Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1842-01-28

ment. Nothing short of this can be accounted
a betrothment, and nothing more is necessary
TO its perfection"
Z'Toportiei, Of Males ard Females In tse-
| United States.
| That indfatigable sta,istician, Hazard, has
in the last number of his Commercial and Sta
tistical Register, published series of tables,
compiled with great care from the census re-
turns of 1910, showing the comparative male
| and female population of the United States
| From these, it appears that the whole male
| population is as 100 to $500 females. The
| male population being 8,G55.l4I, and the fe-
males s,3S0,425, thus giving in excess in the
United States Of 303,7I6 males. This is GER
| tainiy all encouraging view for our fair young
| friends, as it indicates no lack of husbands,
| when marrying time shall come.
The ratio Of distribution is not unfora in
all parts of the country. The States of Maine,
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode ISL
and, Connecticut and Vermont. number, L.
ll0,Oll males and l,I24,sll females-to,a
2,S35,o22. being in the proportion Of 100 males
tosl0i ,33 females; showing in the N. England
States an excess Of I460O females. In the
Middle States, viz New York, New jersey,
Pennsylvania, and Delaware, the males are in
the excess. The joint population is 4.Go4,-
315, of which the males number 2,326,Il7, e.
the females, 2,27s, 22S, or proportion of 100
males to 1890 females. The excess of males
in these States, is 1889. The southern
States, or Maryland, District of Columbia,
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi. Louisiana and
Florida, give an excess Of 66,0e males, Or a
proportion, of 90 males to 81, 81 females. Their
entire population is S, 65, 545 of which $685.
65i are males, and 2,269, 59l females. In the
remaining. or Western States the excess of
males is 2O2 SOD, in a population of 5,05s, l54,
or proportion of 100 males TO 92,29 females.
The States Sin which exist an excess Of fe-
males. are New Hampshire, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, Connecticut, Marylas.d, Narth
Carolina, South Carolina, and the District Of
Columbia. The greatest excess is in District
of Columbia, where the proportion is ll4,9S
females to 100 males. The excess of females
IS numerically greater in South Carolina and
Massachusetts, the first having 1922 more
women than men, and the latter 1882. The
excess of males over females, is numerically
greatest in Ohio, rising there to As 1877. Next
comes Illinois with 2S,375 more woman than
men. New York follows, having an excess
of 33,4ll, Indiana has 27,l44; Louisiana. o.
1913; Missouri 2,48s: Kentucky 20,348; AL
ALBANIA l9.4oS; Mississippi 1921; Michigan
5000; Georgia l,094; Pennsylvania IL .0s;
Tennessee 10,204; Arkansas 1889; Wiscon-
sin 6.779; Iowa 5,59s; Florida 5,307; Maine
5,65; New Jersey 1870; Vermont $50 and
Delaware 427.
One Of these tables show the proportions a.
mong the white population exclusively. 1t
decreases the average excess of males in the
whole population the proportion of female
blacks being, to the male blacks, as 1OO, SO 10
100, or on excess over males of 7,7O9. The
number of white males in the United States
is 7,249,266 and Of white females 6,939. 942-
on proportion of 100 males to 1918 females.
The white male excess is 3O9, 424.
A curious result; is shown when the propor-
lions are applied to the coIored slave and free
population, distinctly. 1t has been seen that.
IN the whole black population, there is pro-
portion OF l0O,53 females to 100 males. Tn
the free black population which amounts to
Soo,245, or l89,l67 males, and 199,77S fe-
males, the proportion is l66,23 female TO one
hundred males; while in the slave population,
which is 2,497,2l3, or 1,246.4OS males. and
l,240,S65 females the proportion ia 100 males
TO 80, So females, showing an excess Of females
among the free blacks. and an excess of males
among the slaves. Between Virginia and South
While the latter has the large excess of 1859
females, or LOG, 10 10 100 males, Viryinia
shows an excess of 1926 males, or 100 males
to SO sc females.
We find by these tables that Their is in New
Hampshire one slave a woman. In Rhode
Island five, 4 males, and female. In Con.
nectlcut l708 males and one female. In New
ork slaves, all females in Pennsylvania
"a slaves. In Ohio 2 slaves. Indi ma 3,
Wisconsin IL and in Iowa l6.
The tables given, close with summary
view of the proportions of the sexes. in their
different classifcations, which exhibits pro-
portion in the whole population of 100 males
to Sc Sc females, in the white population 100
males to IS 70 females, in the colored 100 to
100 So females, in the free colored LOG to 10Y
l3 females, and in the slave 100 to 80 SO fe-
males.