TABLE 17.—Per cent of persons 10 years of age or over who read and per cent who read and write, by sex and general nativity and race of individual.

[This table includes only races with 40 or more persons reporting. The totals, however, are for all races.]

Number reporting com-
plete data.

Per cent who read.

Per cent who read and write.

General nativity and race of individual.

Native-born of foreign father, by race of father:

Bohemian and Moravian.

German...

Male. Female. Total. Male. Female. Total. Male. Female. Total.

135

248

146

230

175

Grand total...

1,970

1,596 3,566 83.2

Data are presented in the preceding table for 3,566 persons, including 1,970 males and 1,596 females, and of the total number 81.9 per cent are able to read and 79.3 per cent to read and write. Ninety-two per cent of the native-born of foreign father are able to read and 90.8 per cent to read and write, compared with 74.8 per cent of the foreign-born who read and 71.3 per cent who read and write. One hundred per cent of the native-born of German, Hebrew, and North Italian parentage and 98.3 per cent of the native-born of Bohemian and Moravian parentage read and write, compared with 88.4 per cent of the native-born of South Italian and 85.7 per cent of the native-born of Polish descent.

Comparing the foreign-born, it is seen that the Japanese show the greatest degree of literacy, followed by the Bohemians and Moravians, Germans, and Hebrews, each of which shows more than 90 per cent able to read and write. The Portuguese exhibit the largest percentage of illiterates, showing only 31.1 per cent who read and write. The percentages able to read and to read and write are slightly larger for the males than for the females, the greatest difference between the sexes being shown by the Portuguese, Lithuanian, Slovak, and South Italian races.

Further data on the literacy of immigrants engaged in agriculture are presented in the table following, which sets forth the per cent of foreign-born persons 10 years of age or over who read and thẹ per cent who read and write, by years in the United States and race of individual.

TABLE 18.-Per cent of foreign-born persons 10 years of age or over who read and per cent who read and write, by years in the United States and race of individual.

[By years in the United States is meant years since first arrival in the United States. This table includes only races with 40 or more persons reporting. The total, however, is for all foreign-born.]

The Bohemians and Moravians exhibit the greatest degree of literacy in the preceding table and are closely followed by the Germans, each of these races showing 100 per cent of those in the United States under 10 years and more than 90 per cent of those here 10 years or over able to read and write. Of those here five to nine years, the greatest proportion of illiterates is shown by the Portuguese, with only 24 per cent who read and write. The percentage of illiterates is considerably larger among the Poles, Slovaks, and Lithuanians in the United States under five years than among those here five years or

over.

The table following shows the per cent of children 6 and under 16 years of age at home, at school, and at work, by sex and general nativity and race of individual:

TABLE 19.—Per cent of children 6 and under 16 years of age at home, at school, and at work, by sex and general nativity and race of individual.

[This table includes only races with 40 or more children reporting. The totals, however, are for all races.]

ABLE 19.—Per cent of children 6 and under 16 years of age at home, at school, and at work, by sex and general nativity and race of individual-Continued.

The preceding table presents data for 1,464 persons, and shows that 19.7 per cent are at home, 78.8 per cent at school, and 1.5 per cent at work. Seven and one-tenth per cent of the native-born of native father are at home, 92.9 per cent at school, and none at work, compared with 19.2 per cent of the native-born of foreign father at home, 79.2 per cent at school, and 1.6 per cent at work, and 27.9 per cent of the foreign-born at home, 70.5 per cent at school, and 1.6 per cent at work. The Hebrews exhibit the highest percentage at school and the smallest percentage at home in the two groups of nativeborn of foreign father and foreign-born, the South Italians showing the largest percentage at home and the smallest percentage at school of the native-born of foreign father, and the North Italians the largest percentage at home and the smallest percentage at school of the foreign-born. The proportion at work is less than 3 per cent for each race, none of the Hebrews nor the native-born of Bohemian or Moravian parentage being so engaged.

Comparing the males and females, it is seen that the former show the larger percentages at home and at work and the latter the larger percentage at school. The foreign-born North Italians, both male and female, rank highest in the percentage at home and lowest in the percentage at school. Seventy-six per cent of the foreign-born North Italian males are at home and 24 per cent at school, compared with 37.5 per cent of the females at home and 58.3 per cent at school.