DISTRIBUTION OF SEXES IN THE UNITED STATES 73 1

state as regards density of population among the fifty-one states and territories in the country. In a third column the percentage of urban population has also been indicated.

Table IV.

EXCESS OF FEMALES, DENSITY OF POPULATION, AND PER- CENTAGE OF URBAN POPULATION COMPARED.

States in order of excess of femaies among native whites

District of Columbia ....

Massachusetts ,

Rhode Island

Connecticut

New Jersey

New York

Maryland ,

North Carolina

New Hampshire

South Carolina

Pennsylvania

Georgia

The same slates in order of density of population

1 District of Columbia

2 Rhode Island

3 Massachusetts

4 New Jersey

5 Connecticut

6 New York

7 Pennsylvania

8 Maryland

15 New Hampshire. .. . 18 South Carolina

22 North Carolina

23 Georgia

Percentage of urban population (8000 + ) to total

District of Columbia . . 100

Rhode Island 79

Massachusetts 70

New York 60

New Jersey 54

Connecticut 52

Maryland 45

Pennsylvania 41

New Hampshire 27

Georgia 11

South Carolina 7

North Carolina 4

From Table IV. it appears that the six states with densest population have also the largest excess of females among the white natives, and that the eight with densest population are all included in the twelve with excess of females. This suggests the hypothesis that in some obscure way there may be a correlation between a dense population and an excess of females. The dis- tinction between a dense and a sparse population is the generic one of which the difference between city and country is the most familiar example. The seven states having the greatest excess of females in their native population have also the largest pro- portion of city folk. The question may be put, therefore, in this form : Is there in the United States a larger proportion of women in cities than in the country ? In the volumes of the Eleventh Census the population of each of the 1522 cities of the United States having over 2500 inhabitants, is given with distinction of birthplace and sex. Over seven-tenths of these cities have an excess of females among their native population."

' 1 100 out of 1522 or 72.3 per cent.