334 THE TREND OF THE RACE 
cans of native stock are in fact the descendants of foreign im- 
migrants two or three generations back, it is evident that the 
proportion of old American stock in most of large cities is very 
small. 
It is a matter of interest to ascertain something of the racial 
origin of those who are replacing the native American in our 
cities. Natives of different countries vary greatly in their tend- 
ency to choose an urban in preference to a rural habitat. The 
way in which the people of different nations distribute themselves 
may be seen in the following table taken from the Census report 
for 1910: 
Proportions of City Dwellers Among Natives of Different Countries 
Number Per Cent 
Urban Rural | Urban| Rural 
Total population.......... 42,623,383 149,348,883 | 46.3 | 53.7 
Total foreign born... .... 9,745,697 | 3,770,189 | 72.1 | 27.9 
European...............- 8,571,364 | 3,220,477 | 72.7 | 27.3 
Great Britain............. 880,613 340,670 | 72.1 | 27.9 
Treland 3.:..cnekektess gees 1,144,997 207,254 | 84.7 | 15.3 
Germany... 0.0.6. e eae 1,669,315 832,018 | 66.7 | 33.3 
Scandinavia.............. 661,182 589,551 | 52.9 | 47.1 
TANCE is. aloes red oe 82,078 35,340 | 69.9 | 30.1 
Russia and Finland...... 1,458,775 273,087 | 84.2 | 15.8 
Tal Vass ce wack veins epi oa se 1,049,390 293,735 | 78.1 | 21.9 
Austria and Hungary...... 1,233,804 436,778 | 73.9 | 26.1 
Balkans................-. 169,469 51,477 | 76.7 | 23.3 
ASIA Ss ioc hime aan Tet 130,714 60,770 | 68.3 | 3.17 
It is evident from the above table that the natives of Russia 
and southern Europe flock into our cities in greatest relative 
numbers, while the northern European stocks with the notable 
exception of the Irish and to a less extent the natives of Great 
Britain tend to settle more frequently in the country. According 
