Colored* Population of Ten Cities by Sex.
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Cities.
Males.
Females.
Washington 33,831 41,866
New Orleans 28,936 35,727
Baltimore 29,165 38,131
Philadelphia 18,960 21,414
Richmond, Va. 14,216 18,138
Nashville 13,334 16,061
Memphis 13,333 15,396
Charleston S. C. 14,187 16,849
St Louis 13,247 13,819
Louisville, Ky. 13,348 15,324
Total 192,557 232,725
Proportion 1,000 1208.5
*Includes Chinese, Japanese and civilized Indians an element that can be ignored, being small.
This is a very marked excess and has far-reaching effects. In Philadelphia this excess can be traced back some years:
Philadelphia Negroes by Sex.[1]
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County of Philadelphia. City of Philadelphia.
Year. Males. Females. Number Females to 1000 Males.
Year. Males. Females. Number Females to 1000 Males.
1820 5,220 6,671 1,091
1838 6,896 9,146 1,326
1840 8,316 11,515 1,387
1850
1890
1820 3,156 4,426 1,383
1838 3,772 5,304 1,395
1840 3,986 6,521 1,630
1850 8,435 11,326 1,348
1890 18,960 21,414 1,127
The cause of this excess is easy to explain. From the beginning the industrial opportunities of Negro women in
- ↑ Figures for other years have not been found.
and Indians. The figures for the whole United States show that this excess of females is probably confined to cities:
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Negroes According to Sex.
SECTION. MALES. FEMALES.
United States 3,725,561 3,744,479
North Atlantic 133,277 136,629
South Atlantic 1,613,769 1,648,921
North Central 222,384 208,728
South Central 1,739,565 1,739,686
Western 16,566 10,515
