[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 _______________ 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.