Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-04-25
AN INTERESTING STUDY.
Tho struggle OF tho Sexes in Various Por
tionA Of tho United States

The Struggle Of tho Sexes in Various Por-
tons Of the United States.
In 1880 there were 100000 Of
people in this country, and about 8S2.-
900 more males than females. That
was only because more males were
born; the females live the longer. or
the centenarians 1,409 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
q little more numerous. Sweet 16
Is numerous age, anyhow. After
that, first one and then the other is in
the majority, the girls gradually gain
ing after 36 and leaving the men far
behind after rs. To balance this
longevity Of the females, in almost
every STATE few more boys are born;
not many more. but almost always
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 few
hundred more boys, and only o 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 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
is 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 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been withdrawn from the States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 new States and
Territories this is most noticeable.
In Idaho, for instance, there are
twice as many males as females, bu
the male infants are only little ir
excess of the females.
The West is drawing heavily on the
manhood OF the East. From this al
the old States have suffered. Massa
chusetts seems to have lost more thar
any. There are parts OF Northern
Ohio which are portions Of New
England removed. Massachusetts
shows the loss and Ohio shows tn
gain.
Another curious fact is that Will
all over the country more boys thar
girls are born, in cities and town
there are more girls.
Between the ages OF and II, in
elusive, there are 1880 more girl
than boys in New York County, ITO
more in Kings County, 2.725 more i
the city of Baltimore, 1,0l3 more il
Suffolk County Massachusetts (Bos
tony, 1909 more in Cook County (Chi
nago), Illinois; 2,13l more in the cit
of st. Louis, 1871 more in Philade
phia County, and 1858 more in tn
Parish of Orleans. All these cite
except New Orleans are in State
where more boys than girls are borr
In Georgia there are 1877 counties
and in all but 26 OF them there ar
more boys than girls. These rs cour
ties include the II large towns an
cities. Strange that not one of tn
cities should be left out Strange
still, the excess of girls is about
proportion to population. Savanna
leads off with 52S more girls than boy
Atlanta, 3S5; Augusta, S04; Macol
1874; Columbus, 1871; Gainesville, ~
Rome. 50 Athens, so; Albany, II
Griffin, IL. and Americas, z.
Savannah, though she has SOM
what smaller population than Atlantis
has larger excess Of girls. Tn
seems to be peculiar to old cities.
is so with Baltimore, New Orleans ar
New York. The excess is greater
New Orleans than any where else.
this popularity Of the Frenchp
The facts present question wort
studying. Are there fewer men in u
cities than in the counsry?- Phiiaae
phia Times.