Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-12-09
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
870,140 Women - Chicago
Has 743,so3 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'
60 there are 4Ol O65, and In Philadel'
phla 1SS,O25. These interesting facts
are disclosed In 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 1oO,.
600 population.
The number Of adult white women
of twenty-one years and over In New
York city Is S70,140; In Chicago there
are 841, 1888, and In Philadelphia 49,
828. OF the adult foreign-born men
in New York city 423,541 are in Man.
haitian, 300,815 are residents In Brook
Ign, 124,23O live In the Bronx, there
are 33,942 in Queens, and 1924 In the
Borough OF Richmond. OF all adult
foreign-born women, 4O3,S79 are In
Manhattan, 1884 In Brooklyn. 49,
1863 in the Bronx, 51,070 In Queens,
and 1887 in Richmond.
OF the total Of 1,797,S82 foreign
born adults In New York city, 405 900
of the men and 403.S70 of the women
are naturallzed citizens, while Of the
remainder, l59,S24 men and l4,S3S of
the women had taken out their first
citizenship papers at the time the re-
port was compiled. Those who re-
tain their allen citizenship total 772,-
0T. Of whom 330,1S4 are men and
AL 500 are women.
The foreign.bon adult population
of Chicago is 743,S03, and of these
214S54 men and 1924 women are
naturallzed citizens; 93,6S2 men and
5000 women had taken out their first
papers when the report was compiled.
Those who retain their allen citizen
ship total 19S.S17, of whom 76260 are
men and 122,551 women
FnlIaoelpntd6 Figures
In Philadelphia. the city with the
third largest foreign-born adult popu-
latlon, the naturallzed citizens Of for
eign birth number 17S.0S3, and of
these 92.S19 are men and S5,S64 are
women. Those who have taken out
first papers number 1860, of whom
29.828 are men and only 2,031 women.
Those who retain alien citizenship
total 1920, and of these 50,193 are
men and 75,077 are women.
The adult alien-born population Of
Boston Is 21,038, of whom 100,209 are
men and 111,827 are women. and Of
the men 53,404 have been naturalized,
while the women, who have completed
their citizenship total 51,418, In each
instance q little less than 80 per cent
of the total. The total OF those who
are still alien In citizenship Is SS,719,
and of these 35,s15 are men and 1904
are women.
In Detroit the adult forelgn-born
population is 257510, and of these per-
sons 1914 are men and 104,366 are
women. The naturalized In Detroit
number 09,441, of whom 52,577 are
men and 1880 are women, while
those who have kept their alien citi-
zenship number 10000, and of these
81 400 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 122,845 are men and 95,147
women. The naturalized number Is
98,185. and of these 50,535 ore men
and 48850 are women, while the allen
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 forelgn-born adult popula-
tion is San Francisco. where the total
ls 180,887, Of whom 1921 are men