Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1881 — CENSUS RETURNS. [ARTICLE]

CENSUS RETURNS.

Relations of the Sexes in the Different States. Census Bulletin No. 73, issued s few days ago, is one of the most important and interesting, as it shows the relations of the sexes in the several States and Territories, and gives an analytio&l summary of the changes during the past decade. The following table shows the distribution of population by sex and the number of females to 100,000 males ih the tfnited State and in each State in 1870 and 1880 i NO. FKMAUtS DISTHIBbTIOit bV to ICO,ooo STATES. SEX. MALES. Male*. Female*. 1870. 1880. Total of the United State- 28,520.582 24,632,284 97,K01 96,519 Alabama. 622,800 639,904 1011,993 102,731 Arizona 28,202 12,239 40,235 43,393 Arkansas 418,383 386,181 93,146 92,747 California. 5,182,071 316,416 60,309 66,841 Colorado 129,471 65,178 60,612 50,342 Connecticut... 305,880 316,797 102,G0T. 103,567 Dakota 82,302 52,818 59,782 64,249 Delaware 74,»3 72,501 99,615 97,772 District of Columbia 83,594 94,044 111,764 112,501 Florida. 135,393 181,958 98,574 97,464 Georgia 761,184 777,864 104,625 102.191 Idaho 21,818 10,793 28,104 49,468 Illinois 1,587,433 1,491,330 92,882 93,846 Indiana 1,010,676 967,686 96,880 95,746 lowa 848,232 776,386 90,763 91,539 Kansas 686,725 439,241 80,196 85,562 Kentucky 832,676 816,032 98,447 98,001 Louisiana. 468,833 471,270 100,714 1 0,520 Maine. 324,084 324,801 100,226 100,239 Maryland 462,004 472,628 102,832 102,300 Massachusetts. 858,475 924,537 107,075 107,696 Michigan 862,276 774,056 91,674 89,767 Minnesota 419,202 361,544 86,871 86,283 Mississippi.... 567,137 564,445 100,261 89,527 Missouri 1,127,427 1,041,380 92,034 92,368 Montana. 24,180 10,971 22,801 38,953 Nebiaska 249,276 203,153 74,644 81,599 Nevada 42,013 20,252 81,230 48,203 N. Hampshire.. 170,575 176,409 104,310 103,420 New Jersey.... 659,823 571,160 101,502 102,025 New Mexico.... 63,751 64,679 94,917] 85,770 New York 2,506,283 2,677,627 102,603 102,813 North Carolina. 688,203 711,844 106,546 103,438 Ohio 1,614,165 1,584,074 99,2)4 98,136 Oregon 103,388 71,379 71,130 69,040 Pennsylvania... 2,136,635 2,146,151 100,282j100,445 Ithode Island.. 133,0311 143,495 107,486; 107,864 8. Carolina.... 490,469 506,153 105,1761102,994 Tennessee. 769,374 773,089 101,897 100,479 Texas. 838,719 753,855 93,263 89,882 Utah 74,470 59,436 96,700 93,240 Vermont 166,888 166,398 99,462 99,107 Virginia. 745,839 766,967 105,200 102,832 Wash. Ter 45,977 29,14 56,807 i 63,386 West Virginia.. 314,479 303,964 98,352 96,656 Wisconsin 680,106 635,374 93,558 93,423 Wyoming 14,151 6,637 26,306| 48,901 This table covers the ground of the other tables of the same bulletin. It will bo noticed that the largest exccos of females is in the District of Columbia, Rhode Island standing second, Massachusetts third, Connecticut fourth, North Carolina fifth, New Hampshire sixth and South Carolina seventh. The females aro in excoss in sixteen States and the District of Columbia, and the males are in excess in twentytwo States and all the Territories, In Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming, Arizona and Montana, the females are less than 50 per cent, of the males, the excess of males being largest in Montana and Arizona. Utah and New Mexico are more evenly balanced, the sexes standing in Utah about as they do in Illinois, while Minnesota is near the standard of New Mexico. Since 1870 the proportion of females has increased in Illinois, lowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada and nine other States and Territories. In Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and twelve other States and Territories in which the males were in excess in 1870, the proportion of females has increased. In the Middle States, Connecticut, Maine, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maryland, Tennessee, and the District of Columbia, females were in excess in 1870, and the proportion of females has increased. In Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi. New Hampshire, North Carolina and Virginia (in which females were in excess in 1870) the proportion of females has decreased.