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1931 Census of England and Wales, General Report, Table 79 : " Regional Distribution of Foreigners".
Country of Birth | Total Persons | REGIONS | ||||||||||||||
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South East | Greater London | North | N.1 | N.2 | N.3 | N.4 | Midland | M.1 | M.2 | East | South West | Wales | W.1 | W.2 | ||
Austria | 2,777 | 2,151 | 1,844 | 421 | 14 | 13 | 83 | 311 | 82 | 68 | 14 | 41 | 33 | 49 | 42 | 7 |
Belgium | 6,047 | 4,288 | 3,508 | 724 | 141 | 77 | 166 | 340 | 325 | 201 | 124 | 91 | 428 | 191 | 122 | 69 |
Denmark | 4,219 | 2,594 | 1,939 | 872 | 350 | 179 | 78 | 265 | 124 | 99 | 25 | 351 | 102 | 176 | 162 | 14 |
France | 15,628 | 12,088 | 9,288 | 1,186 | 181 | 134 | 237 | 634 | 813 | 596 | 217 | 238 | 737 | 566 | 465 | 101 |
Germany | 14,981 | 11,255 | 9,524 | 2,200 | 373 | 319 | 551 | 957 | 676 | 476 | 200 | 216 | 344 | 290 | 231 | 59 |
Italy | 16,878 | 12,235 | 10,975 | 2,244 | 615 | 294 | 381 | 954 | 655 | 498 | 157 | 133 | 217 | 1,394 | 1,284 | 110 |
Netherlands | 5,927 | 4,542 | 3,829 | 770 | 94 | 116 | 158 | 402 | 183 | 112 | 71 | 201 | 135 | 96 | 82 | 14 |
Norway | 3,098 | 1,373 | 1,072 | 1,158 | 592 | 228 | 32 | 306 | 60 | 47 | 13 | 116 | 85 | 306 | 301 | 5 |
Poland | 31,423 | 25,851 | 25,220 | 4,529 | 225 | 295 | 1,251 | 2,758 | 545 | 439 | 106 | 92 | 57 | 349 | 333 | 16 |
Russia (incl. Finland) | 24,959 | 18,413 | 17,813 | 5,606 | 312 | 303 | 1,419 | 3,572 | 356 | 272 | 84 | 61 | 80 | 443 | 426 | 17 |
Spain | 2,522 | 1,077 | 847 | 542 | 96 | 102 | 40 | 304 | 55 | 32 | 23 | 11 | 44 | 793 | 791 | 2 |
Sweden | 3,267 | 1,874 | 1,500 | 808 | 299 | 237 | 66 | 206 | 83 | 64 | 19 | 191 | 51 | 260 | 246 | 14 |
Switzerland | 9,762 | 8,197 | 6,346 | 651 | 48 | 57 | 149 | 397 | 444 | 316 | 128 | 91 | 310 | 69 | 42 | 27 |
China | 1,934 | 706 | 568 | 852 | 50 | 105 | 46 | 651 | 100 | 70 | 30 | 31 | 62 | 183 | 171 | 12 |
Japan | 1,336 | 836 | 750 | 360 | 51 | 217 | 4 | 88 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 93 | 93 | - |
United States | 11,220 | 6,920 | 5,326 | 2,211 | 274 | 189 | 429 | 1,319 | 873 | 639 | 234 | 271 | 594 | 351 | 271 | 80 |
Other Countries and at Sea | 23,656 | 15,550 | 13,969 | 5,826 | 576 | 418 | 1,055 | 3,777 | 538 | 409 | 129 | 195 | 468 | 1,079 | 1,021 | 58 |
TOTAL | 179,634* | 129,950 | 114,318 | 30,960 | 4,291 | 3,283 | 6,145 | 17,241 | 5,922 | 4,344 | 1,578 | 2,344 | 3,770 | 6,688 | 6,083 | 605 |
* Excluding 4,235 of unstated foreign birthplace