The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-06-29
TnE SEXES NORTH AND SOUTH.
Some Valuable statistics in Regard tt
Men and Women.
lPhiladelphis Times.l

mOxS u0IS9 Vuuu A0SA40s0Ss 49, L
only because moro males were oorus
the females live the longest. ~ the
csntenarians 400 were men ana xso1
were v omen. The boys start out nearly
900 900 ahead, and are In the msJoF-
ity until the sixteenth year wnen the
girls arc little more numerous. Sweet
l6 10 . numerous age, anyhow. AWer
that first one and then the other is IN
the majority, the girls gradually gain
Ing after SO aud leaving the men far
behind after as. To balance this long,
evity of the females In almost every
state few more boys, are born; not
many more, but always few. IL is
astonishing to see where the census
gives thousands aud hundreds OF thou-
sands Of boys and girls under year
old there are, with ono or two excsp.
tions, always few hundred more boys,
and only few hundred more.
In only elk Of the fOrty-ntne states
aud territories are more girls born, and
In these states they are s'iGhtly In
excess from eleven to eighty. These
exceptions are Arizona, Delaware, Flor
Ida, 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 EuRland, has created the I'm
preston that there IL someting In the
climate or In the people that produces
more women than men. This Is pop
ular but eereglous error. In Massa-
chusetts there were In 1880 437 more
boys than girls under one year Of age.
The males are In tho minority In al
most all tho 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have been withdrawn from the states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 a. 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 al
the old states have suffered. Mhssa
chusetts seems 10 have lost more than
any. There arc parts of Northern Ohio
which are portions of New England
removed. Massachusetts shows tho los'
and Ohio shows the gain. Another
, curious fact is that while over the coun
, try more boys than girls are born, II
the cities and towns there are NOR
, girls. Between the ages OF and IL In
r elusive thsro are 46S0 more girls thai
, boys in Now York county, 17Os NOR
r In Kings county, 2725 more in the cit!
> of Baltimore, 1913 in Suffolk county
Mass. (Boston), 2OO9 more In Cool
} county (Chtcago), ILL.,, 213l more II
0 the city of st. Louis. 297l more II
! Philadelphia county and 2G33 more II
Q the parish Of Orleans. All these cite,
8 except New Orleans, are In state
where more boys than girls are born
), In Georgia there arc 137 counties
y aud in all but twen'y-siX OF them ther
n are moro boys than girls. These TWEEN
9 ty-six counties Include the eleven larg
9 towns and cities, Strange that no on
v of tho cities should be left out. Strange
9 still, the excess Of girls is about In pre-
= portion to population. Savannah lead
= Off with 52s more girls than boys; a.
Ir lanta, 1856; Augusta, SO"; Macon, 10
y Columbus, 13l; CArtersville, 122; Rom
y SO; Athens, so; Albany, 1G; Griffin, ]
e and Americas, z. Savannah, thong
she has somewhat smaller populatio
than Atlanta, has a larger excess
girls. This seems to be peculiar To ol
cities, 1t Is 80 with Baltimore, Ne
,e Orleans aud New York. Tho excess
n greater in New Orleans than anywhel
.. else. Is this a popularity OF the French
r. The facts present fact worth studyin
n. Are there fewer men i1 the cities tht
j. In the conntry?
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