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Irish-born population by decade 1860-1900

 

 

Percent

 

Percent

 

Percent

Year

Brooklyn

of Total

Queens

of Total

Manhattan

of Total

1860

56,710

 

 

 

203,740

 

1870

78,220

 

 

 

210,999

 

1880

78,814

 

 

 

198,595

 

1890

84,738

 

 

 

190,418

 

1900

83,400

30.3

7,958

2.9

166,066

60.4

1910

70,654

28

8,671

3.4

151,061

59.8

1920

56,660

27.9

10,618

5.2

116,749

57.4

1930

53,571

24.3

27,139

12.3

96,861

43.9

1940

39,689

21.8

26,953

14.8

68,996

37.9

1950

29,717

20.5

25,277

17.5

49,073

33.9

1960

 

 

 

 

 

 

1970

11,085

16.1

19,176

27.9

13,623

19.8

1980

6,572

15.9

13,590

32.9

7,260

17.6

1990

4,307

13.9

11,828

38.2

4,255

13.7

From 'The New York Irish' published by John Hopkins University Press, 1997.