On comparing the numbers destined for Massachusetts in each of the five years, it will be observed that for each race or people except the Irish, English, French, Scotch, Scandinavian, Finnish, and African (black), the maximum number destined for Massachusetts was in 1913. The maximum number of Irish and African (black) was in 1911, and of the English, French, Scotch, Scandinavian, and Finnish in 1910. The Italians (south), with 21,030 persons destined for Massachusetts in 1913, far outranked any other race or people represented in the returns for the entire period; the Poles ranked second, with a total of 13,627 in 1913, and the Portuguese third, with a total of 9,002 in 1913. 3. EMIGRANT ALIENS DEPARTED FROM MASSACHUSETTS. Data showing the number of emigrant aliens who departed from the United States and from Massachusetts in 1913, classified by races or peoples, with comparative totals and corresponding percentages for the five years 1908-1912, are presented in the following table. TABLE V. Emigrant Aliens Departed from Massachusetts and from the United States in 1913, and Averages for the Years 1908-1912: By Races or Peoples. The total number of emigrant aliens who departed from the United States in 1913 was 308,190, of which number 17,070, or 5.5 per cent, departed from Massachusetts. The net increase in the alien population of the United States (represented by excess of immigration over emigration) during the year 1913 was 889,702, no deduction being made, however, for the number of naturalized citizens who left this country for permanent residence abroad. Corresponding data for Massachusetts show that the net gain in population (represented by immigration in excess of emigration) was 84,604. The races showing over 1,000 emigrants from Massachusetts in 1913 were: Italian (south), 5,232; Greek, 3,296; and Polish, 1,913. There were several races (not specified in Table V) showing a large emigration from the United States, comparatively few of the emigrants having been from Massachusetts. Thus, of the 13,525 Bulgarians who departed from the United States in 1913, only 65 departed from Massachusetts; of the 11,496 Magyars, only 32; of the 10,209 Croatians and Slovenians, only 32; of the 9,851 Slovaks, only 41; of 5,327 Ruthenians (Russniak), only 26; of 3,181 Spaniards, only 41; and of 3,156 Roumanians, only 11. TABLE VI. Immigrant Aliens Destined for and Emigrant Aliens Departed from Massachusetts in 1913 and Averages for 1908-1912: By Races or Peoples. The net increase or decrease in 1913 in the alien population of Massachusetts (represented by the excess of immigration over emigration) is shown, by races or peoples, in Table VI. The largest net gains were: Italian (south), 15,798; Polish, 11,696; Portuguese, 8,059; Irish, 6,240; Hebrew, 5,981; English, 5,863; and Russian, 4,807. In the case of the Chinese the number destined for Massachusetts in 1913 was 45, while the number departing was 79, making a net decrease for the year of 34. The numbers of emigrant aliens who departed from this State and from the United States in 1913 and the average annual numbers for the five-year period 1908-1912 are given, by occupations, in Table VII. TABLE VII.-Emigrant Aliens Departed from Massachusetts and from the United States in 1913, and Averages for the Years 1908-1912: By Races or Peoples. |