The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-05-23
CENSUS RATIO OF TIE ssxEa
Mes .. the Un,teS st.te. Considerably Dat.
numher the wonen.


There are 1.5OoO 900 more men than women Ia
the United States. or rather ! 500 600 more m de
than femaie persons. the census officials In
the Interior Department making no discrin-
ination bstwsen rosy youth and grabbed age
In their computations. II this disparity were
generally distributed throughout the whole
country. II would make the United States an
exception among civilized countries. in nearly
all OF which women either preponderate or are
nearly ms numerous as men.
The place OF the greatest preponderauce. oil
women In tho United States. at the present
time. is the District OF Columbia. whore the
ratio In number. as compared with men. is ITO
to 100. Then Gomez Massachusetts,. 105 to
100: then Rhode Island. los to 100. and then.
In the order named. North Carolina and Mary
land. 102 to 100: Connecticut. New Hamp-
shire. New York. South Carolina and Virginia.
1O1 to 100. In New York State. the excess OF
women over men 10 $4,000. In New York City
there are 10000. and in Brooklyn there are
li.OOo 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
In Louisiana In 1890: male. $50. $50; female.
550.237,
In seven Southern States. Alabama, Georgia,
Mississippi. Tennessee. Kentucky. Delaware
and West Virginia: In two Western States.
ohio and Indlana in two New England States.
male population outhumhers the female popu-
la IN TlI II the pr, PnropoTtion 81 100 to NJ , - mn,
isH4 per. cent. ii, Florida and Missouri. . ~: In
Wisconsin. Iowa and .Arkansas. 92. and in
81, and in North Dakota. 8
h n H.Iss i stS.f s. tns E r rsr Gont Of I, 'G ,Ts h0 in.
Der OF male Inhabitants. In California. in con-
sequence Of the lnrCe number Of, Cinnamon
quence OF the absence Of Chinese women. the
percentages Is ~; In, Oregon. for the same
the mining. intsresls are extensive. and tho
ni,Ia. on OF sE outside OF The shiei
Is sss GssTisiiR tf is H% %assInsfcn. a IL Is az s Tho
s%p%%s s fs. %in :: i it Is Is IS 81: 'f IN w1 70 HsSs5 q:
Tho male birth rate is higher than. the female
oirth rate IN about the nroportion Of lu0 TO- "a.
from Euronenn conntries' has for many years
tsS.tSira. ,e eisSs S nsmSe q Of % recent s smisr '%Ss
females siinnu an, Am %%sr + ! c S'SGoa"H,sDt 6ths or
The ,ieath rate is higher IN men than It Is
among women. or deaths from accidental
Ssq''s Cont violence sns male Of public 3 %. aiss ssS;. q, Is
sSSiIs ,n.t..a %f'S,''' are 81 q ,P' ms deaths rh !.
among women. They arc not addicted
to such excesses az are tho men: they are
more temperate: they are not so frequently
exposed to injury from machinery. They nre
less migratory and they suffer less from cpl
denies and contagious diseases. because.
generally speaking. they are in better health
and NOR: observnnt. OF HYGIENE rules. The
devaatations OF war have In. most European
offset the normal increase OF the
male population. and in the United States the
deaths due to the civil war have been; since
OF male persons In most old neighborhoods.
But after all. even though the census figures
do not disclose II. the most noticeable absence
OF male persons is probably to be found on tho
front piazza Of III: average summer resort
the last Saturday Of tho Septc m Der succeeding.