The analysis of petitions by the Americanization Study sheds a little further light on this subject, by segregating the figures in each court showing petitions which were filed by aliens who had filed their declaration in another state. Of the total of 26,284, there were 1,859 of these, or 7.1 per cent. Undoubtedly this moving about, in search of employment or for other reasons, is a considerable factor in the delay between arrival and declaration and between declaration and petition. Naturally, the figures would tend to be high on the Pacific coast, to which immigrants travel by rather long stages of time. The court in Portland, Oregon, showed 234 out of 714 petitioners--almost a third--who had filed their declaration in other states. This court shows also the longest average interval between declaration and petition. The courts in Seattle also show high figures in this regard. The same tends to be true of rapidly growing industrial centers, such as Cleveland, Bridgeport, Paterson, New Brunswick, New Jersey. TABLE XXVII PETITIONERS WHOSE DECLARATIONS WERE MADE IN A STATE OTHER THAN THE ONE IN WHICH THE COURT IS LOCATED =========================================================== | PETITIONERS WHO DECLARED COURT | IN OTHER STATES +-------------+----------- | Number | Per Cent ---------------------------------+-------------+----------- Norwich, Conn. | 52 | 43.7 Portland, Ore. | 234 | 32.8 Seattle, Wash. (state court) | 42 | 29.4 Bridgeport, Conn. | 96 | 23.4 New Brunswick, N. J. | 84 | 21.6 Cleveland, Ohio (U. S. court) | 158 | 13.4 Paterson, N. J. | 76 | 10.2 Seattle, Wash. (U. S. court) | 69 | 9.8 Middletown, Conn. | 7 | 9.5 Cincinnati, Ohio | 34 | 9.4 Cleveland, Ohio (state court) | 152 | 8.9 Easton, Pa. | 10 | 8.7 Ithaca, N. Y. | 2 | 8.7 Akron, Ohio | 16 | 8.0 Iowa City, Iowa | 1 | 7.7 Rochester, N. Y. | 57 | 7.0 Jamaica, L. I. | 39 | 6.5 Elmira, N. Y. | 1 | 5.3 Mineola, L. I. | 7 | 5.2 New York City (U. S. court) | 121 | 5.0 White Plains, N. Y. | 28 | 4.3 Worcester, Mass. | 27 | 4.3 New York City (state court) | 452 | 4.1 Bronx, N. Y. C. (state court) | 47 | 3.5 Brooklyn, N. Y. C. (U. S. court) | 47 | 3.0