[TABLE 19]

BRIDGEPORT: ETHNICITY, 1990

A: Reporting single ancestry

Ethnic			Number		Percent of total
group			enumerated	population (a)
------------		----------	--------------
Latino			  (b)		    (b)
Multi-ethnic		 6740		   22.6
Italian			 2842		    9.5
Polish			 2497		    8.4
Irish			 1905		    6.4
German			  910		    3.0
Lithuanian		  836		    2.8
Other European		  439		    1.5
American		  323		    1.0
Czech			  100		    0.3
Swedish			   87		    0.3
Yugoslavian		   66		    0.2
Slovak			   57		    0.2
Other (c)		11760		   39.4
Non-reported		 1315		    4.4
Total			29877		  100.0


B: Latino (Hispanic) and Asian origin

					Number	     Percent of total
Category				enumerated   population
--------------------------------	----	     ---------------
Percent Latino origin    		 (d)		   25
Spanish-speaking			4837		   16

Percent Asian/Pacific Islander  	 (d)		   17
Chinese-speaking			4335		   15

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Notes:
 a. Total population of Bridgeport in 1990: 29877.

 b. Reported seperately.

 c. Includes Latino and Asian (see section B).

 d. Number enumerated not available.

Source: Local Community Fact Book: Chicago metropolitan area, 1990, p.
 176, table IV-2, p. 393. See bibliography for publication information.