The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-04-11
AN INTERESTING STUDY.
The Struggle Of tho Sexes I'm Various Tor
lions Of the United states

The struggle q tho Sexes in Various For
tiOns Of the United States
In 1880 there were SO. 00O, 900 of
people in this country, and about S82.-
600 more males than females. That
was only because more males were
born; the females live the longer. OF
the centenarians 1,4O9 were men and
2,607 were women.
The boys start out nearly . million
ahead and are in the majority until
the 10th year, when the girls are
. little more numerous. Sweet Is
is q numerous age, anyhow. After
that, first one and then the other is in
the majority, the girls gradually gain
ing after s. and leaving the men far
behind after 10. To balance this
longevity Of the females, in almost
every State few more boys are born;
not many more, but almost always a
few. Il is astonishing to SEQ where
the census give thousands and hum
dreds 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
hundred 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, 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 aud 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 moro women than men. This
Is popular but egregious error. In
Massachusetts there were in 1880 four
hundred and thirty-seven moro boys
than girls under one yea. Of age. The
males are In the minority in almost
Ill tho Eastern States because many
Of the young men GO West All over
the West there is an excess Of man,
and those who arc not foreigners have
been withdrawn from the States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 all
the old States have suffered. Massa-
chnsetts 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 while
all over the country more boys than
girls are born, In cities and towns
there are more girls.
Between the ages Of and II, in.
elusive, there are 1850 more girls
than boys in New York County. l.7Os
more in Kings County, 2.725 more in
the city Of Baltimore. 1,O13 more in
Suffolk County. Massachusetts, (Bos-
tony, 1908 moro in Cook County (Chi-
cago), Illinois; 2.131 more in the city
Of St. Louis, 1871 moro Ia Philadel-
phia County, and 2,633 more in the
Parish Of Orleans. All these cities
except New Orleans are in States
whore more boys than girls are born.
In Georgia there are 1877 counties.
and in all but Is 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 OF with 52e more girls than boys
Atlanta, 1856; Augusta, 3O4; Macon,
l54; Columbus, 1871; Gainesville. 1913
Rome, 80; Athens, so; Albany. Is
Griffin, IL. and Americas, Z.
/ Savannah, though she has some
what smaller population than Atlanta
has . larger excess Of girls. This
seems to be peculiar to old cities. Il
is 50 with Baltimore, New Orleans and
| New York. The excess is greater IL
| New Orleans than any where else. I.
this a popularity of the French?
i The facts present question worth
studying. Are there fewer men in tn.
cities than in the countryp-Philadcl
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