The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-15

and 129.5 males for every 100 females. In all the southern divisions and those lying west of the Mississippi Riv CT there has been very little change in the proportions during the past 10 years.
 EFFECTS OF MIGRATION.
 The effects of westward migration within the country itself are brought out more clearly by considering the sex proportions for the different ele- ments of the population in the differ ent geographical divisions. Among the native white of native parents there are in the country as whole for every hundred females 104 males; but in New England, where the pro- portion is 9S.1, and tn the Middle At lantic States, where 1t is 9S9 the fe- males in this element of the popula- tion exceed the males. The East, North Central division, with a propor- tion of 1929, the South Atlantic, with add-MALES AND FEMALES
 one of 1921. and the East South Cen tral, with one of 1885, fall below the average for the United States in res pect to excess of males among the na- tive whites of native parentage. On the other hand, all of the sections west of the Mississippi River have. a conS derably larger proportion of males per hundred females among this class than the United States as whole.
 In the group Native white of for eign parents there is in the United States as a whole practical equality, but east of the Mississippi River there are more females than males, while in all the sections west of the Mississippi River there are more males than fe- males
 Among the foreign white there are ln the United States as 8 whole 1892 males for every 100 females; but the New England division, with 104.8, and the Middle Atlantic division, with 1909 fall below this average. It is partic- ularly in the regions west of the Mis- sissippi River that very high ratio foreign-born whites; in the Mountain and Pacific divisions there are very nearly two males of this class for every female.
 The Negro has 9S9 males to every 100 females, and the proportions are divisions east of the Mississippi River, where the Negro is at home. Other sections offer contrasts. Tn the New England and Middle Atlantic divisions the proportion of negro males is less than the average, indS eating, probably males for domestic service. On the other hand, in the East North Gen. tral division and in all the diviS ons west of the Mississippi River there are more negro males than negro fe- males, indicating, perhaps, a migra- tion for agricultural and other heavy labor.
 WHERE FEMALES OUTNUMBER
 MALES.
 Attention has been called to the fact that in the United States as a whole the males predominate. There are only six states, including the District of ColumtCa, in which at the present time females are in the majority, as fol- lows:
 State. Males. Females Massachusetts. 1,655,2 226 1,711,1so Rhode Island, 27O, ,359 272,251 Maryland, 6H,225 651, ,121 District of Columbia, 15S,O50 173,O19 North CarOlinaS 1,098, All 1,107, ,816 South Carolina, 751, ,842 763, ,558 In these six states there is a net ex- cess of 10O,7 7S2 females, but in the coun- try as a whole there is a net excess of 2,691,978 males.
 The six states above named also showed an excess of females in 1900, and, En addition, there were five other states-New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Virginia and Georgia | which then had an excess of females but which now have an excess of 1 males. The net excess of females | in 1900 in these II states was 181, TAO, but for continental United States as a whole the net excess of males in i 1900 was 1,63S,321