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that we do get a somewliat similar dis- 

 tribution to that we found in Europe. 

 Although all of these three types are 

 found in every state, nevertlioh^ss the 

 areas of greatest concent ra lion of a 

 given type show some respect for lati- 

 tiule. The North European type is most 

 important in the New England and 

 northwestern states, the Central Euro- 

 pean type is most important in the At- 

 lantie and east-north central states, 

 while the South European type is most 

 important in the south central states. 

 What was true for the national groups 

 is more or less true for the racial 

 groups. Usually one racial typ(> is con- 

 siderably more numerous in a given 

 state than the racial type second in im- 

 portance. Notable exceptions to the 

 rule are New York, New Jersey, Penn- 

 sylvania. Illinois, Wisconsin and a few 

 other states where, as near as we can 

 estimate, the North and Central Euro- 

 pean elements are about of the same 

 frequency. 



Some concern has recently been ex- 

 pressed on the general decrease of indi- 

 viduals belonging to the North Euro- 

 pean racial type. Although it is in- 

 evitable that the Central European type 

 will become of first importance numeri- 

 cally unless there is some marked 

 change in the general trend of immi- 

 gration, at the present time the North 

 European type is considerably in the 

 lead, especially if we consider the popu- 

 lation by states. The North European 

 racial type is most numerous in about 

 half the states, the Central European 

 type in twelve and the South European 

 type in only three. There also promises 

 to be an increase in the number of rep- 

 resentatives of the South European type 

 in the future. 



As mentioned before, these three 

 European types also contain represen- 

 tatives of other racial types the impor- 

 tance of which it is impossible to esti- 

 mate. 



Besides these European racial types 

 we have also representatives of two of 



the other primary races of mankind. 

 The Negroes form nearly 11 per cent 

 of oui- tdtnl population and are more 

 inijioi'tnut numerically than representa- 

 li\es of our South European type. The 

 Negro race stands third in rank of fre- 

 quency. Although the Negroes of the 

 United States undoubtedly represent 

 more than one type the greater number 

 belong to the Nigritian or Sudanese 

 type. 'Iliey are rather tall in stature, 

 have a long head, broad nose, thick lips, 

 frizzly black hair, and dark brown skin. 

 They still remain concentrated chiefly 

 in the southern states, where they are 

 the most ]iumerous single racial cle- 

 ment in eight of our states. 



The American Indians, the original 

 inhabitants of our country, are of 

 rather minor importance numerically 

 at the present time. They form only 

 •^0 of 1 per cent of our total popula- 

 tion. Only in a few of the western and 

 southwestern states do they form any 

 considerable percentage of the total 

 population. They are relatively most 

 numerous in Arizona where they form 

 a1)0ut 14 per cent of the total popula- 

 tion of the state. Physically they are 

 allied to the Mongolian race in hair 

 form and color, eye color, character of 

 the teeth, width of the face and, in some 

 cases, the form of the eye and nose. 

 The skin is slightly darker and in many 

 instances the nose much more highly 

 developed than in many Mongoloid 

 types. The Japanese and Chinese also 

 make up %o of 1 per cent of our total 

 population. They, too, represent Mon- 

 goloid types. 



Opinions as to the Valor of 



Different Paces in the 



World War 



From the maps showing the distribu- 

 tion of these racial types (maps 17 to 

 22) it will be seen that our population 

 differs considerably in racial composi- 

 tion in different states. Each of these 

 racial types has its champions who 

 claim for it all that is hich and noble. 



