The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 66, July 1962 - April, 1963 Page: 209
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Foreigners in the Principal Towns of Ante-Bellum Texas
manuscript census returns also shows that the percentage of for-
eign born in the total free population of San Antonio increased
from 39.0 to 47.1 per cent and in Houston from 32.o to 35.7 per
cent. Galveston, on the other hand, showed a decrease in the
percentage of foreigners in total population, falling from 48.0 per
cent in 1850 to 44.0 per cent in 186o, even though there were
eleven hundred more foreigners present in 186o than in 1850.
TABLE 1
FOREIGNERS IN PRINCIPAL TEXAS TOWNS, 1850-1860Sa
Germans
Irish
Mexicans
English
French
Others
Total
Foreign
Total Free
Population
Percentage
of Foreigners
in Totaln Antonio
412
118
570
34
78
52Galveston
1088
l08
8
157
110
1221274 1593
3268
1850
Houston Brownsville*
425 ....
49 ....
6 ....
50 ....598
3499 1869
39.0 48.0
32.0
Austin New Braunfels
60 951
6 1
2 1
8 o.... 95 956
.... 629 123715.1
77.3
San Antonio
Germans 1477
Irish 310
Mexicans 1220
English 68
French 232
Others 294
Total
Foreign 3601
Total Free
Population 7643
Percentage
of Foreigners
in Total 47.1Galveston
1613
344
10
300
182
249186o
Houston Brownsville
816 50
241 37
17 1476
114 11
62 44
100 492698 1350 1667
Austin New
255
30
24
32
8
75Braunfels
1001
1
o
2
16
20424 1025
6129 3776 2727 2517 1740
44.0
35.7
61.1
16.8
58.9
*Cameron, Starr, and Webb counties were not enumerated separately in 185o but
were included as a part of the Rio Grande Valley. No population figures are
available for either the cities or counties of that area.209
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