Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-12-08
Interesting Facts Disclosed in
Report Made by Bureau
Of Census.
GIVES CITIZENSHIP STATUS
New York City Has Nearly Million
White Men of Alien Birth and
a7o,14o Women - Chicago
Has 743,eo3 Total.

Washington.-In the city of New
York there are 927,742 white men
twenty-one years of age and over who
were born in foreign lands; in Chica-
go there are 401 $685. and in Philadel-
phia 199O25. These interesting facts
are disclosed in a report just made
public by the bureau of census, which
gives the citizenship status Of the
| adult foreign-born white populations
of American cities of more than 100,-
600 population.
The number of adult white women
| of twenty-one years and over in New
York city is S7O,140; in Chicago there
are S41,S3s, and in Philadelphia 49,
1923. OF the adult foreign-born men
in New York city 423,541 are in Man
haitian, 3O9,S15 are residents in Brook
| Ign, 124,230 live in the Bronx, there
are 33942 in Queens, and 1924 in the
Borough Of Richmond. OF all adult
| foreign-born women, 403,S79 are in
Manhattan, 2S3,451 in Brooklyn, 49,
1853 in the Bronx, 51,O7O in Queens,
and 1851 in Richmond.
OF the total of 1,797SS2 foreign
born adults in New York city, 400, 600
of the men and 403,979 of the women
are naturalized citizens, while of the
remainder, 159,S24 men and 14,S3S of
the women had taken out their first
citizenship papers at the time the re-
port was complied. Those who re-
tain their alien citizenship total 772,-
O76, of whom 33O,1S4 are men and
441,S92 are women.
The foreign-born adult population
of Chicago is 743,S03, and of these
214,S54 men and 192,341 women are
naturalized citizens; 93,6S2 men and
5000 women had taken out their first
papers when the report was complied.
Those who retain their alien citizen
ship total 19SS17, of whom 1926 are
men and 122.551 women
PhiIadelph.a's Figures
In Philadelphia, the city with the
third largest foreign-born adult popu-
lation, the naturalized citizens of for
eign birth number 17S,6S3, and of
these 92,919 are men and S5,S64 are
women. Those who have taken out
first papers number 31,659, Of whom
20628 are men and only 2,O31 women.
Those who retain alien citizenship
total 1920, and of these 59,133 are
men and 75.O77 are women.
The adult alien,born population of
Boston is 221,036, of whom 100, 200 are
men and ILL., 1927 are women and of
the men 59,404 have been naturalized,
while the women, who have completed
their citizenship total 51,41S, in each
instance little less than so per cent
of the total. The total of those who
are still alien in citizenship is SS,719.
and of these 35S15 are men and so, 1854
are women.
N Detroit the adult foreign-born
population is 257,510, and of these per-
sons 1914 are men and 1O4,366 are
women, The naturalized in Detroit
number 9S,441, of whom 52,577 are
men and 1850 are women. while
those who have kept their alien citi-
zenship number 10000, and of these
81 AGO are men and 51,569 are women.
Another mid-Western city with large
foreign-born adult population is Cleve-
land. where the total is 217,792, and
of these 122,645 are men and 95,147
women. The naturalized number is
961S5, and Of these 5O,535 are men
and 1880 are women, while the alien
total is 1854, of whom 32,349 are
men and 44.1S5 are women.
On the Pacific Coast.
On the Pacific coast the city with
the largest foreign-born adult popula-
ton is San Francisco, where the total
is 1So,s67, of whom 1921 are men