DEPOSITORS AND DEPOSITS 
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Table I 
Nativity of Depositors in Postal Savings Banks 
Country 
of 
nativity 
Greece ... 
Russia ... 
Italy 
Hungary . 
Austria 
Sweden ... 
G’t Britain 
and colonies» 
Germany ... 
Gther for 
eign coun 
tries 
Total foreign 
countries 
United 
States« .... 
Percentage 
of total de 
posits made 
by natives of 
each country 
1.8 
20.7 
14.2 
4.3 
8.7 
2.2 
8.8 
4.1 
7.0 
71.8 
28.2 
Number and percentage 
of population of U. S. 
born in each country 
Number 
(000 
omitted) 
101 
1,732 
1,343 
496 
1,175 
665 
3,768 
2,501 
1,565 
13,346 
80,000 
Per cent 
0.11 
1.86 
1.44 
0.53 
1.26 
0.71 
4.04 
2.68 
1.68 
14.3 
85.7 
Per capita 
deposits 
Dollars 
11.70 
7.85 
6.95 
5.69 
4.86 
2.17 
1.53 
1.08 
2.94 
3.53 
0.23 
lection” against the deposits by natives, since a 
much larger percentage of the foreign bom than 
of the natives are 10 years of age or over and are 
therefore eligible to become depositors. This er 
ror in the crude figures may be approximately 
estimated. The thirteenth census showed that 
'’ Covers only Great Britain, Ireland and Canada. 
0 Covers United States, Hawaii, and Porto Rico.