Immigration and the Commissioners of Emigration of the state of New York/Appendix/7/Table 3

by Friedrich Kapp

Occupation, of Passengers arriving in the United States from foreign countries during the forty-one years ending with 1860.

Occupation.	1820 to 1830.	1831 to 1840.	1841 to 1850.	1851 to 1860.	1820 to 1860.
Merchants, . .	19,434	41,881	46,388	124,149	231,853
Farmers, . . .	15,005	88,240	256,880	404,712	764,837
Mechanics, . .	6,805	56,582	164,411	179,726	407,524
Mariners, . .	4,995	8,004	6,398	10,087	29,484
Miners, . . .	341	368	1,735	37,523	39,967
Laborers, . . .	10,280	53,169	281,229	527,639	872,317
Shoemakers, . .	1,109	1,966	63	336	3,474
Tailors, . . .	983	2,252	65	334	3,634
Seamstresses and Milliners,	413	1,672	2,096	1,065	5,246
Actors, . . .	183	87	233	85	588
Weavers and Spinners,	2,937	6,600	1,303	717	11,557
Clergymen, . .	415	932	1,559	1,420	4,326
Clerks, . . .	882	1,143	1,065	792	3,882
Lawyers, . . .	244	461	831	1,140	2,676
Physicians, . .	805	1,959	2,116	2,229	7,109
Engineers, . .	226	311	654	825	2,016
Artists, . . .	139	513	1,223	615	2,490
Teachers, . . .	275	267	832	154	1,528
Musicians, . . .	140	165	236	188	729
Printers, . . .	179	472	14	40	705
Painters, . . .	232	369	8	38	647
Masons, . . .	793	1,435	24	58	2,310
Hatters, . . .	137	114	1	4	256
Manufacturers, . .	175	107	1,833	1,005	3,120
Millers, . . .	199	189	33	210	631
Butchers, . . .	329	432	76	108	945
Bakers, . . .	583	569	28	92	1,272
Servants, . . .	1,327	2,571	24,538	21,058	49,494
Other Occupations, .	5,466	4,004	2,892	13,844	26,206
Not stated, . .	101,442	363,252	969,411	1,544,494	2,978,599
Total, . . .	176,473	640,086	1,768,175	2,874,687	5,459,421