The total number of teachers for whom information relative to race was secured is 49,067. In the 30 cities, 672 teachers in kindergartens and elementary grades where information concerning pupils was secured did not furnish complete data for this table.

The table which follows shows what percentage the number of teachers of each race or people forms of the total number furnishing information, 49,067.

TABLE 34.-Race distribution of teachers in the public schools of 30 cities.

Of the 49,067 teachers, 46,208, or 94.2 per cent, are native-born and 2,859, or 5.8 per cent, are foreign-born. Of the total number of teachers, 49.8 per cent are native-born white of native father, 1.5 per cent are native-born negro of native father, and 42.8 per cent are nativeborn of foreign-born father (immigrants of the second generation). Only six of the foreign races are represented by as many as 100 teachers each. The races are:

Next to the native-born white of native father, the largest number is shown by the Irish of the second generation. Among immigrants of the second generation (native-born of foreign father) the races represented by 500 or more teachers are the following:

In the table which follows, the public-school teachers furnishing information in each city are divided into three nativity groups: Those native-born of native father, those native-born of foreign father, and those foreign-born.

The table shows the percentage of the number of teachers included within each of these three groups as compared with the total for the city to which it relates.

TABLE 35.-Number and per cent of teachers in each nativity group, by cities.

his table it is seen that of the 49,067 teachers, 25,216, or cent, are native-born of native father; 20,992, or 42.8 per native-born of foreign father; and only 2,859, or 5.8 per oreign-born.

30 cities included, Duluth has the largest proportion of n teachers. In only 12 of the 30 cities does the proporeign-born teachers exceed 5 per cent. Those cities are:

the cities the proportion of foreign-born

Per cent.

5.8

5.6

5.6

5.4

5.3

5.1

teachers among

shing information was below 2 per cent. The cities are:

ah has the largest proportion of teachers who are immihe second generation (native-born of foreign father). In cities more than one-half of the teachers reporting are of the second generation. The cities are:

e cities less than one-fourth of the teachers reporting are of the second generation. The cities are:

rtion of teachers native-born of native father among those s more than 70 per cent in 5 cities, as follows:

rtion native-born of native father was less than 40 per es, as follows:

able shows for each of the 30 cities the proportion of the ishing information who are of each specified race. es and immigrants of the second generation represented 200 teachers in the total for the 30 cities are not enumerly, but are included in "other races" under the proper p.

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White..

Negro...

General nativity and race.

TABLE 36.-Race distribution of teachers for whom information was secured, by city;

Indian..

Los Angeles.

Lowell.

Lynn.

Manchester.

Meriden.

Milwaukee.

Minneapolis.

Newark.

New Orleans.

73.2

58.6 69.4 77.2 48.5

40.8

59.6

.1

New York.

68.5

52.7

.7

7.4

b"Other races" includes races having fewer than 200 representatives in the total for 30 cities, and pupils whose race is not reported.

TABLE 36.-Race distribution of teachers for whom information was secured, by city; percentages-Continued.

Less than 0.05 per cent.

"Other races" Includes races having fewer than 200 representatives in the total for 30 cities, and pupils whose race is not reported.

The percentages shown in the total column for the 30 cities and also the general nativity of the teachers have already been discussed in connection with previous tables. The percentages for the various cities are of special interest: In 27 of the 30 cities the teachers nativeborn white of native father form a larger proportion of the total than do the teachers of any other race. In 3 cities the Irish of the second generation form larger proportions than do any other race. These cities are: