Table XX
Per Cent of Denials Due To “Ignorance,” by Race
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| Country of Birth | Denials Per Cent |
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| Total cases | 7.2 |
| Italy | 14.2 |
| Norway | 8.3 |
| Switzerland | 8.0 |
| Hungary | 7.6 |
| Rumania | 7.4 |
| Austria | 7.2 |
| Russia | 6.2 |
| Turkey in Asia | 5.6 |
| Germany | 4.7 |
| Sweden | 3.8 |
| Scotland | 2.4 |
| Ireland | 1.8 |
| England | 1.7 |
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Time-Intervals in Naturalization
Generally speaking, judging by the 26,284 petitions examined, each of which must show the date of arrival and declaration of intention, the immigrant is in this country in the average case anywhere from 5.4 to 12.7 years before he files his declaration of intention to seek citizenship. (See Table XXI.)
The evidence on this point was strikingly uniform in all the courts save one. The lowest average shown was 5.4 years in Cincinnati; the highest average but two was 8.6 in the State Superior Court at Worcester, Massachusetts. The extreme exceptions were 9.4 years in the Superior Court for Middlesex County, at Middletown, Connecticut, and 12.7 years in the Androscoggin Supreme Judicial Court at Auburn, Maine. The latter court in naturalization matters deals largely with French-Canadians; of all the 385 Canadian petitioners falling under this analysis, this one court passed upon 61.5 per cent.