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Ethnic Groups by Ward – 1913

1913 Major Ethnic Groups

Predominant races in Chicago wards as listed in the Chicago Record Herald:

Ward 1Croatian, Chinese, Italian, Serbians, Turkish, Persian, Russians
Ward 2Mixed, Southeast Corner- Japanese
Ward 3Mixed
Ward 4Polish, Northeast Corner Italian
Ward 5Ruthenians, Polish, Italians, Slovakians, Slavs, Germans
Ward 6Mixed
Ward 7Mixed
Ward 8Persians, Hungarians, Slovakians, Slavs, Serbians, Swedes, Dalmatians, Croatians.
Ward 9Swedes, Hollanders
Ward 10Jews, Bulgarians, Bohemians,
Ward 11Jews, Bohemians
Ward 12Jews, Bohemians
Ward 13Jews
Ward 14Polish, Slovaks, Hungarians
Ward 15Germans, Norwegians, Polish, Jews
Ward 16Polish, Jews
Ward 17Polish, Italians ,Turkish, Jews
Ward 18Jews, Bulgarians, Russians
Ward 19Jews, Italians, Greek, Irish, French
Ward 20Jews, Russian
Ward 21Mixed
Ward 22Italian, Romanians
Ward 23Swedes
Ward 24Germans
Ward 25Mixed
Ward 26Germans, Swedes
Ward 27German, Swedes, Norwegians, Polish
Ward 28German, Norwegians, Polish
Ward 29Bohemians, Dalmatians, Croatians
Ward 30Irish, Lithuanian, Slavs, Polish
Ward 31Dalmatians, Croatians, Irish, Swedes
Ward 32Irish
Ward 33Swedes, Norwegians
Ward 34Jews, Bohemians
Ward 35Norwegians, Irish

Submitted Jul 1999 by Angel Jacobsen-Shweika