Information is included in the foregoing table for a total of 13,179 foreign-born males who have been in the United States five years or over and who were 21 years of age or over at time of coming to this country. Of that total number, 32 per cent are fully naturalized and 11.4 per cent have taken out first papers only. Comparing those who have been in this country for from five to nine years with those whose residence here has been for ten or more years, it is seen that the latter present a much greater proportion of persons who are fully naturalized and a slightly smaller proportion who have first papers only.

Considering those employees whose residence in the United States has been for from five to nine years, the Swedes and Irish have the largest proportion of fully naturalized persons. The proportions are not widely divergent, being for the Irish 23.9 per cent and for the Swedes 23.4 per cent. The Scotch and English also show a higher proportion of fully naturalized males than do the races of recent immigration. Of the immigrant races that have come from eastern or southern Europe the North Italians exhibit the largest proportion of fully naturalized persons, the proportion being 10.2 per cent. Each of the other races of recent immigration shows a proportion of less than 5 per cent of fully naturalized persons, excepting the South Italians who report 8.7 per cent. In this general period of residence, 55 per cent of the Swedes have taken out first papers, and the Welsh, English, German, Scotch, and Irish races show correspondingly high proportions. Between 10 and 15 per cent each of the North and South Italians and Magyars have first papers.

Of those whose residence in this country has been for ten years or more the Servians show the smallest proportion of fully naturalized persons, reporting less than 10 per cent. No race reports a proportion as high as 90 per cent of persons who are fully naturalized, the Scotch, of whom 86.3 per cent are fully naturalized, showing the largest. The Swedes, Irish, English, and Germans show proportions almost as large. All of the races of recent immigration show their greatest proportion of citizens in this residence period, but the proportion in the case of all races is less than 50 per cent. Of those in this period of residence who have taken out first papers the Slovenians report the highest percentage.

Over 10 per cent each of the Croatians, North and South Italians, Lithuanians, Magyars, Poles, Slovaks, and Slovenians have taken out first papers, but it is noticeable that the proportion of English, German, Irish, and Scotch who have first papers is, in each case, less than 10 per cent, due to the longer residence of these races and to the fact that a comparatively large part of each are citizens.

The following table shows, by race of individual, the present political condition of foreign-born males in the households studied, who have been in the United States five years or over and who were 21 years of age or over when they came to this country:

TABLE 120.-Present political condition of foreign-born males who have been in the United States 5 years or over and who were 21 years of age or over at time of coming, by race of individual.

(STUDY OF HOUSEHOLDS.)

[By years in the United States is meant years since first arrival in the United States.]

a Not computed, owing to small number involved.

Of 1,008 males reporting, 18 per cent are fully naturalized and 10.6 per cent have first papers only. The older immigrant races, those from Great Britain and northern Europe, show the highest per cent fully naturalized, the Irish having a particularly large proportion, followed by the French and Germans in considerably smaller proportions. Of the more recent immigrants from southern and eastern Europe, the North Italians have the highest per cent fully naturalized, followed, in the order named, by South Italians, Poles, Slovaks, Ruthenians, Slovenians, Magyars, and Croatians, the last-named race showing only 5 per cent. The Servians report no persons who have acquired citizenship.

The following table shows present political condition of foreignborn male employees who have been in the United States each specified number of years and who were 21 years of age or over at time of arrival, by locality and by race:

TABLE 121.-Present political condition of foreign-born male employees who have been in the United States each specified number of years and who were 21 years of age or over at time of coming, by locality and by race.

(STUDY OF EMPLOYEES.)

[By years in the United States is meant years since first arrival in United States. This table includes only races with 100 or more males reporting in each of two or more localities. The total, however, is for all foreign-born.]

From the data presented in the above table it appears that of the English, German, Polish, and Slovenian employees who have been in the United States from five to nine years and who were 21 years of age or over at time of arrival, a larger proportion are fully naturalized and a larger proportion have first papers only in the Middle West than in the East. The proportion of Swedish immigrants who are fully naturalized and the proportion of Croatian immigrants who have first papers only is considerably larger in the Middle West than in the East, while the proportion of the Swedes who have first papers only is larger in the East than in the Middle West. In the Middle West none of the Croatians are fully naturalized.