The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-10-22
Interesting Facts Brought Ont By the
Late Census.

Who 9 married and who isn't in the
United States? This is the question
that Director Merriam's census emu
meratcrs have asked OF all it's citizens.
The answers have all been carefully
compiled, and the result is wonder.
full array Of tables setting forth the
seconjugai conditions" Of the country.
The District Of Columbia figures in
these tables in way to cause concern
to the heart Of the maiden. There
are not only more maiden ladies in the
District Of Columbia than anywhere
else in the United States in proper
tion to the population, but the dis
triet also leads in the number Of
widows. Thirty-eight out Of every
100 females in the district are single.
The report doas not pretend to give
reasons for the conditions which it
sets forth, but in the case Of che dis
trict several reasons might be suggest
ed for the single blessedness Of its
female population. Government en-
p:ey1ent is very attractive TO Inc
young women of the country, and
when they once succeed in attaching
themselves to Unole Sam they are
loath to give up his iberality for the
uncertain step Of matrimony. What
applies to the maidens Of the District
in this respect applies equally to the
widows. They are attracted here
from all parts Of the country ty the.
| hope or the certainty Of government
employment. and permanent residence
in Washington seems to be attractive
TO them. At any rate, 16 per cent Of
the female population of the district
are widows, according to the census
| figures.
There are other things in the report
pertaining to married life which are
very interesting. For instance, it is
shown that there are 667 boys in this
country under the age of fifteen who
are married, while 3,785 girls under
fg:een have husbands. The infant
widowers under the age Of fifteen
number 33, while the infant widows
number 126. There are z divorced
boys under fifteen and 80 divorced
girls. New York and Pennsylvania
lead in the number of boy husbands,
each having a., whilo Texan contains
more girl wives than any other State,
the number Being BAT.
The proportion Of young women who
are married is greatly in excess of the
number Of young men, as the figures
show that Of the total number of males
between the ages Of fifteen and nine
teen years only ! per cent are mar
ried, while Of the females of the same
ages 1913 per cent are married. More
men are married between the ages of
twenty-five and twenty-nine than at
any other age, while more women are
! married between the ages of twenty
and twenty-five. The figures show
that it woman reaches the age Of
thirty-fve Without being married her
chances besome very slim.
There are in the United States 27,-
849,75r married persons, or 365 per
cent Of the total population. The
married males numbered 14,OO3, 1893,
or 35.9 per cent OF the total male
population The married females.
number 1a 3a,ee555, e555 ,G663, or 57.z per cent OF
the entire female population. The
excess Of married men over married
women is due largely to the fact that
many foreigners who come to the
United States leave their families be-
hind them. Of males Is years Of age
and over "a 5 per cent are married.
and Of the females Of fifteen years aud
over, 53.9 per GEN. are married.
In proportion of the male popula-
ton, more men get married in Illinois
than in any other State in the Union,
the percentage of married men to the
total number of males fifteen years Of
age and over in that State being 57.7.
Though tn. number of women in the
newly settled States and Territories Of
the west is less in proportion than in
the eastern States, the women who go
west have better chance of getting
husbands. Oklahoma is the best
place for women who are looking for
husbands to 60. OF the total female
population in that Territory, 696 per
cent are married. Of all the places
under the jurisdiction of the United
States, however, tb Hawaiian Islands
would seem to be the paradise Of the
husband hunter. for 77.9 per cent of