TENANCY IN THE UNITED STATES 491 



Southern States on the Atlantic coast (South Atlantic) ; 57.89 

 per cent in the remaining Southern States (South Central) ; 4 1 .97 

 per cent in the Western states, including and extending from Ohio 

 westward to and including Kansas, and including all of the states 

 northward of this line (North Central) ; and tenancy is represented 

 by 45.83 per cent in the Rocky Mountain and Pacific-coast 

 regions. 



With respect to farm tenancy the influence of the South upon 

 the average for the United States is very great, because in the 

 South Atlantic States the tenant farmers are 45.84 per cent of the 

 total number of farm families, and in the South Central States 

 48.27 per cent; while in the North Atlantic States they are 

 21.45 per cent, in the Rocky Mountain and Pacific states 18.91 

 per cent, and in the North Central States 26.49 P^r cent. 



The high home tenancy of the South is less influential upon the 

 average for the United States than the farm tenancy of that region 

 is. In the South Atlantic States 73.11 per cent of the total num- 

 ber of home families are tenants ; in the South Central States 

 70.78 per cent. The average in the United States is 63.10 per 

 cent ; and this is exceeded in the North Atlantic States, where 

 the percentage is 67.02. If the low degree of home tenancy in 

 the North Central States namely, 53.66 per cent were as 

 high as it is in the North Atlantic States, fully two-thirds of 

 the home families would be tenants. The Rocky Mountain and 

 Pacific states have a degree of home tenancy (55.95 per cent) 

 a little higher than that which is found in the North Central States. 



Farm tenancy in Europe is about the same as it is in the 

 United States. In Germany 34.31 per cent of the farms are 

 worked by tenants, and in Holland 39.60 per cent. In several 

 countries the tenancy is less than in the United States 33.02 

 per cent in Belgium, 28.94 per cent in France, 31.82 per cent 

 in Norway, 28.17 per cent in Portugal, 17.32 per cent in Swe- 

 den. But in Denmark the percentage is as high as 66.09, ^^ 

 Italy 55.19, and in the United Kingdom it must be nearly 100. 

 (These European statistics are taken from Mulhall's " Dictionary 

 of Statistics.") 



