One more piece of evidence may be taken from the Report of the Commissioner General of Immigration for 1908 (p. 98). It is there shown that in the charitable institutions (other than for the insane) in the United States, including Alaska, Hawaii, and Porto Rico, both public and private, there were, at the time this investigation was made, 288,395 inmates, of whom 19,572 were aliens, 40,453 naturalized citizens, and 228,370 native-born. The percentages are native-born 79.2 per cent and foreign-born 20.8 per cent. It appears that the proportion of foreign-born in institutions is not so extremely excessive as among those seeking a more temporary relief. This is what might be expected in the light of certain considerations respecting the make-up of the foreign-born group which are now to be considered. It thus becomes evident that from whatever source the figures are taken, the percentage of foreign-born dependents is sadly out of proportion to their relative number in the general population. The absolute figures themselves are bad enough. But a further consideration of the composition of the foreign-born element will demonstrate that the actual showing is much worse than the figures would indicate on their face. We have seen that as respects their economic efficiency the immigrants are a picked group. The same is true of the foreign-born in the country. This is especially evident as regards the age distribution. The following table, taken from the census of 1910, illustrates this point: PER CENT OF NATIVE-BORN AND FOREIGN-BORN OF THE GENERAL POPULATION IN THE DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS[286] ═════════════════╤═══════════════════════════════════╤═════════════════ AGE PERIOD │ NATIVE WHITE │ FOREIGN-BORN │ │ WHITE ─────────────────┼─────────────────┬─────────────────┼───────────────── „ │Native Parentage │Foreign or Mixed │ „ │ │ Parentage │ ─────────────────┼─────────────────┼─────────────────┼───────────────── Under 5 years │ 13.2 │ 14.2 │ 0.8 5 to 14 years │ 22.6 │ 24.1 │ 4.9 ─────────────────┼─────────────────┼─────────────────┼───────────────── 15 to 24 years │ 19.7 59.5│ 21.6 60.4│ 15.8 85.3 25 to 44 years │ 26.2 „ │ 27.6 „ │ 44.1 „ 45 to 64 years │ 13.6 „ │ 11.2 „ │ 25.4 „ ─────────────────┼─────────────────┼─────────────────┼───────────────── 65 years and over│ 4.4 │ 1.4 │ 8.9 ═════════════════╧═════════════════╧═════════════════╧═════════════════ Footnote 286: Abstract of Thirteenth Census, p. 126.