Show cosmopolitan NEW YORK CITY bleakly inarea In rea la in a atNa Uve the cosmopolitan character of t the he population of new york city la to admitted by all and bas has frequently been commented upon considering the constant stant great inflow of immigration it is impossible that the people could be otherwise than very mixed notwithstanding that however the last census us ahoua that there is at iama time a steady increase la in the percentage of native american population when the census of 1890 was taken the broj est of a greater new york was yet under discussion the total population of what la Is now the greater new york was then in round figures the number of native born inhabitants being and of foreign born bom inhabitants the percentage of foreign born inhabitants was 38 1 20 by the new census figures just published the population of new york city and Is thus divided native born inhabitants and for eign born inhabitants the foreign born population of new york city has increased in ten years and the native born population in the same period has increased near nearh twice as much the percentage ot of foreign born inhabitants in 1900 was or one and a quarter per cent less than in IDOO 1900 ten years ago thoro thero atre yr re russians in new now york now there are a gain ot of ten years ago there were 60 50 italians in new york and now anere aie ate those of other nationalities increased during the decade as follows polea poles from to flung arians from to swedes and norwegians Norwegia ns from to bohemians Bohem ians from to 15 and chinese from 2800 to germans now form the largest foreign born element in the city the english scotch and french again did not increase their numbers during the decade while millie the proportion of irish was actually less in 1900 than in 1890 during the decade nev new colonies col onlea were formed of canadians Roum anians and syrians |