[TABLE 18]

BRIDGEPORT: ETHNICITY, 1980

A. Reporting single ancestry

Ethnic                                      Percent of total
Group                   Number              population (a)
------------            ------              ----------------

Multi-ethnic             8546                27.6
Mexican                  5952                19.3     (b)
Polish                   3533                11.4     
Italian                  3154                10.2
Irish                    1981                 6.4
Lithuanian                 --                  --     (c)
German                   1146                 3.7
Oth. Europ'n (d)          811                 2.6
Chinese                   437                 1.4     (d)
Swedish                    41                 0.1
Other ethnic             2361                 7.6     (e)
Unspecif &
 unreported              2961                 9.6


B. Ethnic fractions reported

	Group          Number of fractions (f)
	-------        -----------------------

	Irish                    4484
	German                   3768
	Polish                   2014
	Italian                  1804
	English                  1172
	French                    701

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Notes:
 a. Total Bridgeport population, 1980: 30923.

 b. Figures represent all reporting Mexican origin; category
    listed as "other" was reduced by this amount.

 c. Figures for Lithuanian not available.

 d. Analogous to Mexican figures.

 e. Figure reduced by number reporting Mexican and Chinese origin;
    originally listed as 8750# (28.3%).

 f. Fractions represent persons reporting mixed ancestry and each
    category listed will add up to a higher number than persons,
    so percentages are omitted.

Source: Local Community Fact Book: Chicago metropolitan area (1970-1980),
 tables III-1, III-3, pp. 367, 385. See bibliography for
 publication information.