[TABLE 16]

BRODGEPORT: ETHNICITY, 1930-1960

A. First and second generation ethnicity: 1930, 1960 (a)

			  1930 (b)		  1960 (c)
			-------------		-------------		        
			1 & 2	% of		1 & 2	% of
Ethnic			 gen.	total		 gen.	total
group			Number	pop.		Number	pop.
-----------		-----	-----		-----	----
Polish			14878	27.8		 4991	12.0
Lithuanian	(d)	 9022	16.8		   --	  --
German			 4945	 9.2		 1616	 3.9
Italian			 4025	 7.5		 2717	 6.5
Mexican		(e)	   --	  --		 1088	 2.6
Irish 		(f)	 3208	 6.0		  757	 1.8
Czech			 1289	 2.4		  419	 1.0
UK origin	(g)	 1015	 1.9		  484	 1.2
Austrian		  557	 1.0		  271	 0.7
USSR orig.	(h)	  541	 1.0		  168	 0.4
Canadian		  489	 0.9		  184	 0.4
Swedish			  244	 0.5		   71	 0.2
Hungarian		  139	 0.3		  163	 0.4
Norwegian		   55	 0.1		   23	 0.1

Other ethnic
& unreported		 1580	 3.0		 4819	11.6

All foreign
stock			41987	78.4		17771	42.8


B. Major foreign born ethnic groups: 1940, 1950

			1940 (i)			1950 (j)
		---------------------		---------------------
		 	%of	% of			% of	% of
Ethnic           	F.B.    total			F.B.	total
group		Number	pop.	pop.		Number	pop.	pop.
------------	 ----	----	----		----	----	----
Lithuania	 3629	33.5	 7.4		2765	36.3	 6.0
Poland		 3197	29.5	 6.5		1998	26.2	 4.3
Italy		 1241	11.4	 2.5		 999	13.1	 2.2
Germany		  742	 6.8	 1.5		 399	 5.2	 0.9
Ireland	    (k)	  366	 3.3	 0.8		  --	  --	  --
Yugoslavia  (l)	   --	  --	  --		 232	 3.0	 0.5
All other	 1685	15.5	 3.4		1233	16.2	 2.7
Total
Foreign Born	10860	 100	22.1		7626	 100	16.6
  

C: Foreign born by households, 1940

	Ethnic		Number of	 Percent
	Group		Households	 of total population
	-----------	----------	 -------------------
	British		   86		 	  0.7
	German		  710		 	  5.4
	Irish		  237		 	  1.8
	Italian		  681		 	  5.2
	Lithuanian	 1810		 	 13.8
	Polish		 1944		 	 14.8
	Russian		  110		 	  0.8
	Scandinavian	   28		 	  0.2
	All other (m)	  338		 	  2.6
	Total		 5944		 	 45.3
	Native		 7165		 	 54.7
	All total	13109			100.0

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Notes:
 a. Ethnic groups listed are those of unmixed parentage.
 b. Total population of Bridgeport, 1930: 53553.
 c. Total population of Bridgeport, 1960: 41560.
 d. Lithuanian figures not available for 1960.
 e. Mexican numbers not available for 1930.
 f. Irish figures are those whose origins are from Eire (the
    Irish Free State) and do not include those of Northern Ireland,
    who are listed as part of the U.K. figure.
 g. Includes Irish; numbers unknown, but assumed a large share.
 h. Those nationalities in the contemporary boundaries of the USSR;
    this did not include the Baltic nations (including Lithuania),
    since the US did not recognize their incorporation into the USSR;
    the majority of these figures are Ukrainians and Russians. 
 i. Total population of Bridgeport, 1940: 49109.
 j. Total population of Bridgeport, 1950: 46070.
 k. Analogous to note (f) for 1930; not available for 1950.
 l. Yugoslavians here are primarily Croatian in 1950; not available
    for 1940.
 m. Includes non-whites, whether or not foreign born.

Source: Local Community Fact Book, Chicago ([1930], sec. 60; 1940, table
 60a; 1950, p. 247; 1960, p. 250.); Works Project Administration,
 Residental Chicago, table XXa. See bibliography for publication information.