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UNITED STATES: — NEW YORK STATE

Of the total in 1910, 2,748,011 were foreign-born, the nationalities most numerously represented being German 480,026, Irish 436,911, English 146,870, Scotch 39,437, Italian 472,201, Russian 558,956, Austrian 245,004, Canadian English 4,482, Canadian French 98,988, Swedish 16,315, French 28,472, Norwegian 2,593, Swiss 16,315. The population of New York City on January 1, 1920, was : —

469,042 116,531

. 5,620,048

Manhattan. . 2,284,103

Queens

Bronx. . . 732,016

Richmond

Brooklyn. . . 2,018,356

Total N.Y.

Other cities with estimated population,

1920, were :—

Cities

Pop.

Cities

Pop.

Cities

Poj..

Buffalo. .

506,508

Poughkeepsie

35,000

Ithaca. .

17,004

Rochester.

295,750

Auburn. .

36,142

Middletown.

18,420

Syracuse. .

171,717

New Rochelle

36,213

Glens Falls.

16,591

Albany. ..

113,344

Newburg. .

30,272

Lackawanna.

17,918

Yonkers. .

100,226

Watertown.

31,263

Port Chester.

16,573

Utica. ..

94,156

Kingston. .

26,688

Watervliet.

16,073

Schenectady.

88,723

Oswego. .

23,626


 * Hornell ..

15,025

Troy. ..

72,013

Cohoes. .

22,987

Ogdensburg.

14,609

Binghamton.

66,800

Rome. ..

26,341

i Saratoga Sps.

13,181

Niagara Falls.

50,760

Gloversville.

22,026

. N.Tonawonda

15,482

Elmira. ..

45,305

White Plains

21,031

1 Corning.

15,820

Jamestown

38,917

Lockport. .

21,308

i Batavia.

13,541

Mt. Vernon.

42,726

Olean.

20,506

Geneva. .

14,648

Amsterdam

33,524

Dunkirk.

19,336

! Little Falls.

13.029

Of the total population in 1915, 74"8 per cent, was urban. Indian reserva- tions in 1918 covered an area of 137 square miles an "I had a population of 6,342.

In 1915 the death-rate in cities was 14 "8 per 1,000 of population, in rural districts 15*5 ; in the whole State, 15*6.

The chief churches are Roman Catholic, Methodist. Presbyterian, Pro- testant Episcopal, and Baptist.

Education- — Education is compulsory between the ages of 7 and 16. Instruction in physical training and kindred subjects of all pupils above 8 years of age in the elementary and secondary schools of the State is made compulsory by an amendment of 1916 to the Education Law. An amend- ment to the Military Law creating the Military Training Commission, con- sisting of the Major-General of the National Guard, a representative ap- pointed by the Regents, and one appointed by the Governor, also makes compulsory the military training of all boys between the ages of 16 and 19 who are pupils in a public or private school or in a college, for at least three hours a week during the school year and in the case of boys who are not pupils for a period not exceeding this, between September of each year and the ensuing 15th day of June.

In 1918-19 the children enrolled in the 11,898 public schools num. bered 1,672,311; the number of teachers was 52,858. There were 964 public high schools and academies with 197,119 pupils and 8,875 teachers. There were 10 public normal schools with 348 teachers and 7,020 students, There were about 133 vocational schools employing 1,381 teachers with 61,139