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Table IV 



The Geographical Areas in which Unusually High Proportions of Dis- 

 tinguished Persons were born 



The facts appearing in Table IV. do not in any material way change 

 the apparent status of New England with respect to the other sections 

 of the United States. As regards both the number of eminent persons 

 per 100,000 of total population, and of native-born population, New 

 England appears far in the lead among the other sections of the country. 

 New England's lead is even more marked when the situation is studied 

 in the individual states. The individual states appearing in Table IV. 

 are those which showed a proportion of eminent persons higher than that 

 for the United States at large. Without a single exception, these states 

 are in the northeastern portion of the United States. The list contains 

 every one of the New England States, a portion of the Middle Atlantic 

 and the East North Central States, and no other state. Furthermore, 

 each of the New England States, taken individually, shows a higher pro- 

 portion of eminent persons than any other single state, or than any other 

 group of states. The supremacy of New England lies, not in any one 

 state, or in any one locality. Vermont leads the list; Ehode Island 

 brings up the rear ; yet the proportion of eminent persons born in Ehode 

 Island per 100,000 of total, and of native-white population, is 30 per 



