Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1889-07-25
THE SEXES NORTH and SOUTH.
Some Valuable Statistics ia Regard to
Men aud Women.

In 1880 there were 50,000,000 people
in this country, and about $4,000 more
males than females. That was only be-
cause more males were born; the females
live the longest. OF the centenarians l.
400 were men and 1907 were woman.
The boys start out nearly 100000
ahead, and are in the majority until the
sixteenth year, when the girls are little
more numerous. Sweet sixteen is a nu-
merous age, anyhow. After that first
one and then the other is in the majority,
the girls gradually gaining after thirty
six and leaving the men far behind after
seventy-fve. To balance this longevity
of the females in almost every State
few more boys are born not many more,
but always a few. 1t is astonishing to
see where the census gives thousands and
hundreds 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, Delaware, Florida, Louisi-
ana, 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 some
thing in the climate or in the people that
produces more women than men. This
is a popular but egregious error. In
Massachusetts, there were in 1880 437
more boys than girls under one year of
age.
The males are in the minority in al
most all the Eastern States, because many
of the young men 60 West All over the
West there is an excess Of men, and tn ose
who are not foreigners have been with
drawn 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 ex-
cess of the females. The West is draw
ing heavily on the manhood of the East.
From this all the old States have suffer
ed. Massachusetts, seem to have lost more
than any.
There are parts Of Northern Ohio
which are portions of New England re-
moved. Massachusetts, shows the loss
and Ohio shows the gain. Another curl
GUS fact is that while over the country
more boys than girls are born, in the
cities and towns there are more girls
Between the ages of and II inclusive
there are 1850 more girls than boys in
New York county, 1,70S more in Kings
county, 2,725 more in the city of Balti-
more, 1,013 in Suffolk county, Mass,
Boston, 2,009 more in Cook county,
(Chicago,) ILL.,. 2,13l more in the city of
St. Louis, 2,971 more in Philadelphia
county, and 1858 more in the parish of
Orleans. All these cities, except New Or
leans, are in States where more boys than
girls are born.
In Georgia there are l37 counties, and
in all but twenty-six Of them there are
more boys than girls. These twenty-six
counties include the eleven 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, 3S5 ;
Augusta, 303; Macon, 154; Columbus,
131; Gainesville, 122; Rome, 80; Ath-
ems, 80; Albany, 16; Griffin, II; and
Americas, 7. Savannah, though she has
a somewhat smaller population than At
lanta, has larger excess Of girls. This
seems to be peculiar to old cities. 1t is
so with Baltimore, New Orleans and New
York. The excess is greater in New Or
leans than anywhere else. Is this pc
culiarity of the French The facts pre-
sent a fact worth studying. Are there
fewer men in the cities than in the coun-
try ?-PailadeLphia Times.
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