NY Immigration, Demographics 1853

IMMIGRATION FOR 1853, IN NEW YORK.
— According to the books of the Commissioners of Emigration, 284,945 aliens and 50,312 citizens arrived at this port by sea during the past year– and of these 113,164 were Irish, 119,644 Germans, 27,126 English, 6,456 Scotch, 1,182 Welch, 7,470 French, 659 Spanish, 4,604 Swiss, 1,085 Low Dutch, 377 Norwegian, 1,630 Swedish, 94 Danish, 533 Italians, 237 Portugese, 34 Belgian, 6 Nova Scotians, 72 Sardinian, 175 South American, 53 Chinese, 37 Sicilian, 51 Mexican, 39 Russian, 186 Polish, 10 Turkish and 1 Greek. There are 1,000 more Germans, and 5,000 fewer Irish than in 1852. The figures in the books show that there was a decrease of 16,047 in the number of immigrants arrived last year as compared with the previous year, and a decrease of 4,656 as compared with the arrivals of 1851.– This decrease may be attributable in part to the large number who fell victims to the cholera while on their passage to this port; and also to the fact that within a recent period several large shipping houses in this city prohibited their vessels to be used in bringing immigrants.