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