The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-06-29
cENsvs RATIO OF THE SEXES.


Hen In the United otates Conalderably
Ouknumbsr the Womea.
There are I. 500. 900 more mem than WON
en- in the United States, or rather j 800, 900
moro male than female persona, the census
officials In the interior department making
no discrimination between rosy youth and
grabbed age In their computations. II
this disparity were generally distributed
throughout the whole country, 81 would
make the United States an exception
among civilized countries. in nearly an Of
which women either predominate or are
nearly a. numerous Gy men.
Tho place Of the greatest prepondcrance
Of women In the United States at the pres
emit time ie the District Of Columbia, where
the ratio In number as compared with men
Ia Ito to 100 Then comes Massachusetts,
los to 100; then Rhode Island, 105 TO 100
and then 10 the order named North Caro-
lima and Maryland, 100 TO 100; Connecticut,
New Hampshire, New York, South Caro-
lima and Virginia, 10i to 100. In New York
state the excess Of women over men Is ~,
600. In New York city there are 0,600, and
in Brooklyn there are 1900 more women
than men.
In two states the number Of male and fe-
male persons IL substantially the same
New Jersey and Louisiana These were the
figures in Louisiana In 1906 Male, b59, $50;
female, $50, 237.
In seven southern states. Alabama,
Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky,
Delaware and West Virginia; in tSto west
ern states, Ohio and Indiana; In two New
England states, Maine and Vermont, and
IN Pennsylvania, the male population out
numbers the female population in the pro
portion of 100 to 95.
In Illinois the proportion of women t.
men is o. per cent; in Florida and Missouri,
a3 in Wisconsin. Iowa and Arkansas, %,
and in Michigan, Texas and Kansas, 90 In
Minnesota 1t Is 81; in Nebraska, o.; In South
Dakota, 50, and in North Dakota, 80.
In other states the proportion Of female
inhabitants falls below 75 per cent Of the
number Of male inhabitants. In Califor.
MA, in consequence of the large number OF
Cinnamon engaged in domestic service and
In consequence Of the absence Of Chinese
women, the percentage Is "a. In Oregon, for
the same reason, 1t is 70, In Colorado and
Idaho, where the mining interests are ex-
tensive and the hartlships Of existence out
side of the chief cities outweigh the con.
venicnces, it is 90 and "a respectively. In
Washington, among the lumber camps, II
Is GO per cent. In Nevada, among the mines,
it is 80; in Wyoming, 81, and in Montana, go
The male birth rate Is higher than the
female birth rate in about the proportion
Of 100 to 81, and the male emigration to the
United States from. European countries has
for many years shown n large excess OF
males-more than two-thirds Of the mum,
Der Of recent emigrants being males. I'm.
der these circumstances there should no,
bea preponderance of females in any Amer
lean community. Other causes, however,
affect this result adversely. The death
rate is higher among men than IL is among
women. OF deaths from accidental causes,
violence or public disorder rs per cent are
male, % per cent are female. A majority
Of the deaths in public institutions are Of
males.
The duration of life is generally Longer
among women. They are not addicted to
such excuses as arc the men; they are mort
temperate; they are not so frequently ex.
posed to injury from machinery. They arr
less migratory, and they suffer less from
epidemics and contagious diseases, becaus,
generally speaking they are In better health
and more observant Of hygienic rules. The
devastations of war have in most European
countries Offset the normal increase of tn,
male population, and in the United State
the deaths due to the civil war have been
since its close n factor In establishing de
flciency Of male persons in most old neigh
borhoods.
But after all, even though the census fig
ures do not disclose it, the most noticeabl,
absence of male persons is probably to b,
found on the front piazza Of the averag,
summer resort hotel between the first Mon.
day of June and the last Saturday of tn,
September observation-disclosures Let
ter.