An examination of the sex distribution of some of the leading races shows how thoroughly characteristic of the new immigration this excess of males is. The following table shows the percentages of the two sexes of certain chosen races for the eleven-year period 1899 to 1909: SEX DISTRIBUTION OF IMMIGRANTS OF SPECIFIED RACES, BY PER CENTS, 1899 TO 1909 ═══════════════════════════════╤═════════════ RACE OR PEOPLE │ PER CENT ───────────────────────────────┼──────┬────── „ │ Male │Female ───────────────────────────────┼──────┼────── Bulgarian, Servian, Montenegrin│ 96.0│ 4.0 Croatian and Slovenian │ 85.1│ 14.9 English │ 61.7│ 38.3 German │ 59.4│ 40.6 Greek │ 95.4│ 4.6 Hebrew │ 56.7│ 43.3 Irish │ 47.2│ 52.8 Italian, north │ 78.4│ 21.6 Italian, south │ 78.6│ 21.4 Lithuanian │ 71.1│ 28.9 Magyar │ 72.7│ 27.3 Polish │ 69.2│ 30.8 Ruthenian │ 74.0│ 26.0 Scandinavian │ 61.3│ 38.7 Slovak │ 70.3│ 29.7 ═══════════════════════════════╧══════╧══════