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Sect. 13.] Age. Negroes of Philad'a. Negroes U.S. England. France. Germany. United States.

Under 10 15.31 28.22 23.9 17.5 24.2 24.29

10 to 20 16.37 25.19 21.3 17.4 20.7 21.70

20 to 30 27.08 17.40 17.02 16.3 16.2 18.24

30 and over 41.24 29.19 37.6 48.8 38.9 35.77

In few large cities does the age structure approach the abnormal condition here presented; the most obvious comparison would be with the age structure of the whites of Philadelphia, for 1890, which may be thus represented:

We find then in Philadelphia a steadily and, in recent years, rapidly growing Negro population, in itself as large as a good-sized city, and characterized by an excessive number of females and of young persons.