Ratios N2s/l~3. of 2s to 3p populations in hydrogen atoms formed by the passage of protons through carbon foils have been measured using the beam-foil-laser excitation method reported very recently. No dependence of Nz~/N;p on the incident proton energy Ep, in the 100-300 keV energy range analysed, is observed. From the ratio N3p/Nzp of 3 p to 2p beam-foil populations in hydrogen reported previously (N3 piN2 p independent of Ep for Ep> 100 keV) and the ratios N2JN3p measured in the present work, a mean value of N2s/N2p equal to 0.61 ___ 0.04 is deduced. These results are compared with available experimental data.