Evening journal., 1921-10-24
1908 ALIENS
OVER q NCITY
OF These S,777 Are Men and
6,296 Women of Foreign
Birth
NATURALIZATION IN
COUNTRY GAINING

There were s,777 foreign-bo
white men OF 21 years Of age and
over in Wilmington when the 1920
Federal census was taken. as Of
January /, last. This figure was an
nounced today in a bulletin issued
from Washington by the Depart
ment Of Commerce.
In addition to the men registered.
6.296 foreign-bo white women Of
2i years and over we're recorded.
making a total for both men and
women in Wilmington 1903.
or the S777 men registered, 3,4Ss
had been naturalized. 1913 had
taken out first papers, leaving S,4S7
as pure alien and 4s4 whose citizen
ship was not reported. The per-
centage OF men naturalized in 1920
was 3S.7 compared with 42.5 re-
ported In the census of 1910 The
percentage of first papers, however,
was 15.0 in 1920 compared to only
~ ten years previously. The per-
centage OF pure aliens for 1920 was
hNaA AOAAI Win 0NsN IN IIANs
There was almost 100 per cent. de-
crease in the number OF men whose
citizenship was not reported, the fig
ure falling from 1912 per cent. in
1910 to 5.5 last January.
or the 6.296 women recorded for
1920, 2,9S2 We're naturalized citizens
and So had taken out first papers A
total of 2,707 were pure alien, while
the citizenship of SAC was not known
Worked out in percentages these
figures showed Ala naturalized, 0. Q
with first papers, 43.O pure alien and
81 whose citizenship was not ascer-
tanned.
Gain I'm Naturalization.
Commenting on the eiuzeship Of
foreign-born white men, aged 21
years or over, in cities having pop
ulation OF 100000 or more in the
country at large, the Census Bureau
in today's bulletin says;
I'm general, the proportion natur-
allied increased somewhat between
1910 and 1920, but in a considerable
number Of cities It decreased. In
the case Of every city except San
Francisco, however, the population
having first papers increased, and
many Of the increases were very
large.
The largest proportion natur-
allied in 1920 is shown for Louis
willie. 69.9 per cent. and the small
est for San Antonio, 2O.6. In 10
cities-Albany. Cincinnati Denver.
Des Moines, Louisville. Minneapolis.
Nashville. St. Paul. Salt Lake City.
and Spokane-the proportion natur-
allied was more than 60 per cent.
"The largest increase in the por-
portion naturalized was that fol
Spokane-from 44.4 per cent in 1915
to 62.9 per cent in 1920. and th'
largest decrease was that for Sal
Antonio-from 42.3 per cent in 1871
to 20.6 per cent. in 1920. The very
small proportion naturalized in For
Worth and San Antonio-25.7 pei
cent and 2O.6 per cent. respectivel,
was due. az least in great part, tC
/ the presence of large numbers oi
alien Mexicans.
Citizenship of Women.
Aut HbuieH ShoMihb AiiN 't'ir'"
ship status OF foreigh-born white wo-
men refer to 1920 only. no returns
as to citizenship OF women being
called for at the census OF 1910. In
general. the citizenship returns show
greater proportion OF women ma
/ turalized than OF men. The pro-
portion OF women shown as having
taken out first papers was very much
smaller than the proportion showr
for men This is due to the fact
that foreign-born married woman
whose husband has taken out hii
first papers is herself treated as ar
alien. so that this classification IL
tho case OF women relates only q
those who are not married"