New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-12
FEMALES OUTNUMBERED
Male Sex Preponderates in the
United States.
RATIO IS 1o6 TO 100
Nav York City Almost Evenly
pivided-Excess In Nation
Laid to immigration.

r.,binxton. oct. 1.-THE population OF
a.. limited States exclusive OF Alaska,
s-,ou Porto Rico and other non-contig-
rous possessions) comprised In 1870 ac-
.s-a,nr 10 the last federal census, 1882 :
- males and A,63sssS females, or 1oS
80 20 every 100 females; in 1900 there
-. 104I males to every 100 females.
Tss.a figures are contained in a state
.n.n, Issued by Director Durand OF the
purssu Of the Census.
m. excess OF males IN the United
s,.,es is mainly due TO the extensive i'm
,r,y,ation. q much larger proportion of
49,. ,,nuiRrants being males than females.
= ~. ,oreign-born white population there
,oaq males 10 100 females. But the
,st,v. white population also has a slight
.-..ss OF males, the ratio being in.7 to
10
:, th. negro population males are out
numbered by females In rauo OF %S
,.oio Among the Chinese In this country
,,,i.s outnumber females by more than
uto /. and among the japanese by about
10 1. The Indians show small excess
=, nsIes-lO.5 10 100 females. In most
European countries females outnumoer
unses.
The prepondersncs of males In the ag-
yr.xste population OF the United states
a, most marked in the Pacific and noun
tain divisions Qar Western states), with
.,.,,oa IN 1910 Of respectively 1855 and
l,rs males TO 100 females. The proper
80, ~ r,sjes is lowest in New England.
irhsrs are only I'VE states in which fe-
,r,les outnumber NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
uboss Island. Maryland. North Carolina
and South Carolina
on the aggregate urban population OF
continental United States in 1910 A.46, Isl
vsra male and LII, 902 female, the num-
~, NJ males per 100 females being lOl.7.
I'M the aggregate rural population 1885,
ras were male and 23,6l2,7S7 female, the
runhar Of males per 100 females being
JnA In the rural population OF each
division the males outnumoer the females
but IN the urban population of three d.
.yinons-the New England. South Allan
te and EsSt South Central-the females
outuurnber the males.
In New York State the males numbered
LS4M and the females 4,b2S,ML New
York Citys population is almost evenly
divided by sex. there being 2.SS2, 48 males
and 2ssA4Ol females. as follows: Manhat-
tsn--Msles, l,l6s,669; females, l,lSs.SSS; Inc
Bronx-Males, 17,i2o; females. so;
Brooklyn-Males, 500, 7S1; females, Sa'Ooo'
oueens-Males, 1925; females, 1885;
Richmond--Males, $3.50; females, A.Se2-
In New Jersey there are 1,2sS.4s3 males
ana L25O7o4 females. Connecticut mas
So en males and SOL. ia females.
OF the 80 cities having over 10000 IN
hab,tants there are q in which the males
outnumber the females. In 90 Of tho cities
the proportion of males was greater In
1910 than in 1900, and in II 1t was less The
number of males per 100 females was
greatest in Seattle uS6.2, and only slight
" less in Portland, Ore. Cs+.5). Nashville
shows the smallest proportion of males.
with ratio Of sss TO 100 females. or
the cities having 10000 or more inhabi-
tants Baltimore has the lowest number
Of males per 100 females Gao. and Cieve-
land the highest Q066. but the ratio Is
almost Is high in Chicago. where there
are 1853 males to 100 females. In Phila-
delphia the females outnumber the males