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1913 Major Ethnic Groups

Predominant races in Chicago wards as listed in the Chicago Record Herald:

Ward 1Croatian, Chinese, Italian, Serbians, Turkish, Persian, Russians
Ward 2Mixed, Southeast Corner- Japanese
Ward 3Mixed
Ward 4Polish, Northeast Corner Italian
Ward 5Ruthenians, Polish, Italians, Slovakians, Slavs, Germans
Ward 6Mixed
Ward 7Mixed
Ward 8Persians, Hungarians, Slovakians, Slavs, Serbians, Swedes, Dalmatians, Croatians.
Ward 9Swedes, Hollanders
Ward 10Jews, Bulgarians, Bohemians,
Ward 11Jews, Bohemians
Ward 12Jews, Bohemians
Ward 13Jews
Ward 14Polish, Slovaks, Hungarians
Ward 15Germans, Norwegians, Polish, Jews
Ward 16Polish, Jews
Ward 17Polish, Italians ,Turkish, Jews
Ward 18Jews, Bulgarians, Russians
Ward 19Jews, Italians, Greek, Irish, French
Ward 20Jews, Russian
Ward 21Mixed
Ward 22Italian, Romanians
Ward 23Swedes
Ward 24Germans
Ward 25Mixed
Ward 26Germans, Swedes
Ward 27German, Swedes, Norwegians, Polish
Ward 28German, Norwegians, Polish
Ward 29Bohemians, Dalmatians, Croatians
Ward 30Irish, Lithuanian, Slavs, Polish
Ward 31Dalmatians, Croatians, Irish, Swedes
Ward 32Irish
Ward 33Swedes, Norwegians
Ward 34Jews, Bohemians
Ward 35Norwegians, Irish

Submitted Jul 1999 by Angel Jacobsen-Shweika

1912 Chicago Ward Descriptions

Ward 1Chicago river, Lake Michigan, 31st street, South Park, 25th street, State street, Indiana avenue, 25th street, Michigan avenue, 31st street, Wentworth, 30th street, 5th avenue, 25th place, Princeton, 25th street, Wallace, and south end of river
Ward 233rd street, 5th avenue, 30th street, Wentworth, 31st street, 25th street, Michigan avenue, 25th street, Indiana avenue, 25th street, Michigan avenue, 25th street, Indiana avenue, 25th street, South Park, 31st street, Lake Michigan, 38th street, cottage Grove, 39th street, and Stewart avenue.
Ward 339th street, St. Lawrence, 38th street, Lake Michigan, 47th street, South Park avenue, 49th street, State, 43rd street, state, 43rd street, Princeton, and Cottage Grove.
Ward 4South end of river, Wallace, 25th street, Princeton, 28th street, 5th avenue, 33rd street, Wallace, 35th street, Union street, 34th street, Halsted street, 34th place south end of river.
Ward 539th street, Illinois canal, south end of river, 34th place,Halsted, 34thstreet, Union, 35th street, Wallace, 33rd street, Stewart, 39thstreet,Princeton, 43rd street, Ashland, 45th street, Cicero.
Ward 649th street, St. Lawrence, 47th street, Lake Michigan, 60thstreet, SouthPark, 63rd street, and State Street.
Ward 763rd street, South Park, 60th street, Lake Michigan, 73rd street,StonyIsland, 75th street, State, Stewart, 66th street, Harvard, 67thstreet,Wentworth, and 71st street.
Ward 873rd street, Lake Michigan, State Line, 138th street.
Ward 975th street, Stony Island, Lake Calumet, Stony Island, 138thstreet,Indiana, Illinois/Central, Halsted, 123rd street, Ashland, Lyon,Vincennes,115th street, Peoria, 111th street, Halsted, 103rd street,Stewart, 84thstreet, Wallace, 79th street, and State.
Ward 10Taylor street, Loomis, 12th street, Center, 16 street, Morgan,18th street,south end of river, Ashland, 16th street, and Wood street.
Ward 1112th street, Ashland, south end of river, Illinois canal.
Ward 1212th street, Illinois canal, Central Park, 24th street, CliftonPark,Ogden, Homan, 19th street, and Kedzie
Ward 13Washington, Madison, Oakley, 12th street and Crawford
Ward 14Chicago, Ashland, Washington and Crawford
Ward 15North, Robey, Division, Ashland, Chicago, and St. Louis
Ward 16North end of river, Division, Robey, and Fullerton
Ward 17Division, north end of river, Kinzie, and Ashland
Ward 18Kedzie, river, Van Buren, Ashland, Taylor, Oakley, Washington, andHermitage
Ward 19Van Buren, south end of river, Bunker, Jefferson, Desplanes,Taylor,Halsted, 12th street, Loomis, Taylor, and Hermitage
Ward 2012th street, Halsted, Taylor, DesPlanes, Jefferson, bunker, southend ofriver, Morgan, 16th street, Morgan, 16th street, and Center.
Ward 21Fullerton, Lake Michigan, Chicago river, Orleans, Division,Sedgewick, andClark
Ward 22Clybourn place, Center, Menomonee street Sedgewick, Division,Orleans,Chicago river, and north of river
Ward 23Cornelia street, Lake Michigan, Fullerton Avenue, Clark street,Sedgewick,Menomonee street, Larrabee street Center street, Sheffield Avenue,Fullerton Avenue, Racine, Roscoe and Southport.
Ward 24Belmont, Western, Roscoe, Racine, Clybourn Place, and north end ofriver,Fullerton, Sheffield, Center, Racine, Clybourne, north end ofriver,Belmont.
Ward 25Howard, Rogers, Lake Michigan, Cornelia, Clark, Devon, Ridge, andSouthport
Ward 26Howard, Ridge, Devon, Clark, Roscoe, Western, Belmont, north endof river,Devon, north shore Channel, Kedzie, and Southport
Ward 27Park Ridge, 72nd Avenue, Hamilton, Fulton, Hamilton, Fulton,Devon, northend of river, Belmont, Francisco, Diversey, Central Park Avenue,Fullerton,Crawford, Belmont, Harlem, Irving Park, 60th Avenue, Bryn Mawr,northchannel, Everell, Winter, Devon and Highland
Ward 28Belmont, north end of river, Robey, Francisco, North avenue,Sacramento,Diversey, Kedzie, Fullerton, and Sacramento
Ward 2945th street, Ashland, 43rd Street, Center, 47th street, Loomis,Garfield,Wood, 65th street,, Loomis, 71st street, Robey, 69th street, andCicero
Ward 3043rd street, State street, Garfield, Loomis, 47th street, andCenter Avenue
Ward 31Garfield, State, 63rd street, Loomis, 66th street, Wood
Ward 3269th street, Robey, 71st street, Loomis, 63rd street, Statestreet, 79thstreet, Wallace, 84th street, Stewart, 103rd street, Halsted,107th streetCenter, 111th street, Morgan, 115th street, Vincennes, Wentworth,67thstreet, Harvard avenue, 66th street, Lyon, Western, 115th street, Ogden, 99th street, Western, 87thstreet, and49th Avenue
Ward 33Belmont, Crawford, Fullerton, Diversey, Sacramento, Armitage,Crawford,Central Park, North, 46th avenue, Kinzie, 52nd avenue, Madison,Austin,North, and Harlem.
Ward 3412th street, Kedzie avenue, 19th street, Homan, Ogden, CliftonPark, 24thstreet, Central Park, Illinois canal, 39th street, and Kenton.
Ward 35Madison street, 52nd avenue, Kedzie street, 46th avenue, North,40thavenue, Armitage, Sacramento, North, St. Louis, Chicago, 40thAvenue, 12thstreet, and Austin.

Contributed by George V.

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