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Of what was that increase made up? It wts niade up of nativeborn whites of native parentage. of 8.933.382. It was made up of nativeborn whites of foreign parentage. of 2.778.228. it was made up of the nativeborn whites of mixed parentage. of 1.010.139. and it was made up of the white foreign born of 367.209: that is. of the total Increase of 13.088.958 in our population front 1910 to 1920. 8.933.382 was made up of native stock. or native whites of native parentage. In other words. the lroportion which the increase in tite native whites of native parentage formed of the total white increase during the last decade was 68.3 per cent. And the Census Bureau states that "the proportion which the increase in the native whites of native parentage formed of the total white increase during tite last decade. 68 per cent. was probably similar to the corresponding proportion for the decade 18401850." In other words. the immigration fell off to such an extent from 1910 to 1920. and the mortality among the foreign born here was so great. that 8.933.882 of the increase of 13.088.958 was from native stock.