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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
