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pies, therefore, show the lowest concentrating tendency of all 
the European emigrants to this country. 
I. 
Total in 
United 
States. 
II. 
Highest 
percentage 
in one state. 
III. 
Percentage 
in settle¬ 
ments con¬ 
taining more 
than 500. 
IV. 
Percentage 
in contigu¬ 
ous territory. 
V. 
Percentage 
in cities of 
more than 
25,000. 
Norway . . 
322,665 
31 
80 
56.6 
20.78 
Sweden . . 
478,041 
20.9 
79.6 
22.2 
31.24 
Holland. . 
81,828 
36.07 
72.6 
31.3 
33.54 
Poland . . 
147,440 
19.7 
72.2 
10.3 
57.11 
Bohemia . 
118,106 
22.5 
85.4 
21.4 
48.32 
Denmark . 
132,543 
10.3 
47 
8.1 
23.24 
Belgium. . 
22,639 
20.1 
34.7 
16.5 
22.30 
France . . 
113,174 
18 
14.3 
14.3 
45.69 
Wales . . . 
100,079 
52 
25.4 
25.80 
Scotland . 
242,231 
56.8 
12 
41.25 
I have omitted the English, Irish, Austrians, Hungarians and 
Italians because these nationalities have settled in such large 
numbers in the eastern cities, especially in New York, a fact 
which would run up their percentage in columns three and four 
enormously, while it by no means is an indication of the desire 
or ability of these nationalities to form settlements. 
The Hermans and Swiss I have omitted because both of these 
nationalities are made up of elements differing more from each 
other in language, religion, and race characteristics than do the 
people of the Scandinavian countries. So if the former should 
be classed as one nationality then the Scandinavians should also 
be classed together as one nationality, as has so often been done 
in national and state census. 
The contiguous territory from which the figures in column four 
are obtained is:—for the Norwegians, the western tier of coun¬ 
ties in Wisconsin, with extensions eastward in the north and south; 
the eastern, southern and western tiers of counties in Minnesota; 
the northern tier of counties in Iowa; and the eastern in North 
and South Dakota. It may be said that roughly the eastern, 
southern and western boundary lines of Minnesota form the 
center of this settlement. The Swedish settlement extends 
through the northern peninsula of Michigan, along the northern 
