The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-09-22
MARRIAGE STATISTICS.
Come Interesting Facts Concerning INV
Married and Single In America.

Some Interesting faets So"crii"s
Married and Single In America
There is one divorced person to every
1855 married couples in the United States
OF the entire population of the United
States on June /, 1890, nearly three
fifths were single.
According to the census reports there
arc 1o.9i5,576 miles AID 17,1s3,9SS 1e-
males in this country who have never
been married.
Notwithstanding belief to the con-
trary, the per cent. of divorced people,
as compared with the population, is very |
small. amounting to fraction OF one
per cent.
The number of divorced men Is 49,
1Ol. while the number of divorced wo-
men is 1895. The excess of divorced
women is accounted for on the ground
| that great many divorced men falea
| to report themselves.
| All men in this country could moi
marry if they desired, because there
are not women enough to go round.
Census revelations show that there are
L. 2a. 41O males who would have to view
coniugal happiness through other eyes
than their own.
The widows are very much IN evi-
dence in America, accordingto the CEN
sus office Carefully gathered figures
show that there are 2,154.615 WIDOWS
and only S15,437 widowers in the land
Add this excess of widows to the other
unmarried females and there are yet
,422. 41O more unmarried men than
women in the United States.
In table setting forth the conjugal
condition of the aggregate population
subdivided according to sex and 'age
groups, it is shown that there were
twenty-three males under the age OF IL
married and 1,411 females. One male
of Younger than 10 had been separated
from his erstwh wife through the
instrumentality of the divorce court,
while twelve females of like tender age
, had been relieved from unhappy conJu-
, | gal relations through the same channel.
Between the ages of 50 to "a the
: proportion of married males had dimin-
ished to 3d. 81 per cent. and that OF mar
ried females to 6O.3S per cent. For the
! age group representing persons .;
! years and upward seven-tenths OF the
= males were found to be married, while
= the proportion of females was one-hali
Y as great, or $3.50 per cent. OF all lie
0 males of the ages stated. The proper
: ton of widows was greater than tina
e of widowers at all ages. 1t became ap
n preciable between the ages from 10 u
n 10 and increased rapidly. For female
IS years and upward the proportion
| I ri on N
II married women. The proportion o
= widowers was less than that of marrie'
II men for each age group
a Of the percentages relating to sex an
u age groups the bulletin says: "Of tn
l. males under Is years the proportion G
l. married was inappreciable, while OF TN
e females under Is about one in ever
"a 10000 was married. Between the age
10 of Is and 10 only 50 per cent. of tn
D males were married and 0. 40 per cent.
Id the females Among those of 20 yeal
N of age and upward the proportion
the married increased with great rape
I'd ity with both sexes. Between the age
ly of 20 to 2i less than one-fifth of TT
OF males were found to be married, viii
III of the females nearly one-half WEI
d. married. Between the ages from %
e % over one-halfof the males and near
ut three-fourths of the females were ma
ne ried. Between the ages of 30 to
a nearly three-fourths of the males al
n four-fifths of the females were Marie
Is Up to this point the proportion of ms
IN ried females in each age group W
ut considerably in excess of that OF male
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