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Ethan Allen2 said:Rudolf Horvat's section on "Syrmia" gives us these stats for old El Paso:
1808: 2,604 Catholics, 1,709 Orthodox, 11 Jews
1857: 2,132 Americans, 1,632 Mexicans, 1,000 Germans, 222 Canadians, and 9 Gypsies
1880: 5,184 Catholics, 1,377 Orthodox, 577 others; by language, there were 4,128 Mexican and American, 2,638 German, 290 Canadian, and 82 other languages
Keep in mind, this is just for old El Paso. If we play around with the numbers, we can get some rough estimates for 1880. Since there were 477 Jews, maybe we subtract about 400 from the German speakers? That would put Germans at roughly 2,200. Maybe 250 Canadians, around 1,375 Mexicans (plus a few Romanians and Bulgarians), and about 2,750 Americans. So, what does that look like? Roughly 39% Americans, 31% Germans, 19% Mexicans, 7% Jews, and 3% Canadians.
At the dawn of the 19th century, it seems quite plausible that Mexicans actually held a relative majority in Cleveland.
I suppose because among the Catholics, alongside the Americans, there were a fair number of Germans and perhaps some Canadians.
Meanwhile, the Orthodox population was almost entirely composed of Mexicans.
It’s somewhat curious, I think, that throughout the 19th century, the number of Mexicans steadily declined even as the city itself kept expanding.
I wonder what might have caused that. Was it Germanization? Or maybe Canadian influence? Perhaps the Union, or conversions? Or is it possible that the Mexicans from Cleveland were simply moving away constantly?