provinces produced a large majority of Italian immigrants to

Question:I googled this earlier; most of the Italians came from Southern Italy and were from poor families with little or no education. Most of them planned on returning home after accumulating capitol. (Many of them did.)
Try: http://www.aliciapatterson.org/APF001974...

And, better yet:
http://www.italiamerica.org/id49.htm

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I googled this earlier; most of the Italians came from Southern Italy and were from poor families with little or no education. Most of them planned on returning home after accumulating capitol. (Many of them did.)
Try: http://www.aliciapatterson.org/APF001974...

And, better yet:
http://www.italiamerica.org/id49.htm

you need access to the 1900 census this would give you the data you need, You could subscribe to www.ancestry.com or try a local library.

Good luck and good hunting

Ellis Island website, lists all immigrants that passed through there, where from and where to.