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Show v r UNCLE SAM'S CHILDREN A bulletin on statistics of children as obtained from the last census Is being sent out by the United Stntes government. According to the figures on April IS, 1910, Uncle Sam hnd 29.499.13G children under IS years of ago and they made up almost one-third rf his enttro family. Almost all theso children chil-dren worn born on his own soli. Tho rorolgn born white children numbered number-ed only 7C9.3IC nnd formed only 2.C per cent of the totnl number of chll-' chll-' drcn. Many of tho nntlvo children aro of course, tho children of Immigrants. Tho ilgures show that in 1910 there were 7,225,609 nativo whlto children with ono or both parents foreign I born. Tho nntlvo whlto with both parents nntlve numbered 17.731.580 nnd formed 60.1 per cent of a'l tho children In tho country. There wero 3,003,107 negro chlldron forming 12.4 per cent of tho totnl number. Tho negro children aro found mainly main-ly In tho southern nnd southwestern stntes, whereas tho forolgn born whites aro locnted principally In Now I England nnd In the mlddlo Atlantic jund North Central states. Tho na-I na-I tlvo whites of nativo phrentngo nre, I of course, moro evenly distributed I nnd nre present In largo numbers In i all sections of thn country. 1 The figures show the Important of 1 giving thought to the welfare of tho "rh'!Mren In tho smnller cities and -n jnrf 'ommunitles. Social work for children has been developed to a high degree in many of our large cities, but tho figures show that less than ono child In five Is living In t city of 100,000 Inhabitants or over hnd that threo children In five aro living liv-ing in villages ot less than 2500 Inhabitants In-habitants or In distinctly rural communities. com-munities. In Now England and In tho mlddlo Atlantic, north cmtrM nnd Pacific states tho percentage of children living in cltleo ot 100,00 In-habitants In-habitants or over'ls far greater, reach Ing as high as 43.4 in tho middle Atlantic At-lantic group. In tho south Atl.tntlc and south central states, on the other hnnd the percentage living In cities of 100,000 or over Is small the highest high-est being 6.6 In tho south Atlantl' states, but tho percentage In rural districts Is high, being above 80 In nil tho southern divisions. |