Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1911-12-09

ufital lIlFN states the ulHtt NNuNi'i
OF the Formulation accordinr 10 sex.
n shown hV the returns Of the Ihir-
tccnth necennial Census. taken as
of April a.. l9lo. was issued TO-DAY
hy director Durand Of the Bureau OF
| Census. Department OF Commerce
and Labor The statement also gives
the figures for each geographical d.
vision The statistics were prepared
lnder the supervision OF Mr.. William
4 G. Iiunt. chief statistician for popula-
ton in the bureau OF the Census, an I
are subject to later revision.
In the United States as whole
there are i7.332.122 males and a.,
Cola females. or a proportion OF
lac males for every 100 females.
Considerable interest attaches 10
the deviation from the numerical
equality OF the two sexes here noted.
While It Is commonly assumed that
the two sexes are equal In number.
,he fact IL that there is always a
slight difference between them.
Most northern European countries
show an excess of females. The con
trary fact In the United States has
been generally ascribed to the e.
fects OF immigration. rs II h well
known that among the immigrants
! males predominant to n large extent
This Is not the full explanation. as
can be seen from a consideration Of
, the figures by elements of the popu-
/ lation as shown in Table No. !.
: The EVcess 81 Males.
2 Among the foreign white there are
1922 males for every 100 females
= this proportion rejecting the famil-
lar fact already noted with respec,
= to the excess OF males among immi'
= grants
Pit this excess OF males is also
|. found in the largest single group OF
+. the population Of the United States
: the native white OF native parents
: OF the latter here are 25.22a,29i
= males and 9i,259,li7 females or a
1 proportion Of lOi males for every
/, 100 females This disparity 90 due
wholly TO natural causes, the onl,
F. other cause which could affect IL /,
: emieration from the United States
; aud such emigration rs small and /.
s certainly not greater In case of r.
!, males tnan In case OF males.
n In the next group--the native
4 white ~ foreign parents the mum
a bers Of the two sexes are alnos
II equal. with p slight excess Of f.
p males.
Among the negroes. h. yeycr
s, there Is a more noticeable preponder
II ancc of females, $50 males to 10
g females
II The small group AN other u
which there are nearly twice as man
! males rs females ls composed Of In
N dams and Immigrant Asiatics ~
d latter being mainly male
!, Duo in large measure 10 the cffct
.- OF recent immier1tion the proper
ton OF males for 100 females In a.
n population rs a whole has rise
srrhtl' between 1900 and 1910
q namely from l0l.4 10 ZOE Tn
d proportions Of the scVes in the sey
Il eral naiiye-horn groups have no
i CHANGED materially.
Il WHY There Are More Males.
S. ~ birth the number of males Al
" ways exceeds the number Of females
II but maze mortality Is always create
than female Consequently, through
e the excess Of male deaths, the nm
4 Der OF females gradually approache
th9t OF males and in the later year
n Of lie exceeds Il In CoIn;rie
u who're the death rate Is high al
equality is reached at q comparatiyel
y, early aye and the subsequent IN
oUrality In favor Of the females out
h weighs the previous inequality in n
ir vor Of the males. so that in the por
= males than males In the Unite
states there is generally n lowe
death rate than in northern Furopea
: countries, and the difference hctwee
' the death rates OF males and female
y Is not so marked The equality 4
" The number Of the sexes occurs her
e at a later age than in Furopeq
countries, and the slightly create
male dc1th rate hoes not overconi
the initial ADVANTAGE which the male
have nj birth The result Is for IN
p native white population Of the Unite
, States generally an excess OF male'
!, For the native white OF foreign PAL
= ents. whore the conditions with re,
IA pect to mortality are not So favor
n able, the result Is as shown nv Tabl
!. No /, that the two sexes are alno.
, Identical in number, with. In fact
m slight nreponderance of females !
n lqlo. as against slight excess {
!, males in 1900. On the other han,
a. the negroes. with their greater deaf
= rate, show the same result az Ia ol
a served in European countries. nam,
,r ly, an anpreciable excess Of 'emal,
. In the population both In 1919 an
. 1909.
In the Geographic Divisions.
II " the number Of males and femal,
m In the several geographic division