----------------------------+-----+------+------- Country of birth. | No. | No. |Per cent ----------------------------+-----+------+------- | | | The Bermudas | -- | 28 | 0.3 British West Indies | -- | 566 | 5.8 Antiqua | 1 | -- | -- Bahama Islands | 7 | -- | -- Barbadoes | 36 | -- | -- Jamaica | 19 | -- | -- St. Croix | 46 | -- | -- St. Christopher | 20 | -- | -- St. Thomas | 8 | -- | -- Trinidad | 1 | -- | -- Not specified | 428 | -- | -- Danish West Indies | -- | 62 | 0.6 Cuba | -- | 14 | 0.1 West Indies (not specified) | -- | 285 | 2.9 Canada | -- | 16 | 0.2 United States | -- | 8,757| 89.5 Miscellaneous[A] | -- | 36 | 0.4 Unknown | -- | 24 | 0.2 ----------------------------+-----+------+------- Total | -- | 9,788| 100. ----------------------------+-----+------+------- [A] The miscellaneous includes the following: Australia 3, England 7, East Indies 1, France 1, Germany 1, Hayti 1, India 2, Ireland 1, Mexico 2, Monrovia, Africa 1, Porto Rico 9, Sandwich Islands 1, Santo Domingo 2, South America 4. Foreign and native immigrants predominate in the Negro population of the City. With such a stream of immigrants the question arises about their marriage and family relationships. Are they largely single people, or are there large numbers of married, widowed, or divorced persons among them? The discussion next centers upon this point. TABLE XIV. NATIVITY BY STATE OR COUNTRY OF BIRTH OF 365 WAGE EARNERS, MANHATTAN, 1909.