[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


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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.