TABLE 188.-Number and per cent of families owning home, by general nativity and race of head of family.

The foregoing table shows slightly more than one-half of the families whose heads were native-born of native father, as well as families whose heads were foreign-born Germans, to have acquired their own homes. Relatively small percentages are exhibited by the families of the two other races whose heads were foreign-born, the Magyars showing only 7.4 per cent of their families, and the Poles 11.3 per cent owning their homes.

CITIZENSHIP.

The following table shows by race of individual the present political condition of foreign-born males in the households studied who had 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:

TABLE 189.-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.

In the preceding table it is seen that only 35 per cent of the total foreign-born, consisting mainly of 75 per cent of the Germans and 16.7 per cent of the Poles, have acquired full citizenship, and only 10 per cent of the total foreign-born, made up largely of 12.5 per cent of the Poles and 5 per cent of the Germans, have secured first

papers.

ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH.

The extent to which the representatives of non-English-speaking races in the community had acquired the ability to speak English is set forth in the series of tables next presented. The first table submitted shows, by sex and general nativity and race of individual, the percentage of persons 6 years of age or over, in the households studied, who speak English:

TABLE 190.-Per cent of persons 6 years of age or over who speak English, by sex and general nativity and race of individual.

(STUDY OF HOUSEHOLDS.)

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

In the table above it is seen that all of the females, and almost all of the males, 6 years of age or over in the households whose heads were native-born Germans of foreign father speak English. Among the households whose heads were foreign-born, it is significant that a proportion more than three times as great of the males as compared with females speak English. Of the several races, the Germans show the highest proportion both of males and females who are able to speak English, followed by the Poles and Magyars, in the order named. In the table next submitted a comparison is made of the ability of representatives of non-English-speaking races to speak English on the basis of their ages when they came to this country. The table shows at time of coming to the United States and race of individual the percentage of foreign-born persons 6 years of age or over, in the households studied, who speak English.

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TABLE 191.-Per cent of foreign-born persons 6 years of age or over who speak English, by age at time of coming to the United States and race of individual.

(STUDY OF HOUSEHOLDS.)

[This table includes only non-English-speaking races with 40 or more persons reporting. The total, however, is for all non-English-speaking races.]

The preceding table shows a considerably larger proportion of all races of foreign birth who were under 14 years of age at the time of their arrival in the United States able to speak English at the present time, as compared with those who were 14 years of age or over when they came to this country.

The table next presented exhibits comparatively the tendency of the members of non-English-speaking races to acquire the ability to speak English after designated periods of residence in this country. It includes all foreign-born persons in the households studied who were 6 years of age or over, and the presentation is by years in the United States and race of individual.

TABLE 192.—Per cent of foreign-born persons 6 years of age or over who speak English, by years in the United States and race of individual.

(STUDY OF HOUSEHOLDS.)

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

In the table above it is seen in the total for the foreign-born that the ability to speak English increases according to period of residence, only 42.7 per cent of the total number with a residence of less than five years being able to speak English, as compared with 70.7 per cent who have been in the United States between five and nine years and 91.3 per cent with a residence of ten years or over. The Magyars, as compared with the Poles and Germans, indicate a greater degree of advancement in the two longer residence periods.

GENERAL TABLES.

I-GENERAL SURVEY: TABLES 1-94.

II. GENERAL MANUFACTURING COMMUNITIES: TABLES 95-131.

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