The total number of pupils present on the day of the enumeration, and for whom information was secured, was 221,159. The table which follows shows what per cent the number of pupils of each race or people forms of the total number, 221,159. The data are presented according to the race of father of pupil.

TABLE 41.-Race distribution of pupils in the parochial schools of 24 cities.

Of the 221,159 pupils included in the parochial school investigation, 80,696, or 36.5 per cent, are children of native fathers, and 140,463, or 63.5 per cent, are children of foreign-born fathers. The 140,463 pupils were either themselves born abroad or were born in the United States of foreign-born fathers.

Of the total number of pupils included in the parochial school study, 36.3 per cent are children of native-born white fathers. The foreign race with the largest number of pupils is the Irish, 59,521, or 26.9 per cent of the total number of pupils, being children of foreign-born Irish fathers. The children of foreign-born German fathers are 9.7 per cent, the children of foreign-born Polish fathers are 7.1 per cent, and the children of foreign-born Italian fathers, both North and South, are 7 per cent, of the total number. The other races are each represented by considerably fewer than 15,000 pupils.

The number of parochial 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 42.-Number of parochial school pupils for whom information was secured in each city, by general nativity of father of pupil.

In 6 of the 24 cities included in the parochial-school study the proportion of pupils who are children of foreign-born fathers exceeds 80 per cent. The cities are:

In 2 of the cities less than 40 per cent of the pupils are children of foreign-born fathers; these cities are New Orleans and Scranton, with 20.6 and 39 per cent, respectively.

The next table shows for each of the 24 cities the proportion of pupils of each specified race or people. Foreign races represented by less than 500 in the total for the 24 cities are not separately enumerated.

TABLE 43.-Race distribution of pupils in parochial schools, by cities; percentages.

White..

Negro.

.2 (a)

.0

Indian.

(a)

.0 (a)

Foreign-born:

Bohemian and Moravian.

Canadian, French.

30

36.3 54.0 27.8 29.9 29.1 22.4 18.3 19.1 50.9 50.5 10.8 31.6 10.0
(a) (a) (a)
.1 .7

400

976

.3

.0
.0 .0 .0

.0 .0 .0

.0

.2 .0 .0
40.1

1

.5 .0 .0 .0

.1

1.5 53.0 17.7 62.0

Canadian, Other..

1.1 (a)

6.8

1.4

3.2 13.9

English.

2.0 .7

French..

Italian, North.

2.2 .6 1.7

.4

.8

1.3 .1

Italian, South.

.0 2.7 (a)

1.0 (a)

Scotch.
Slovak.

Other races b.

Grand total.

Total native-born.

Total foreign-born..

.0 .0 .0

.5 .4 .0 4.4 .1 .0 .0 .0 .0
1.2 .4 .7 1.5 1.1 3.5 1.3 .7 4.8 8.9 .2 1.0 .6

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

36.5 54.0 27.8 29.9 29. 1 22.4 18.3 19.2 51.6 50.9 10.8 31.6 10.0 63.5 46.0 72.2 70.1 70.9 77.6 81.7 80.8 48. 4 49. 1 89.2 68.4 90.0

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

25.3 41.2 19.4 41.2 34.0 79.4
33.4 43. 1
74.7 58.8 80.6 58.8 66.0 20.6 66.6 56.9

29.4
70.6

45. 1 61.0
54.9 39.0

13. 6

86.4

.6

1

.2

.5

.7

.8

.81 .1

.5

2.1

.0

.4

.1

.1

.5

.9 .0

a Less than 0.05 per cent.

"Other races" includes races having fewer than 500 representatives in the total for 24 cities, and

pupils whose race is not reported.

In 5 of the 24 cities more than one-half of the pupils included are children of native-born white fathers. The cities are:

Less than 15 per cent of the total number of pupils in each of 3 cities are children of native-born white fathers. The cities with these low proportions of this race are:

Manchester...

Per cent.
10.0
10.8

Shenandoah...

Per cent. 13.6

Lowell......

In 3 cities more than one-half of the pupils are children of foreignborn French Canadian fathers. These cities are:

Manchester....

Fall River..

Per cent.
62.0
58. 1

Lowell..

Per cent. 53.0

The children of foreign-born Irish fathers are the most numerous among the foreign races. In 5 of the cities the pupils of this race form more than one-third of the total number of children. The cities are:

In 5 of the cities the children of foreign-born Irish fathers form less than 5 per cent of the total number of children.

Shenandoah..

Per cent.

0.0

Minneapolis..

The cities are:

Per cent.

3.8

4.3

The children of foreign-born Polish fathers are relatively numerous in the 5 cities which follow:

The children of foreign-born South Italian fathers form more than 5 per cent of the total number of pupils in 5 cities, as follows:

The table which follows shows for each city the foreign races ranking first and second in number of parochial-school pupils:

TABLE 44.-Foreign races ranking first and second in number of parochial school pupils in each city.

Of the foreign races, the children of Irish fathers rank first in 9 and second in 6 of the 24 cities. The cities in which they rank first are

Boston.
Cleveland.
Lynn.

The children of second in 4 cities.

Detroit.
Milwaukee.

foreign-born Polish fathers rank first in 6 and

The cities in which they rank first are

The children of foreign-born French Canadian fathers rank first in 5 and second in 3 cities. The cities in which they rank first are

Duluth.

Fall River.

Haverhill.
Lowell.

Manchester.

The children of foreign-born German fathers rank first in 3 and second in 10 cities. The cities in which they rank first are

Baltimore.

Kansas City.

Los Angeles.

The children of foreign-born South Italian fathers rank first only in New Orleans.

COMPARISON OF PUBLIC AND PAROCHIAL SCHOOL SUMMARIES.

The number of pupils for whom information was secured in the Commission's investigation of the children of immigrants in schools is 1,815,217 in public schools and 221,159 in parochial schools, making a total of 2,036,376. The public schools of 37 cities and the parochial schools in 24 cities are included.