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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:

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