Lesson 21 Handout 2 Immigration to Cleveland by Country of Origin

		1896		1906
Arabia (Syria)		11		7
Austria		29		2064
Bohemia		247		911
England		42		153
Finland		0		72
France		2		2
Germany		609		1703
Greece		0		32
Hungary		415		2468
Ireland		155		360
Italy		268		1963
Poland		0		47
Prussia		885		2514
Romania		0		995
Russia		131		1519
Scotland		0		53
Slavonia		255		2116
Sweden		71		87
Switzerland		1		0
Wales		13		0

• Slavonia was the name applied to the Balkan countries which made up Yugoslavia.
• Poland was partitioned between Austria, Russia, and Prussia and did not exist as a separate country until after World War I.
• Germany meant German states other than Prussia.

from Van Tassel, David D. and John J. Grabowski. The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, Bloomington: Indiana University Press,1987