Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-08-02
ONLY FoRTY-EIGHr PER CENT
OF Americas Population Of White
Native Ancestry.

While so much Is being said and
written upon the subject of Ameri-
canism, the National Geographic So
ciety comes forward with some fig
ures concerning our foreign popula-
tion and their sons and daughters
that are particularly timely and au-
thoritative. They bring out some
striking facts concerning the make
up of our national body polite. The
sOciety's bulletin on the subject is as
follows:
''It is fact not generally recog-
ntzed that the foreign population of
the United States, together with sons
and daughters of parents one or both
of whom are or were of foreign birth,
constitutes third of the entire pop
ulation of the country.
"In number Of States the people
Of foreign birth or foreign or mixed
parentage exceed in numbers those
of native birth and parentage. This
condition obtains in Massachusetts,
where the foreign element by birth
or parentage Is twice as great as the
element Of unmixed native lineage.
That State had, in 1910, 100000
people both of whose parents were
born within the United States, as
compared with 2,221,000 who were
SiShSA Uoih themselves, or
had one or both parents born abroad
Rhode Island Figures.
"The same condition prevails in
Rhode Island. That State has a pop
ulation Of 1892 of native ancestry
against 372,671 of foreign birth or
lineage.
"In Connecticut we find a popula-
tion of native ancestry aggregating
$4,000, and of foreign birth or an
cestry aggregating 100000.
In New York there is population
of native ancestry reaching a total
OF 3,23O,O00. Against this there is
population of foreign birth or for
eign or mixed ancestry amounting to
200.
The balance in favor Of the popn-
lation of foreign birth or foreign an
cestry, in whole or in part, in New
Jersey is 425,000, the population of
native ancestry amounting to 1.G1O,-
600 as against 1.435,0O0 in the case
OF the foreign element.
illinois also falls in the list of
States where the population of full
native stock is smaller than that Of
foreign birth or foreign or partly
foreign ancestry. It's population of
native lineage amounts to 100000.
Against this there is population
wholly or partly foreign by birth and
ancestry of 2,925, 900, a difference of
$4,000.
michigan also falls in this class,
with 100000 wholly or partly of
foreign birth and ancestry as com
pared with 1,224,00O of pure native
lineage.
Three to One in Minnesota.
minnesota has nearly three times
as many people born abroad, or with
one or both parents of foreign birth,
as she has of sons and daughters of
native stock. Her population Of for
eigners and their children totals L.
$4,000 as compared with $4,000
for the native element.
Montana has 10000 people Of
foreign birth and foreign or mixed
ancestry, as against 10000 of ma
tive ancestry. Wyoming gets into
the same column by about the same
proportion. The State of Washington
has 100000 more of the foreign than
of the native element, while Califor-
mia practically breaks even.
Taking the statistics of the male
population 21 years of age and up
ward for the entire country, it is
found that only 48.9 per cent of them
are OF straight, white native ancestry.
The negro element adds 81 per cent
to this, and the remainder, Alb per
cent. Is represented by the men of
foreign birth or the sons of foreign
or mixed parentage.
Some Striking Statistics.
Taking the different States, we
find some striking statistics. In the
proportion of foreign birth or for
eign or mixed ancestry to native,
among the men of 21 years and up
ward, North Dakota takes first rank
among the States with 1919 per cent
belonging to the former class. Min
nesota ranks next with IS per cent,
and Wisconsin third with 77.7 per
cent
Approximately two-thirds of the
men in Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
Connecticut, New York and Utah are
sons or grandsons Of foreign lands.
In New Jersey, Illinois, Michigan,
South Dakota and Montana the pro-
portion ranges from 81 per. cent to
81 per cent, while in Nebraska, Ne
vada, Washington and California it
is slightly more than half.
"In Utah it falls to 4S.8 per cent.
in Wyoming to 45.9 per cent. in Mis-
souri, to 29.7 per cent, in Kansas
to 3C.8 per cent and in Oregon to
d0.4 per cent.