THEY ARE YOUNG PEOPLE

They were young men. More than 60 per cent of them were between the ages of 18 and 30 years. Of the 26,284 applicants for citizenship whose petitions were examined, 16,586—over three-fifths—came to this country between the ages of 18 and 30. The preponderance is striking:

TABLE XXV

Number and Per Cent of Petitioners for Three Age Groups{1}

Age at ArrivalNumberPer Cent
1–176,58925.1
18–3016,58663.1
31 and over3,09311.5
No data16....
Total26,28499.8

note 1: The full table showing distribution of ages at arrival from infancy to fifty years or over, is given in the Appendix, [Table 57].