St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-08-31
The Sexes North and South.
SOME vALUt BILE STATISTICS IN REGARD
TO MEN AND WOMEN,

SOME vALUt BILE STATISTICS IN REGARD
TO MEN AND WOMEN.
In 1880 there were $4,000, 900 people in
this country, and about $4,000 more
males than females. That was only because
more males were born the females live
the longest. OF the centenarians 140O were
men and 2907 were women. The boys start
out nearly /, 1000, 900 ahead, and are in the
majority until the sixteenth year, when
the girls are a little more numerous.
Sweet sixteen is numerous age, anyhow.
After that first one and then the other is
in the majority, the girls gradually gain
ing after thirty six and leaving the men
far behind after seventy five. To balance
this longevity of the females in almost
every State few more boys are born not
many more, but always few. 1t is as
tonishing to see where the census gives
thousands and hundreds of thousands OF
boys and girls under one year old there are,
with one or two exceptions, always few
hundred more boys, and only few hun
dred more.
In only six of the forty nine States and
Territories are more girls born, and in
these States they are slightly in excess
from eleven to eighty. These exceptions
are Arizona, Delaware, Florida, Louisiana
Montana and North Carolina. The fact
that females are in the majority in all the
original thirteen States, but Delaware and
North Carolina, especially in Massachu-
sets and New England, has created the
i'm oppression that there is something in the
climate or in the people that produces
more women than men. This is a popular
but egregious error. In Massachusetts
there were in 1880 437 more boys than
girls under one year of age.
The males are in the minority in almost
all the Eastern States, because many of
the young men go West. All over the
West there is an excess of men, and those
who are not foreigners have been with
drawn from the States farther east. In
the new States and Territories this is most
noticeable. In Idaho, for instances, there
are twice as many males as females, but
the male infants are oily little in excess
of the females. Tie West is drawing
heavily on the manhood of the East. From
this all the old States have suffered. Mas
sachusetts seems to have lost more than
any.
There are parts of Northern Ohio which
are portions of New England removed
Massachusetts, shows the loss and Ohio
| shows the gain. Another curious fact is
that Wnll6 over the country uOsso UoyS tudu
girls are born, in the cities and towns there
are more girls. Between the ages of and
| II inclusive there are 1880 more girls than
boys in New York county, 1908 more in
Kings county, 81 3 more in the city of
Baltimore, 1913 in Suffolk county, Mass,
| Boston, 2009 more in Cook county, (Chi-
cago,) Ill 2131 more in the city of St.
Louis, 1911 more in the par,yh of Orleans.
All these cities except New Orleans, are In
States where more boys than girls are born.
In Georgia there are 1871 counties, and
in all but twenty-six of them there are
more boys than girls. These twenty six
counties include the eleven large towns
and cities. Strange that not one of the
cities should be left out Stranger still,
the excess of girls is about in proportion
to population. Savannah leads off with
528 more girls than boys; Atlanta, 3S5
Augusta, 3O3; Macon, 1874; Columbus,
| 13l :; Gainesville, 1872 Rome, so; Athens,
so; Albany, IS; Griffin, II, and Americus.
z. Savannah, though she has some,
what smaller population than Atlanta, has
a larger excess of girls. This seems to be
peculiar to old cities. It is so with Balti-
more, New Orleans and New York. The
excess is greater in New Orleans than
anywhere else. Is this popularity of the
French? The facts present fact worth
studying. Are there fewer men in the
cities than in the country.-Ph5!0delpha d
| Ti11es