[TABLE 17] BRIDGEPORT: ETHNICITY 1970 First and second generation ethnicity Ethnic Native Foreign Single Percent of Group born born ethnic total enumerated total total total population (a) ---------- ----- ----- ----- ------------- Polish 2637 400 3037 8.6 Mexican 1577 713 2290 6.5 Italian 1368 609 1977 5.6 Lithuanian 1213 649 1862 5.3 German 830 164 994 2.8 Irish (b) 509 56 565 1.6 Yugoslavian (c) 230 127 357 1.0 Of UK orig. (d) 173 71 244 0.7 Czech 161 39 200 0.6 Canadian 118 23 141 0.4 Asian 28 61 89 0.3 Other ethnic reported 962 459 1421 4.0 All foreign stock & unreported 9806 3371 13177 37.4 _______________ Notes: a. Total population of Bridgeport, 1970: 35231. (Community Fact Book, 1980 lists the 1970 population as 35167). b. Figures represent those originating from Eire (the Irish Free State); those originating from Northern Ireland are counted among the UK group. c. Yugoslavians here are mainly Croatian. d. UK group includes those originating from Northern Ireland and probably are a large portion of this figure. Source: Local Community Data Book for Chicago (1970), p. 480. See bibliography for publication information.