I took a look at the University of Virginia Library Historical Census Browser http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/ and poked around for info relating to the Irish population from 1870 to 1900. I have included the New York state population as well as Clinton Co. population. I'm not going to try and draw conclusions from the data, I just present it as an interesting snapshot of the melting pot. Mark Aubrey ----------- 1870 NY state * Total Population: 4,382,759 * Total Foreign-Born Persons: 1,138,353 (29.97% of NY's total popluation) * Irish Born: 528,806 (12.06% of NY's total popluation, or 46.54% of NY's total Foreign-Born population) 1870 Clinton Co., NY * Total Population: 47,947 (1.09% of NY's total popluation) * Total Foreign-Born Persons: 12,677 (26.44 % of Clinton Co.'s total popluation) * Irish Born: 2,538 (5.29% of Clinton Co.'s total popluation, or 20.02% of the Clinton Co.'s total Foreign-Born population) 1880 NY state * Total Population: 5,082,871 * Total Foreign-Born Persons: 1,211,379 (23.83% of NY's total popluation) * Irish Born: 499,445 (9.82% of NY's total popluation, or 41.22% of NY's total Foreign-Born population) 1880 Clinton Co., NY * Total Population: 50,897 (1.00% of NY's total popluation) * Total Foreign-Born Persons: 10,605 (20.83 % of Clinton Co.'s total popluation) * Irish Born: 2,022 (3.97% of Clinton Co.'s total popluation, or 19.06% of the Clinton Co.'s total Foreign-Born population) 1890 NY state * Total Population: 5,997,853 * Irish Born: 483,375 (8.05% of NY's total popluation) 1890 Clinton Co., NY * Total Population: 46,437 (0.77% of NY's total popluation) * Irish Born: 1,313 (2.82% of Clinton Co.'s total popluation, or 0.27% of NY's Irish Born population) 1900 NY state * Total Population: 7,268,894 * Irish Born: 425,553 (5.85% of NY's total popluation) * Canadian (French) Born: 27,199 (0.37% of NY's total popluation) * Canadian (English) Born: 90,336 (1.24% of NY's total popluation) * Canadian (combined) Born: 117,535 (1.61% of NY's total popluation) 1900 Clinton Co., NY * Total Population: 47,430 (0.65% of NY's total popluation) * Irish Born: 822 (1.73% of Clinton Co.'s total popluation, or 0.19% of NY's Irish Born population) * Canadian (French) Born: 3,213 (6.77% of Clinton Co.'s total popluation or 11.81% of NY's Canadian [French] Born population) * Canadian (English) Born: 1,037 (2.18% of Clinton Co.'s total popluation or 1.14% of NY's Canadian [English] Born population) * Canadian (combined) Born: 4,250 (8.96% of Clinton Co.'s total popluation or 3.61% of NY Canadian [combined] population) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25� http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/print_splash