The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-04
Men in the United States Considerably
Outnumber the Woman.


There are 5000 more men than women
in the United States, or rather 500, 900
more male than female persons, the census
officials in the interior department max
ing no discrimination between rosy youth
and grabbed age in their computations
II this disparity We're generally distrib-
uted throughout the whole country, it
would make the United States an excep-
ton among civilized countries, in nearly
all of which woman either preponderates
or are nearly as numerous as men.
The place of the greatest preponderance
OF women in the United States, at the
present time, Is the District of Columbia,
where the ratio in number as compared
with men, is 10 to 100. Then comes Mas
sachusetts, los to 100, and then, Rhode
Island, 105 to 100, and then, in the order
named, North Carolina and Maryland, 1902
to 100; Connecticut, New Hampshire,
New York, South Carolina and Virginia
l0l to 100. In New York state the excess
OF women over men is 1000. In Kew
York city there are 20, 900 and in BROOKLYN
there are 1900 more women than men.
In two states the number of male and
female persons is substantially the same
New Jersey and louisiana These were
the figures in Louisiana In 1890: Male, 559,-
800: female, $50, 237
In seven southern states, Alabama,
Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky
Delaware and West Virginia: in two
western states, Ohio and Indiana; in
two New England States, Maine and
Vermont, and in Pennsylvania the male
population outnumbers the female popu-
lation in the proportion of 100 to 90.
In Illinois the proportion of women to
men Is "a per cent. in Florida and Mis-
souri,, SO; in Wisconsin, Iowa and Arkan-
sas, 80, and in Michigan Texas and Kan
sas, 80. In Minnesota it is 81, in Nebraska,
81; in South Dakota 80 and In North
Dakota, so.
In other states the proportion of female
inhabitants falls below rs per cent. of
| the number of male inhabitants. In Cali
| tornia, in consequence of the large num-
Der of Cinnamon engaged in domestic serv-
| Ice, and In consequence of the absence of
| Chinese women, the percentage is 70. In
! Oregon, for the same reason, it is 70. In
| Colorado and Idaho, where the mining
| interests are extensive and the hardshirs
of existence outside of the chief cities
] outweigh the cOnVeniences, it is 6S and
GA respectively. In Washington, among
| the lumber camps, it is 60 per cent. In
| Nevada, among the mines, it is Sc; in
| Wyoming "a, and in Montana So
| 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
| OnlJeu SJduSS from European COun tries
has for many years shown large excess of
| maleS-mOrc than two-thirds of the num-
| Der of recent emigrants being males.
| Under these circumstances there should
| not be preponderance of females in any
| American community Other causes.
| however, affect this result adversely.
| The death rate is higher among men than
| it is among women OF deaths from acct
| dental causes, violence, or public disorder
| - per cent. are male; % per cent. are
| female. A majority of the deaths in pub
| lie institutions are of male The dura-
ton of life is generally longer among
women. They are not addicted to such ex-
! cesses as are the men; they are more tenn
| perate; they are not so frequently ex-
! posed to injury from machinery. They
are less migratory and they suffer less
! from epidemics and contagious disease. be-
| cause, generally speaking, they are in bet
| ter health and more observant of hygienic
/ rules. The devastations of war have in
most European countries Offset the normal
! increase of the male population, and in
| the United States the deaths due to the
! civil war have been, since its close. a
! factor in establishing a deficiency of
male persons in most old neighborhoods.
! But after all, even though the census
! figures do not disclose il, the most notice
| able absence of male persons is probably
| to be found on the front piazza OF the
| average summer resort hotel between the
first Monday of June and the last Sat
urday of the September succeeding.