Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Editor’s Foreword 1
3. Contents 3
4. The City of New York, Its Region and the Nation 8
5. II. Population Changes by Census Tracts, 1905-1930 48
6. III. The Breakup of Congestion 202
7. IV. Nativity and Color of the Population, 1890-1930 245
8. V. The Religious Distribution of the Population, 1855 -1930 270
9. VI. The Age Distribution of the City's Population, 1855-1930 299
10. Appendix I: Thirteen Population Tables of New York City and its Boroughs, Census of 1930, and of Elizabeth, Jersey City, Newark, and Paterson, N. J.; and of Yonkers, Ν. Y. 307
11. Appendix II: Foreign-Born in Continental United States, by Areas and by States Comprising Areas, and in Their Cities of Over 25,000 Population in 1920 311