaska sends one native white; there are 240 reported of California birth, and one each from Colorado, Arizonia and Dakota. Of the Southern ex-slave States, Maryland contributes the largest number to the city’s population. 1,202, and Arkansas sends but 19, the smallest from the Southern States. Of the Western States, Ohio has the largest representation, claiming 1,180, and Indiana has but 17. It would be interesting to know how large an element is of city birth, and how much the city has been replenished by fresh reinforcements from the country, as well as . from other States. Of tho 418,046 persons of foreign birth (white), the largest number is from Ireland, that tight little island sending us 201,999 of the total foreign element. We have 80,494 who come from Germany, but this was before the consolidation of the German Empire was complete, for wo have 31,404 from Prussia, to say nothing of the immigrants from smaller German States. We have 24.398T0f English birth, and 7,551 from canny Scotland. To. illustrate how thoroughly cosmopolitan is the population of this city, it may be noticed that every quarter of the globe figures in the census. In addition to those who report themselves only as white natives of “ Asia,” we have whito residents from Arabia, China, Japan, India and Persia. The Canaries, Malta, Maderia Islands, Atlantic Islands and Sandwich Islands, each send representatives, and not less than 35 were born at sea. Then we have Mauritius, New Zealand, Isle of Man, Gibraltar, Bahamas and Australia in the list,- and 30 claim to be of white African birth. Outside of New York State, Virginia has contributed most largely to the nativeborn colored population of the city—92s of the whole population claiming that State as their birth-place. But nearly every’State is represented in the list, the great State of Pennsylvania sending 533. Of the colored people of foreign birth, the largest number are from the West Indies—--99 reporting themselves somewhat indefinitely from thence; but, in addition to 87 born in Cuba, and several in the smaller islands, curiously enough the large number of 84 are reported of Irish birth. The Indian shuns the town, now as of old, and only four are reported, one of whom is of New York birth, and the other three from different parts of The continent. The largest number of colored people are in the Seventh Ward; the largest population of any ward is that of the Nineteenth, which is 85,494. The tables presented will yield many interesting comparisons to those who are curious in such matters, and a glance must show how complex and va rious are the interests, hopes, aims, views of life, aud occupations, of the population of the great city. —New York Tribune.