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Per cent. Native white o1 native parentage .................... 7.5 5.7 3.7 Native white of foreign or mixed parentage .......... 2.2 1.6 1.1 Foreignborn white ................................. 13.1 12.9 12 7 This table shows that the illiteracy among native white of native percentage is 3.7 per cent and among the native white of foreign parentage is only 1.1 per cent. In spite of a steady stream of immigration. illiterate as it may be. the percentage of illiteracy in this country has decreased. In 1890. 13.3 per cent of the people 10 years or older were illiterate. in 1900. only 10.7 per cent were illiterate. and in 1010. 7.7 per cent were