El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-30
IN
j. 8. FOREIGN
Many People Foreign Born
and Their Children Out
number Native Lineage.


( Washington, D. c., June 3O.-While
( so much is being said and written upon
the subject OF Americanism. the Ma
tionaI Geographic society comes for
ward with some figures concerning
our foreign population and their sons
and daughters that are particularly
timely and authoritative. They bring
out some striking facts concerning the
, makeup of our national body polite.
The society's bulletin on the subject
is as follows:
1t Is a fact not generally recognized
/ that the foreign population OF the
United States. together with sons and
daughters Of parents. one or both Of
who-i are or were OF foreign birth.
! constitutes a third of the entire popu-
I latiou CT the country.
/ Larger Than Native Population
In = number Of states the people
OF foreign birth or foreign or mixed
! Dareutsge exceed in numbers those OF
/ native birth and parentage- This condi-
! ton obtains in Massachusetts where
! the foreign element by birth or parent
/ age IS twice as great as the element of
/ unmiNee native lineage That state had
| in 1919. 100000 people both Of whose
/ parents were born within the United
J States as compared with 2,22l. 600 who
L u
/ had one or both parents born abroad
The same condition prevails in
/ RHODE Island That state has a popula-
ton Of l59,S21 Of native ancestry
| against 372,67l OF foreign birth or lin
IN Connecticut We find a population
! of native ancestry aggregating $4,000,
and of foreign birth or ancestry aggre-
eating 100000
In New York there is a population
Of native ancestry reaching a total OF
I $3.50 600. Against this there is a pop
ulation OF foreign birth or foreign or
miXeI ancestry amounting to 5-ll5.Joe-
Tue balance in favor of the pOpula-
ton OF foreign birth OF foreign an
cestry. in whole or in part. in New
Jersey, is $4,000, the population Of ma
tive ancestry amounting TO 100000 a.
/ against I.435,0OO in the case Of the for
eigu element
.Iifinois also falls in the list of states
where the population of fun native
stock is smaller than that Of foreign
birth OF foreign or partly foreign an
cestry It's population Of native lineage
amounts TO 100000 Against this
there Is a population wholly or partly
foreign by birth and ancestry Of 2,925,-
! 900. a difference of 325,O00
Michigan also falls in this class.
with 1850 600 wholly or partly OF Tor
eign birth and ancestry. as compared
with 1.224.000 Of pure native lineage
Three Times rs Great 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 foreigners
and their children totals 1.4S3,O00 as
compared with $4,000 for the native
element
Montana has 10000 people Of for
eign birth and foreign or mixed ances-
try. as against 162, 600 OF native ances-
try wyoming gets into the same col
lnn BY about the same proportion
The state of Washington has $4,000
more Of the foreign than OF the native
element. while California practically
..Taking the statistics OF the male
population 81 years OF age and upward
Tor the entire country, It is found that
ONLY 489 per cent Of them are OF
Straight. white native ancestry The ne
gro element adds 81 per cent 10 this
and the remainder, 41-3 percent, Is rep
resented by the men of foreign birth
or the sons Of foreign or mixed parent
age