Demographic Table

DEMOGRAPHIC TABLES

**National Origins of the Population of the City of Winona, 1860-1920**
**Birthplace of the Residents of the City of Winona**
Birthplace	1860		1870		1880		1895		1900		1905		1920
Birthplace	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
USA	1633	66.2	4634	64.3	6,680	65.8	14,533	70.3	15,022	76.2	15,985	76.8	15,736	82.2
Germany	383	15.1	483	6.7	1309	12.9	2708	13.2	1,774	9.0	2,135	10.3	2,105	11.0
Poland	56	2.3	461	6.4	616	6.1	1,785	8.6	1,439	7.3	1,332	6.4	479	2.5
Prussia*
Ireland	161	6.5	368	5.1	326	3.2	322	1.6	316	1.6	206	0.9	57	.3
Norway	42	1.7	122	1.7	234	2.3	259	1.3	394	2.0	230	1.1	230	1.2
Canada	82	3.3	209	2.9	158	1.6	228	1.1	197	1.0	179	0.9	115	0.6
England	61	2.5	230	3.20	173	1.7	133	0.6	197	1.0	124	0.6	57	0.3
China					4	0.0	1	0.0			0	0.0
Other	56	2.3	685	9.6	651	6.4	680	3.3	375	1.9	630	3.0	364	2.0

TOTAL	2474	99.9	7192	99.9	10151	100	20649	100	19714	100	20821	100	19143	100.1

Sources:

Manuscript Census of the United States; 1860; 1870;1880;1900;1920
Manuscript Census of Minnesota, 1905
Aggregate Census of Minnesota, 1895

* The Prussian-born population has been redistributed accourding to a formula developed by Dr. Leo Ochrymowycz.

Ethnic Stock of the Population of the City of Winona, 1860-1920
Mother's Birthplace of the Residents of the City of Winona

Mother's

Birthplace

1880

1900

1905

1920

Number

%

Number

%

Number

%

Number

%

USA
2,877

28.3

7,156

36.3

6,423

30.9

8,423

44.0

Germany
2,972

29.3

4,712

23.9

6,324

30.4

6,011

31.4

Poland
1,148

11.3

3,529

17.9

4,072

19.6

1,474

7.7

Bohemia
441

4.3

828

4.2

189

0.9

306

1.6

Ireland
905

8.9

1,025

5.2

844

4.1

459

2.4

Norway
392

3.9

789

4.0

607

2.9

498

2.6

Canada
204

2.0

335

1.7

365

1.8

211

1.1

England
405

4.0

375

1.9

341

1.6

134

.7

China

Other
807

7.9

965

4.9

1,656

8.0

1,627

8.5

TOTAL
10151

99.9

19,714

100

20,821

100.2

19,143

100

**Ethnic Stock of the Population of the City of Winona, 1860-1920**
**Mother's Birthplace of the Residents of the City of Winona**
Mother's Birthplace	1880	1900	1905	1920
Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
USA	2,877	28.3	7,156	36.3	6,423	30.9	8,423	44.0
Germany	2,972	29.3	4,712	23.9	6,324	30.4	6,011	31.4
Poland	1,148	11.3	3,529	17.9	4,072	19.6	1,474	7.7
Bohemia	441	4.3	828	4.2	189	0.9	306	1.6
Ireland	905	8.9	1,025	5.2	844	4.1	459	2.4
Norway	392	3.9	789	4.0	607	2.9	498	2.6
Canada	204	2.0	335	1.7	365	1.8	211	1.1
England	405	4.0	375	1.9	341	1.6	134	.7
China
Other	807	7.9	965	4.9	1,656	8.0	1,627	8.5

TOTAL	10151	99.9	19,714	100	20,821	100.2	19,143	100

Sources:

Manuscript Census of the United States; 1860; 1870; 1880; 1900; 1920*
Manuscript Census of Minnesota, 1905

* Data for the 1900 and 1920 were extrapolated from samples of the manuscript censuses. The 1860, 1880, and 1905 data are drawn from the complete census populations for those years. The prussian ethnic stock group was redistributed accourding to a formula developed by Dr. Leo Ochrymowycz.