The total number of pupils present in the public schools of the 37 cities on the day the enumeration was made, and for whom information was secured, was 1,815,217. The data are presented according to race of father of pupil. More than 60 distinct foreign races or peoples are represented.

The table which follows shows the percentage of the number of pupils of each race or people as compared with the total number, 1,815,217:

TABLE 2.-Race distribution of pupils in the public schools of 37 cities.

Of the 1,815,217 pupils, 766,727, or 42.2 per cent, are children of native-born fathers, and 1,048,490, or 57.8 per cent, are children of foreign-born fathers. The 1,048,490 pupils were either themselves born abroad or were born in the United States of foreign-born fathers. Of the total number of pupils, 39.5 per cent are children of nativeborn white fathers and 2.7 per cent are children of native-born negro fathers. Among the pupils who are children of foreign-born fathers the Hebrews are represented by 318,822, or 17.6 per cent of the total number of children. The Germans are the second in order numerically, being represented by 211,460 pupils, or 11.6 per cent of the grand total. The Italians (North and South) are represented by 114,887 pupils, or 6.4 per cent of the grand total. No other race is represented by as many as 100,000 pupils, and only two-the Irish and English-are represented by as many as 50,000 pupils.

The number of public-school pupils for whom information was secured in each city is shown by general nativity of father of pupil in the table which follows:

TABLE 3.—Number of public school pupils for whom information was secured in each city, by general nativity of father of pupil.

Chelsea and Duluth, each with 74.1 per cent of their pupils children of foreign-born fathers, rank first in this respect.

The cities showing more than 60 per cent of their pupils children of foreign-born fathers are the following:

New Orleans has the lowest proportion of pupils who are children of foreign-born fathers and Kansas City ranks second. The cities with less than 40 per cent of their pupils children of foreign-born fathers are the following:

Per cent.

31.9

32.0

34. 2

39. 1

The table next presented shows for each of the 37 cities the proportion of pupils of each specified race. Foreign races represented

a Less than 0.05 per cent.

b"Other races' includes races having fewer than 1,000 representatives in the total for 37 cities, and

pupils whose race is not reported.

by fewer than 1,000 pupils in the total for the 37 cities are not separately enumerated.

b"Other races" includes races having fewer than 1,000 representatives in the total for 37 cities, and

a Less than 0.05 per cent.

pupils whose race is not reported.