TABLE 13.-Per cent of foreign-born employees in the United States each specified number of years, by sex and race- -East-Continued.

Of the 5,759 persons reporting complete data, 41.2 per cent have been in the United States under five years; 23.9 per cent have been here from five to nine years; 17.4 per cent have been here for twenty or more years, and less than 20 per cent from ten to nineteen years. When compared with the males, the females show a much larger proportion who have been here under fifteen years. Of the males, 40.4 per cent have been in this country under five years and 17.9 per cent have been here for twenty years or over. Of the Greek males 90.3 per cent have been here under five years. This is the largest proportion of any race, the next largest being that shown by the Russian, 58.4 per cent. The North and South Italians, Lithuanians and Magyars show proportions between 50 and 52 per cent who have been in this country under five years. The North Italians show the largest proportion of males who have been in this country from five to nine years and the Swedes show the smallest proportion. Slightly more than 20 per cent of the Swedes have been in the United States from fifteen to nineteen years. The Irish and German are the only other races that report as high as 10 per cent of males who have lived in this country from fifteen to nineteen years. Nearly 75 per cent of the Irish and between 60 and 65 per cent of the Germans and Swedes have been here for twenty or more years. Each other race shows a proportion less than 10 per cent. None of the German females reporting have lived in this country for less than ten years. Of the Russians 95 per cent, and of the Lithuanians 90 per cent, have lived in this country under five years. The Irish show the largest proportion of females who have lived here for from five to nine years. The proportion is 28.6 per cent and a similar proportion is shown of females whose residence in this country has been for from ten to fourteen. years. None of the Lithuanians or Russians reporting have lived

here for fifteen years or over. The Germans show the largest proportion who have lived here for twenty or more years. The Irish show 14.3 per cent and the Poles 1.4 per cent. Each of the other races reports zero.

The following table shows, by sex and race, the percentage of foreignborn employees in the Middle West who had been in the United States each specified number of years.

TABLE 14.--Per cent of foreign-born employees in the United States each specified number of years, by sex and race- Middle West.

(STUDY OF EMPLOYEES.)

[By years in the United States is meant years since first arrival in the United States. No deduction is made for time spent abroad. This table includes only races with 80 or more persons reporting. The total, however, is for all foreign-born.]

Of 2,762 employees in this industry for whom information was secured, 50 per cent had been in the United States under five years, 16.3 per cent from five to nine years, 2.6 per cent from ten to fourteen years, 11.3 per cent from 15 to 19 years, and 19.8 per cent have been in this country twenty years or over. The table shows the Croatian employees to be of very recent immigration, 94.6 per cent of those reporting having been in the United States under five years. The Greek employees also show a considerable proportion having this period of residence. The Magyar, Slovenian, and Slovak employees follow in the order named, all showing over 70 per cent who have been in this country under five years. The Poles show over 30 per cent having this period of residence and the German employees only 15.3 per cent. The Slovenian employees show the highest percentage and the Croatians the lowest of employees who have been in the United States from five to nine years. The Poles the highest percentage, as

48296°-VOL 12—11—3

contrasted with none of the Croatians or the Slovak employees, who have been in the United States from ten to fourteen years. The Poles also show the highest percentage having a residence of from fifteen to nineteen years, while none of the Greeks or Slovenians have been in this country for this period of time. The German employees show over 50 per cent with a residence of twenty years or over, as contrasted with less than 1 per cent of the Greeks and Slovenians and none of the Croatians who have been in the United States this length of time.

The following tables and chart set forth, by sex and race, the percentage of foreign-born employees in the United States each specified number of years. In the first table the figures for the most recent immigrants those in the United States less than five years—are presented in detail:

TABLE 15.-Per cent of foreign-born employees in the United States under 1 year, 1 year, 2 years, etc., by sex and race.

(STUDY OF EMPLOYEES.)

[By years in the United States is meant years since first arrival in the United States. No deduction is made for time spent abroad. This table includes only races with 80 or more persons reporting. The total, however, is for all foreign-born.]

TABLE 15.-Per cent of foreign-born employees in the United States under 1 year, 1 year, 2 years, etc., by sex and race-Continued.

TABLE 16.-Per cent of foreign-born employees in the United States each specified number of years, by sex and race.

(STUDY OF EMPLOYEES.)

[By years in the United States is meant years since first arrival in the United States. No deduction is made for time spent abroad. This table includes only races with 80 or more persons reporting. The total, however, is for all foreign-born.]

MALE.

TABLE 16.-Per cent of foreign-born employees in the United States each specified number of years, by sex and race-Continued.

These tables present information concerning 8,521 foreign-born employees engaged in the industry. Of this number 44.1 per cent have been in the United States under five years, the males reporting 43.1 per cent with this length of residence, as compared with 64.3 per cent of the females. Of the males 3.5 per cent have been in the United States under one year, while 5.4, 15.8, 10.8, and 7.6 per cent have been in the United States one, two, three, and four years, respectively. As compared with these proportions the females show 13 per cent have been in the United States under one year, while 7.9, 22.4, 10.5, and 10.5 per cent have been in the United States one, two, three, and four years, respectively.

Considering the males in each residence group under five years, it will be noted that the proportions of the older as contrasted with the proportions of the more recent immigrant races are in each instance very low. However, the difference in proportions is less marked among those with a residence of less than one year than among those with a residence of one, two, three, or four years. The Croatians show the largest proportions with a residence of one and two years, the Greeks the largest proportion with a residence of three years, and the Slovenians the largest proportion with a residence of four years. The Swedes report the smallest proportions with a residence of one and four years, and the Irish the smallest proportions with a residence of two and three years.

Twenty-one and five-tenths per cent have been in the United States from five to nine years, 6.2 per cent from ten to fourteen, 10 per cent from fifteen to nineteen, and 18.2 per cent twenty years or over. The proportion of all foreign-born males in each period of residence varies only slightly from the proportion shown in the total for both males and females. Of those with a residence of less than five years the figure is larger for the females than the total for males and females, while of females with a residence of from five to nine, and twenty years or over, the proportions are considerably below the total