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DISTRIBUTION OF AMERICAN GENIUS

mother of American greatness, it apparently is not due to the presence of a large percentage of urban population. The facts showing urban and rural population point in no conclusive direction.

Table VI

Ratio between the Number op Eminent Persons born in Certain Cities and

the Population op those Cities

��Geographical Area

�Decade 1850-1859

�Decade 1860-1 8G9.

�Decade 1870-1879.

� �8.9 19.6 11.4

9.1

39.5 41.2 35.6 31.2 28.6 24.4 24.1 21.1 18.3 12.4 15.5 14.5 14.3 13.2 13.2 11.4 17.9

�7.0

15.0

8.1

7.8

23.9 18.3 17.4 21.9 11.6 14.1 20.2 11.4 14.4 14.2 10.6 10.8

6.4 10.7

9.8 25.8 10.9

�2.6

�New England

�6.2

�Middle Atlantic

�3.1

�East North Central

�2.7

� �8.3

�Cleveland

�1.0

�Providence

�9.5

�Washington

�13.6

�Syracuse

�7.7

�Milwaukee

�3.6

�Detroit

�6.1

�San Francisco

�5.6

�Chicago

�6.3

�Baltimore

�6.0

�Cincinnati

�5.9

�Philadelphia

�5.6

�St. Louis

�3.7

�Brooklyn

�4.2

�Richmond

�4.7

�Portland

�8.7

� �7.1

��To guard against the objection that the supremacy of New England was due to the inclusion of an undue number of preachers and school teachers in the " Who's Who " figures, an analysis was prepared of the statistics by professions. The 10,000 persons are divided rather evenly over the different professions, with the two exceptions of educators and lawyers. Table VII. contains the figures for the professions at large.

Table VII Number and Per Cent, op Eminent Persons who were in Certain

Professions

Per Cent. Profession Number of Total

Educators 1,932 19.3

Lawyers 1,354 13.6

Business men 998 9.9

Public office holders (except Army and Navy). 916 9.2

Authors 908 9.1

Clergymen 732 7.3

Doctors 619 6.2

Scientists 614 6.1

Journalists 595 6.0

Army and Navy 430 4.3

Miscellaneous 902 9.0

Total 10,000 100.0