The native American boys of American-born parents weighed 105.61 pounds.
The boys of German stock weighed 106.62 pounds.
Those of Jewish stock weighed 106.92 pounds.
The Russian, Polish, or Bohemian boys weighed 108.13 pounds. They were the heaviest of all.
The composite average weight of the boys of all nationalities, native and foreign, was 105.71 pounds.
In the matter of height, the German boys were the tallest, with an average of 62.39 inches.
The native American boys of American-born parents averaged 62.38 inches, the English, Scotch, or Irish, 62.21; the Russian, Polish, or Bohemian, 61.87; the Jewish, 60.93; the Italian, 60.30.
The composite average height of boys of all nationalities, American and foreign, was 61.35 inches.
The girls of native American, English, Scotch, and Irish stocks were taller and heavier than the boys of those stocks.[Pg 63]
The composite average height of all the girls was less than that of the boys, but they were a fraction heavier than the boys. The Russian, Polish, and Bohemian girls were the tallest. The German girls were the heaviest.