Le Nord : revue internationale des Pays de Nord - 01.06.1942, Qupperneq 18

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LE NORD
“Atterdag College” became an important factor in the growth
of this community, which is now one of the most flourishing
in the West.
With few exceptions the trend of emigration has been to-
wards the West and North. In 1850 the State which had most
Danish-born inhabitants was New York. In 1860 its place had
been taken by Utah, in 1870 by Wisconsin, in 1890 by Iowa,
and since 1920 by California.
According to the census of 1850 there were then 1838 Danes
in the U. S. A. Of these, there were 429 in New York, 288 in
Louisiana (with New Orleans), 181 in Massachusetts (with
Boston), 146 in Wisconsin, xoo in Pennsylvania, 92 in Cali-
fornia, 2 in Utah, 93 in Illinois, 55 in Missouri, 19 in Iowa, and
13 in Michigan.
In 1860 the number of Danish-born inhabitants in Utah
was 1824, while there were 1328 in California, 1196 in New
York, 1150 in Wisconsin, 712 in Illinois, 661 in Iowa, 464 in
Missouri, 310 inLouisiana, 200 in Massachusetts, 192 in Michigan,
and 150 in Nebraska. It will thus be seen that up to that date
Mormonism and the gold of the Sacramento Valley in Cali-
fornia had provided the greatest attractions to Danish immi-
grants.
Danish statistics furnish the following figures for emigration
to the United States since 1850:
1850—59 3,227
1860—69 15,386
1870—79 28,840
1880—89 83>947
1890—99 53.751
1900—09 60,880
1910—19 44,616
1920—29 3^,593
1930—39 6,309
Total 333.549
Nowadays, the Danish-born Americans are scattered all over
the U. S. A.; nevertheless, they have collected in greater num-
bers in certain States, whose economic and climatic conditions
have proved especially atractive.
The census of 1930 showed that the greatest numbers