note 1: This average includes the figures for races whose numbers are too small to justify generalization.
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 Arrival | Number | Per Cent |
| 1–17 | 6,589 | 25.1 |
| 18–30 | 16,586 | 63.1 |
| 31 and over | 3,093 | 11.5 |
| No data | 16 | .... |
| Total | 26,284 | 99.8 |
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].