Z90.267 1.9 11.8 07.1 26 8 Irish ......................... 376.268 4.6 30.6 12.6 2.6 7 Italian. North ............... 290. 22 18.7 47.8 20.4 11.5 (.2 Italian. South ............. 1.471.659 34.5 42.5 14.6 53.09 5 Lithuanian .................. 141.540 29.5 46.6 6.7 48.9 14 Malzyar ...................... 259.276 41.2 36.3 8.6 11.4 M4 Polish ....................... 748.430 30.5 44.8 6.3 35.4 30 Iuthenian .................. 128. 400 43.4 37.2 2 53.4 12 Scn inavian ............... 475.094 7.6 36.2 10.5 .4 15 Slovak ...... * ................ 290.247 35.3 44.7 4.4 24 59 Taking all the emigration from the country at 1110 per cent.we find 10.7 per cent are skilled workmen. 1.5 per cent are farm laborers: 1.4 per cent are farmers. and C4.2 per cent are laborers. showing that labor seeks a market the same as any other comnmcdity. and the fanning demand for labor retains a greater percentage 6! the imm:.gration than either skilled or ordinary labor. Take the ismmigrant from the south ot Italy. During the years 1899 to 1910. inclusive. 1.471.659 came to the United States. over half of them being illiterate.
Identified stereotypes
Generalizations about the skills and literacy levels of different immigrant groups.