New York. 8000. Washington. D.C.. 8000. Chicago. 6000. the Bay Area. 6000. The early Korean immigrants here came mostly from Pyongan and Hwangchae provinces (north of the 38th parallel). Encouraged by missionaries to emigrate. a group of 93 contracted laborers went to Hawaii to work on sugar plantations in 1903. By 1910 some 11.000 were working there for 75 cents a day. Later. those who had the $28 steerage fare went to the mainland. where they worked on the railroads. They were paid $1.20 to $1.50 per day. Others worked on farms in Dinuba and Reedley in the San Joaquin Valley.
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