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classes, where children go to work at a very early age, and also 

 to the industrial character of the community which furnishes 

 work for them. 



Table 9 shows the proportion of foreign born male persons 

 21 years of age and over in Gary, in Indiana, and in the United 



9. PROPORTION OF FOREIGN BORN MALES 21 YEARS OF AGE 

 AND OVER IN GARY, IN INDIANA, AND IN THE UNITED 

 STATES IN 1910 ACCORDING TO CITIZENSHIP 2 * 









United 





Gary 



Indiana 



States 





Per Cent 



Per Cent 



Per Cent 



Naturalized 



17.8 



47.8 



45.6 



First papers 



24.8 



15.0 



8.6 



Alien 



, 53.8 



20.6 



34.1 



Unknown 



3.6 



16.6 



11.7 



States in 1910 who were naturalized, who had taken out firs4 

 papers, were alien, or unknown. In relation to Indiana and the 

 United States, Gary shows a smaller proportion of naturalized 

 foreign born, a larger proportion of those having taken out first 

 papers, but a larger number of aliens. This difference is largely 

 due to the greater proportion of immigrants of those nationalities 

 coming most recently to the United States among which the pro- 

 portion of aliens is always large, partly because many have not 

 been in this country long enough to become citizens, and without 

 doubt partly because there is a large number of the "construction 

 gang" type of immigrant, who moves about frequently from 

 place to place. 



Table 10 shows the proportions of illiterates in Gary, in 

 Indiana, and in the United States in 1910: 10a, all persons 10 



10a. PROPORTION OF ILLITERATES 10 YEARS OF AGE AND 

 OVER, AND MALES 21 YEARS OF AGE AND OVER IN GARY, 

 IN INDIANA, AND IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1910 25 









United 





Gary 



Indiana 



States 





Per Cent 



Per Cent 



Per Cent 



10 years of age and over 



9.26 



3.1 



7.7 



Males 21 years of age and over 



11.4 



4.1 



8.4 



2"U.S. Census, 1910, Vol. I, p. 1067; Vol. II, pp. 549, 568. 



25U.S. Census, 1910, Vol. I, pp. 1186, 1257; Vol. II, pp. 568, 549. 



