who+are+these+immigrants?



== Demographics of Italian immigration to ALL of America- because of how much time has passed since the time period we are studying, official statistics of immigration to America and specifically Pittsburgh is not readily available. The information included is all that available on the internet: ==


 * **﻿By 1850, there were reportedly less than 4,000 Americans in the U.S**
 * **Between 1876 and 1924, over 4.5 million Italians settled in America**
 * **Italian population at the time was only about 14 million**
 * **In the period of time approaching 1920, about 78% of all Italian immigrants to America were men in their teens or early twenties.**
 * **An approximated 20-30% of the 4.5 million Italians returned back to Italy**
 * **According to the official 1910 census, the Italian population in America was about 2,045,900**

Italians specifically in Pittsburgh:

 * === Italians began settling in Pittsburgh in the early 1870's and, at the time, numbered only a few hundred ===
 * ==== By 1900, the Pittsburgh Italian population numbered about 6,000 ====

===="Pittsburgh from The Italian American Experience: An Encyclopedia | BookRags.com." BookRags.com | Study Guides, Lesson Plans, Book Summaries and More. Web. 14 Jan. 2011. ====