View Full Version : What two cities had the largest Italian populations?


Villa
06-05-2008, 08:40 PM
During the period 1870 to 1914,
which two cities located in the
Western Hemisphere had the two largest
concentrations of Italian immigrants?

jeaniegina
06-05-2008, 09:19 PM
I don't know, but I would guess New York City and Chicago!

Villa
06-05-2008, 09:40 PM
Notice it says the Western Hemisphere.

Correct answer New York and Buenos Aires, Argentina.

3/4 of Buenos Aires is of Italian origen making
it the city with the most people of Italian origin.
Buenos Aires has a population of over 3 million people.
The metropolitan area of Buenos Aires is as large as Mexico City. 12 million or

jeaniegina
06-05-2008, 10:46 PM
And that was true back at the turn of the century??? What do you know!