Detroit. with 29 per cent today. had 47 per cent in 1860. It is hard for us to believe that St. Louis in 1860 had 60 per cent of its population foreignborn. that 50 per cent of the population of San Francisco were foreign born. as were also 50 per cent of the population of Chicago and 50 per cent of the population of Milwaukee. Here we have four cities. San Francisco. St. Louis. Chicago. and Milwaukee. with half of the population foreign born in 1860. while our most foreign city today is New York. with only 36 per cent of its population foreignborn. In my home city of Rochester. the foreignborn constitute today 24 per cent as against 39 per cent in 1860. The population of Rochester in 1860 was 48.204 and the number of foreignborn was 18.897. or 39.2 per cent.
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