DISTRIBUTION OF AMERICAN GENIUS
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mother of American greatness, it apparently is not due to the presence of a large percentage of urban population. The facts showing urban and rural population point in no conclusive direction.
Table VI
Ratio between the Number of Eminent Persons born in Certain Cities and the Population of those Cities
| Geographical Area | Decade 1850-1859 |
Decade 1860-1869. |
Decade 1870-1879. |
| United States | 8.9 | 7.0 | 2.6 |
| New England | 19.6 | 15.0 | 6.2 |
| Middle Atlantic | 11.4 | 8.1 | 3.1 |
| East North Central | 9.1 | 7.8 | 2.7 |
| Boston | 39.5 | 23.9 | 8.3 |
| Cleveland | 41.2 | 23.9 | 8.3 |
| Providence | 35.6 | 17.4 | 9.5 |
| Washington | 31.2 | 21.9 | 13.6 |
| Syracuse | 28.6 | 11.6 | 7.7 |
| Milwaukee | 24.4 | 14.1 | 3.6 |
| Detroit | 24.1 | 20.2 | 6.1 |
| San Francisco | 21.1 | 11.4 | 5.6 |
| Chicago | 18.3 | 14.4 | 6.3 |
| Baltimore | 12.4 | 14.2 | 6.0 |
| Cincinnati | 15.5 | 10.6 | 5.9 |
| Philadelphia | 14.5 | 10.8 | 5.6 |
| St. Louis | 14.3 | 6.4 | 3.7 |
| Brooklyn | 13.2 | 10.7 | 4.2 |
| Richmond | 13.2 | 9.8 | 4.7 |
| Portland | 11.4 | 25.8 | 8.7 |
| Troy | 17.9 | 10.9 | 7.1 |
To guard against the objection that the supremacy of New England was due to the inclusion of an undue number of preachers and school teachers in the "Who's Who" figures, an analysis was prepared of the statistics by professions. The 10,000 persons are divided rather evenly over the different professions, with the two exceptions of educators and lawyers. Table VII. contains the figures for the professions at large.
Table VII
Number and Per Cent, of Eminent Persons who were in Certain Professions
| Profession | Number | Per Cent. of Total | ||
| Educators | 1,932 | 19.3 | ||
| Lawyers | 1,354 | 13.6 | ||
| Business men | 998 | 9.9 | ||
| Public office holders (except Army and Navy) | 916 | 9.2 | ||
| Authors | 908 | 9.1 | ||
| Clergymen | 732 | 7.3 | ||
| Doctors | 619 | 6.2 | ||
| Scientists | 614 | 6.1 | ||
| Journalists | 595 | 6.0 | ||
| Army and Navy | 430 | 4.3 | ||
| Miscellaneous | 902 | 9.0 | ||
| ——— | ——— | |||
| Total | 10,000 | 100.0 | ||
