Cincinnati's culture is influenced by its
history of German and Irish immigration and its geographical position on the
border of the Southern United States and Midwestern United States. Cincinnati
was a major destination for German immigrants. In 1830, residents of German
roots made up 5 percent of the population, ten years later the number rose to
30 percent. By 1900, over 60 percent of its population was of German
background.
Cincinnati's Jewish community was developed
by immigrants from England and Germany who made the city a center of Reform
