Le Nord : revue internationale des Pays de Nord - 01.06.1942, Page 21

DANISH EMIGRATION TO NORTH AMERICA 11
The following towns had more than 200 Danish-born in-
habitants:
Chicago, 111............... 12,502
New York, N. Y............. 11,096
San Francisco, Cal.......... 3,777
Los Angeles, Cal............ 3,536
Racine, Wis................. 3,466
Omaha, Nebr................. 2,561
Minneapolis, Minn........... 2,418
Seattle, Wash............... 1,987
Detroit, Mich............... 1,930
Oakland, Calif.............. 1,840
Portland, Ore............... 1,338
Salt Lake City, Utah....... 1,332
St. Paul, Minn.............. 1,164
Philadelphia, Pa.............. 970
Council Bluffs, Ia............ 906
Perth Amboy, N. J............. 845
Kenosha, Wis.................. 810
Denver, Colo.................. 804
Milwaukee, Wis................ 740
Boston, Mass.................. 681
Hartford, Conn................ 580
Sioux City, Ia................ 518
Tacoma, Wash.................. 510
Clinton, Ia................... 500
Cleveland, Ohio............... 450
San Diego, Calif.............. 450
Woodbridge, N. J.............. 428
Albert Lea, Minn.............. 415
Des Moines, Iowa.............. 407
Berkeley, Calif............... 395
Alameda, Calif................ 350
Fresno, Calif................. 345
Troy, N. Y.................... 345
Bridgeport, Conn.............. 335
Portland, Me.................. 327
Duluth, Minn.................. 325
Ogden, Utah................... 318
Spokane, Wash................. 310
Waterloo, Ia.................. 310
Newark, N. J.................. 300
Fremont, Nebr................. 284
Buffalo, N. Y................. 281
Baltimore, Md................. 270
Pasadena, Cal................. 267
Waukegan, 111................. 265
Oak Park, 111................. 265
Sacramento, Calif............. 261
Lincoln, Nebr................. 254
Warren, Pa.................... 250
Worcester, Mass............... 230
The Quota Act of May 19, 1921 has had a considerable in-
fluence on Danish emigration to the U. S. A. This Act was de-
signed to promote Americanization and to relieve the unemploy-
ment situation, which at that time was assuming an alarming
aspect: the census of 1920 showed that out of a total population
of 105.7 millions no less than 14 millions were foreign-born,
and the unemployment figure reached between 5 and 6 millions.
The Act fixed the quota of Danish immigrants admitted to the
U. S. A. at 5916, a figure which approximately corresponded
to the number of Danes who at that time used to leave Den-
mark for the U. S. A. annually.
The Act provided that the number of immigrants of any
nationality admitted to the United States during one financial
year should be limited to 3 per cent. of the number of foreign-
born persons of that nationality resident in the United States
at the time of the census of 1910. The choice of the year 1910
was dictated by the fact that an appreciable change in the com-
position of the total immigration was at that time making itself