In the 2,371 households, consisting of 14,229 persons, 94.6 per cent of the total number of persons are foreign-born. The proportion of persons native-born of foreign father is I per cent, while that of the native whites born of native father is 3.5 per cent, and that of the negroes of native birth is less than 1 per cent of the total number of persons.

As regards the foreign-born, it will be seen that the Slovaks, Poles, North Italians, and Magyars, each representing over 10 per cent, constitute 57.7 per cent of the total number of persons, the proportions ranging from 19.7 per cent for the Slovaks to 10.6 per cent for the Magyars. The South Italians show the next largest proportion, or 9.1 per cent, followed by the Lithuanians and Croatians with 7.2 and 6.6 per cent, respectively, while the proportions of the other races range from 2.1 per cent each for the Germans, Irish, and Ruthenians, to 0.4 per cent for the French and Roumanians.

Of the persons for whom detailed information was secured, 93.7 per cent are foreign-born, 1.2 per cent are native-born of foreign father, 4.2 per cent are native-born white of native father, and 1 per cent are native-born negroes. Four of the foreign-born races constitute each more than 10 per cent of the total number for whom detailed information was secured; these races are the Slovak with 19.9 per cent, the Polish with 14.9 per cent, the North Italian with 12.5 per cent, and the Magyar with 10.1 per cent.

The table which follows shows the number of households studied, by race of head of household, and the number of families included, by race of head of family. A household includes all the persons living as one housekeeping group, without regard to relationship or race.

TABLE 8.-Number of households and number of families studied.

In these 2,363 families there were 11,974 individuals for whom detailed information was secured. These individuals are classified according to sex in the following table.

TABLE 9.-Sex of persons for whom detailed information was secured, by general nativity and race of head of household.

Of the total number of individuals shown in the table above, 57.3 per cent are males. For the foreign-born the proportion of males is slightly higher, while for the native-born as a whole it is 50.9 per cent. In the proportion of the two sexes there is little relative difference between the group of persons native-born of native father and that native-born of foreign father. Among the American negroes the proportion of females is relatively very high. In the case of all the foreign races the males predominate. The excess of males is, however, considerably higher for some races than for others. The highest figure is 66.7 per cent, and the lowest is 52.7 per cent. The former percentage is for the Roumanians and the latter for the Bohemians and Moravians. The races having the largest proportion. of males are, in the order of mention, the Roumanians, South Italians, English, Magyars, Lithuanians, and Ruthenians; those having the lowest proportion of males are the Bohemians and Moravians, Welsh, Slovenians, Germans, and Slovaks.

The figures and percentages of the table seem to indicate no clear distinction in the matter of sex distribution between the races of recent immigration and the races of older immigration. That the proportion of females is markedly high for the native-born as compared with the foreign-born, is the salient feature of the table.

The table on the page following shows the per cent of males among persons for whom detailed information was secured, by locality and by general nativity and race of head of household.

TABLE 10.-Per cent of males among persons canvassed, by locality and by general nativity and race of head of household.

(STUDY OF HOUSEHOLDS.)

[This table includes only races with 20 or more persons reporting in each of two or more localities. The totals, however, are for all races.]

@ This total includes households not given in the localities, because within a locality no race was tabulated unless 10 or more schedules were secured.

As regards the proportion of males in the households studied in the bituminous coal-mining industry it will be seen that of the total number of persons for whom detailed information was secured, 57.3 per cent are of this sex, the foreign-born reporting 57.7 per cent, as compared with 50.9 per cent of the native-born.

As among the several localities, the largest proportion, 71.2 per cent, is reported from the South, and the smallest proportion, 52.1 per cent, is reported from the Middle West, while the proportions reported from Pennsylvania and the Southwest, between which there is practically no difference, are but slightly in excess of the proportion reported from the Middle West.

The South reports a larger proportion of males for each race reporting therefrom, without a single exception, than does any other locality. For example, the per cent of males among the South Italian households studied was 77.8 in the South, 61.1 in the Southwest, 57.5 in Pennsylvania, and 52.6 in the Middle West. The per cent of males among the Lithuanians was 71.8 in the South, 63.1 in the Southwest, 57.8 in Pennsylvania, and 52.4 in the Middle West.

The following table shows the persons in the households studied for whom detailed information was secured, by sex and general nativity and race of individual. Attention is called to the fact that in this table the classification is by general nativity and race of individual, and not of head of household as in the preceding table.

TABLE 11.-Persons for whom detailed information was secured, by sex and general nativity and race of individual.

Of the 6,861 males for whom detailed information was secured, 61.3 per cent are foreign-born, as compared with 38.7 per cent nativeborn. Of the native-born, by far the largest proportion are of foreign father. Comparing the persons native-born of foreign father, it will be seen that the Slovaks constitute the largest proportion, or 7.7 per cent of the total number of males, while the Poles and North Italians follow with considerably lower percentages. The Magyars, Lithuanians, and South Italians are the only other races reporting each a proportion in excess of 2 per cent.

Among the foreign-born males, as in the case of the native-born, Slovaks report the largest proportion; their 10.9 per cent is followed closely by the Poles, North and South Italians, and Magyars, the last named reporting 7 per cent. With the exception of the Lithuanians and Croatians, who report 4.3 and 3.4 per cent, respectively, each of the remaining foreign-born races reports less than 2 per cent of the total number of males. The native whites born of native father, it will be noted, constitute less than 5 per cent, and the negroes less than 1 per cent.

Of the 5,113 females furnishing information, 49.9 per cent are foreign-born and 50.1 per cent native-born. The races showing the largest proportion of foreign-born females also show the largest proportion of females of the second generation, and, with the exception of the Slovaks, the percentages for the foreign-born are slightly higher. Of the second generation, the Slovaks show the largest proportion, or 11.1 per cent of the total number of females, followed by the Poles, reporting 6.6, and the North Italians 5.5 per cent, the proportions of the other races ranging from 3.9 per cent for the Magyars to 0.1 per cent for the Roumanians.

Of the foreign-born females, the Slovaks, with 10.2 per cent of the total number of females, show the largest proportion, followed by the Poles, North Italians, Magyars, and South Italians, with 8.1, 7, 5.4, and 4.4 per cent, respectively, while for the other races reporting females the proportions range from 3.8 per cent for the Lithuanians to 0.2 per cent for the French. The whites native-born of native father are exceeded only by the Slovaks, Poles, and North Italians. of foreign birth and the Slovaks and Poles of the second generation. Only 1.3 per cent of the total number of females are negroes, and but 0.1 per cent are Indians.

A combination of the proportions of males and females, as set forth in Table 11, does not affect the relative position of the various races, as will be seen from the totals.