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Rh 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.

States in order of excess of females among native whites The same states in order of density of population Percentage of urban population (8000+) to total

District of Columbia 1 District of Columbia District of Columbia 100

Massachusetts 2 Rhode Island Rhode Island 79

Rhode Island 3 Massachusetts Massachusetts 70

Connecticut 4 New Jersey New York 60

New Jersey 5 Connecticut New Jersey 54

New York 6 New York Connecticut 52

Maryland 7 Pennsylvania Maryland 45

North Carolina 8 Maryland Pennsylvania 41

New Hampshire 15 New Hampshire New Hampshire 27

South Carolina 18 South Carolina Georgia 11

Pennsylvania 22 North Carolina South Carolina 7

Georgia 23 Georgia 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 distinction 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 proportion 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.