Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-06-28
CENSUS RATIO OF THE SEXES.
Men In the United States Considerably
Outnumber the Women.

OutnufnDer the Wohohs
There are ], 800. 900 more men than wom-
en- in the United States, or rather 1,5OO,OO
more male than female persons, the census
officials in the interior department making
no discrimination between rosy youth and
grabbed age in their computations. IL
this disparity were generally distributed
throughout the whole country, it would
make the United States an exception
among civilized countries, in nearly all OF
which women either predominant or are
bearly as numerous as men.
The place of tho greatest preponderance
Of women in the United States at the pres
ent time is the District of Columbia, where
the ratio in number as compared with men
Is 10 to 100. Then comes Massachusetts,
lO5 to 100, then Rhode Island, 1O5 to 100,
and then in the order named North Caro-
lima and Maryland, 1902 to lOO Connecticut
New Hampshire, New York, South Caro-
lima and Virginia, 10l to 100. In New YORK
state the excess of women over men is a.
600. In New York city there are 10000, and
in BROOKLYN there are 1900 more women
than men.
In two states the number of male and fe-
male persons is substantially the same
New Jersey and Louisiana. These were the
figures III l4OlliSldhh III Ao"N' ANs'Ni No'~-'
female, 559, 231
In seven southern states, Alabama,
Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky,
Delaware and West Virginia; in two 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 %.
II1fnAig tho fArpnnrtIpn of women To
men is "a per cent in Florida and Missouri,
03: in Wisconsin. Iowa and Arkansas, 81
and in Michigan, Texas and Kansas 90. In
Minnesota it is 81; in Nebraska, 81; in south
Dakota. So. and in North Dakota, so.
In other states the proportion of female
inhabitants falls below - per cent of the
number of male inhabitants. In Califor
mia, in consequence Of the large number OF
Cinnamon engaged in domestic service and
in consequence Of the absence of Chinese
women, the percentage is72. In Oregon, fol
the same reason, it is y. In Colorado and
Idaho, where the mining interests are eX
tensive and the hardships of existence out
side of the chief cities outweigh the con
veniences, it is GS and Ga respectively. II
Washington. among the lumber camps, i
is 60 per cent. In Nevada, among the mines
it is So; in Wyoming, "a, and in Montana, 80
The male birth rate is higher than tn
female birth rate in about the proportion
of 100 to 81. and the male emigration to tn
United States from European countries Ia
for many years shown "A large excess
males-more than two-thirds of the mum
Der of recent emigrants being males. Tn
% der these circumstances there should no
. ca preponderance Of females in any Amer
lean community. Other causes, however
I affect this result adversely. The deaf
rate is higher among men than it is anon
women. OF deaths from accidental causes
/ violence or public disorder % per cent ar
q male, p per cent are female. a maJorlt
/ of the deaths in public institutions are {
{ males.
!. The duration of life is generally longe
n among women. They are not addicted
4 such excuses as are the men; they are MOI
O. temperate; they are not 50 frequently e.
J. posed to injury from machinery. They al
Y less migratory, and they suffer less iroi
! epidemics and contagious diseases, becau:
N generally speaking tncy ore in better healt
# and more observant Of hygienic rules. III
n devastations Of war have in most Europea
,e countries offset the normal increase OF IL
,e male population, and in the United Stat'
"a the deaths due to the civil war have bee
r. since its close factor in establishing d
st fciency of male persons in most old neig
u borhoods.
# But after all. even though the census fl
4 ures do not disclose it, the most nOticeab
absence of male persons * probably to
O. found on the front piazza of the averai
IN summer resort hotel between the first Mo
,f day of June and the last Saturday Of I'll
no September succeeding Washington Le
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