The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-05-24
AN INTERESTING STUDY.

The Struggle of the sexes in Various POr-
tions Of the Emitted states
In 1880 there were 50. 600, 600 of
people in this country, and about SS2,-
600 more males than females That
was only because more males were
born; the females live the longer. Of
the centcnarians 1,4O9 were men and
2,GO7 were women.
The boys start out nearly n million
ahead and are in the majority until
the 10th year, when the girls are
little more Sweet l6
Is numerous age, anyhow. After
that, first one and then the other is in
.hc majority, the girls gradually gain
-nG after 36 and leaving the men far
behind after IS. To balance this
longevity OF the females, in almost
every STATE n few more boys are born;
not tmany more, but almost always a
few. 1t IS astonishing to see where
the census give thousands and hun
dreds of thousands of boys and girls
under one year old; there are, with
one or two exceptions, always a few
hundred more boys, and only a few
hundred more.
In only six of the forty-nine States
and Territories are more girls born,
and in these States they are slightly
in cNccss-from eleven to eighty.
These exceptions are Arizonia, Del
aware, Florida, Louisiana, Montana
and North Carolina.
The fact that the females are in the
majority in all the original thirteen
States but Delaware and North
Carolina, especially in Massachusetts
and New England, has created the
impression that there is something in
the climate or in the people that pro-
duced more women than men. This
a. popular but cgregious error. In
Massachusetts there were in 1880 four
hundred and thirty-seven 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 man.
and those who are not foreigners have
been Withdrawn from the States
farther East In the now States and
Territories this IS most noticeable.
In Idaho, for instance, there are
twice as many males as females, but
the male infants are only Il little in
excess of the females.
The West is drawing heavily on the
manhood of the East. From this ali
the Old States have suffered. Massa-
chusetts seems 20 have lost moro 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 ia that while
all over the country more boys than
girls are born, in cities and towns
there are more girls. .
Between the ages Of 5 and Il, in
elusive, there are /, $50 moro girls
than boys in New York County, I,7OS
more in Kings County, 2, 725 more in
the city OF Baltimore, 1,013 more in
Suffolk County. Massachusetts, (Bos-
tom, 2 009 more in Cook County (Chi-
cago), Illinois; ,, l31 more in the city
of St. Louis, 1871 more in Philadel-
phia County, and 2,633 more In the
Parish OF Orleans. All these cities
except New Orleans are in States
where more boys than girls are born.
In Georgia there are 1877 counties,
and in all but 26 of thcm there are
more boys than girls. These 26 coun-
ties include the II large towns and
cities. Strange that not one of the
cities should be left out. Stranger
still, the excess of girls i about in
proportion TO population. Savannah
leads off with 52S more girls than boys,
Atlanta, $50; Augusta, 3OI; Macon.
l54; Columbus, l31; Cartersville, l23;
Rome, sos Athens, 30; Albany, 16;
Griffin, II, and Americus. Z.
Savannah. though she has n some
what smaller population than Atlanta,
mas larger excess of girls. This
seems to be peculiar to old cities. II
is so with Baltimore, New Orleans and
New York. The excess is greater in
New Orleans than any whore else. Is
this peculiarity Of the French?
The facts present question worth
studying. Are there fewer men in the
cities than in the country Philadel-
phia Times.