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The history of the Germans in Baltimore began in the 17th century. During the 1800s, the Port of Baltimore was the second-leading port of entry for immigrants, after Ellis Island in New York City. Many Germans immigrated to Baltimore during this time.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Point of Entry: Baltimore, the Other Ellis Island )〕 ==Demographics== In 1920, 19,813 people in Baltimore spoke the German language. In 1940, 9,744 immigrants from Germany lived in Baltimore. These immigrants comprised 16% of the city's foreign-born white population. In total, 23,889 people of German birth or descent lived in the city, comprising 17.1% of the foreign-stock white population. As of 2000, 18.7%, or 478,646, of the Baltimore metropolitan area's population were of German descent, making it the largest European ancestral group.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Table DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 )〕 In the same year Baltimore city's German population was 48,423, 7.4% of the city's population.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Social Statistics Baltimore, Maryland )〕 In 2013, an estimated 45,217 German-Americans resided in Baltimore city, 7.3% of the population.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2013 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates )〕 As of September 2014, immigrants from Germany were the seventeenth largest foreign-born population in Baltimore and the German language was the sixteenth most commonly spoken language other than English.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Role of Immigrants inGrowing Baltimore: Recommendations to Retain and Attract New Americans )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「History of the Germans in Baltimore」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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