The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-05-16
AN INTERESTING STUDY.
The Struggle Of the sexes in Various Por
lions Of the United States.

The Struggle OF the Sexes in Various Por .
tions Of tho United States.
In 1880 there were so. 000, 900 of
people in this country, and about S82.-
900 more males than females. That
was only because more males we're
born; the females live the longer. OF
the centenarians ! 400 were men and
1907 were women.
The boys start out nearly a million
ahead and are in the majority until
the 10th year, whom the girls are
a@-little more numerous: Sweet rs
is a numerous age, anyhow. After
that, first one and then the otbersis in
the majority, the girls gradually gain
ing after SO and leaving the men far
behind after Is. To balance this
longevity OF the females, in, almost
every Sta1e a few more boys are born;
not many more, but almost always a
few. It 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 few
hupdred more boys, and only a few
hundred more .-,@"~.Ss-y~4
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 Arizonia, Del
aware, Florida, Louisiana, Montana
and North Carolina.
The TACT 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
Re climate or in the people that pro-
duced more women than men. This
is a popular but egregious error. In
Massachusetts there were in 1880 four
hundred and thirty seven more boys
than girls under one year Of age. The
males are ain-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@eWI draMn n renl-zsthe-<St States.
farther East. In the new 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 little in
excess Of the females.
The West is drawing heavily on the
manhood of the East. From this ali
the cd States have suffered. Mass;,-
chusetts seems to have lost more than
any.-There- are parts of Northern
Ohio which are portions of New
England removed. Massachusetts
shows tho loss and Ohio shows the
gain. :, g.
Another curious fact is that while
all over the country boys than
girls are born, in cities and towns
there are more girls.
Between the ages OF 8 and II, in
elusive, there are 1850 more girls
than boys in New York County. 1,7OS
more in Kings County, 1928 more in
the city of Baltimore, lob more in
Suffolk County Massachusetts, (Bos-
tony, 1000 more in Cook County (Chi-
cago), Illinois; 2.131 more in the city
Of St. Louis, 1871 more in Philadeg-
phia County, and 1858 more in tho
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 them 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 is about in
proportion TO population. Savannah
leads off with 52S more girls than boys;
Atlanta, 1856; Augusta, 304; Macon,
tssalaimbasyz13l ~Gartersvftfc, ~f2235,
Rome. so; Athens, so; Albany. 16;
Griffin, IL, and Americas, z.
Savannah, though she has Il some
what smallerpopulation than Atlanta.
has a larger excess of girls. This
seems to be peculiar to old cities. 1t
is so with Baltimore, New Orleans and
New York. Tie excess is greater in
New Orleans than any where else Is
this a popularity of the Frenchp
The facts present a question worth
studying. Are there fewer men in the
cities than in the countryp- Philadel-
phia Times.
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