Mr. John E. Fitzgerald, Superintendent of the School Census, states that Chicago numbers 1,851,588 inhabitants.

The precise number of Italians living in this city is reported to be 23,061, and they are divided as follows:

On the North Side, 4,112; South Side, 4,434; West Side, 14,151.

Of these, 12,585 were born in Italy and 10,348 in America. The remainder, 125 have only one parent, of Italian-birth. The 19th Ward contains the largest number of Italians - 8,322.

The City of Chicago has altogether 25 different nationalities: The Germans lead with 490,542, and the smallest is the Mexicans, with 152 people.