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DISTRIBUTION OF SEXES IN THE UNITED STATES
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Table VI.

PERCENTAGE OF FEMALES IN THE CITIES AND IN THE RURAL DISTRICTS OF EACH STATE.
State Per cent, of
females in
cities 		Per cent, of
females in
rural
districts 		Excess of
percentage
of females in
cities
Mississippi 53.22 49.47 3.75
South Carolina 52.87 49.98 2.89
Louisiana 52.77 49.04 3.73
Georgia 52.50 49.51 2.99
District of Columbia 52.44 ..... ....
Maryland 52.41 48.86 3.55
North Carolina 52.19 50.48 1.71
New Hampshire 51.89 48.95 2.94
Virginia 51.81 49.90 1.91
Massachusetts 51.57 49.99 1.58
Rhode Island 51.54 48.22 3.32
New York 51.24 49.12 2.12
Kentucky 51.19 48.82 2.37
Maine 51.10 48.53 2.57
Alabama 51.07 49.81 1.26
Ohio 50.98 48.39 2.59
Connecticut 50.69 49.66 1.03
New Jersey 50.61 49.52 1.09
Vermont 50.39 48.34 2.05
West Virginia 50.39 48.65 1.74
Tennessee 50.24 49.45 .79
Indiana 50.15 48.56 1.59
Pennsylvania 50.13 48.50 1.63
Delaware 49.88 48.76 1.12
Kansas 49.59 47.57 2.02
Wisconsin 49.59 47.39 2.20
Florida 49.57 48.92 .65
Iowa 49.55 47.57 1.98
Michigan 49.31 47.08 2.23
Arkansas 49.09 48.01 1.08
Illinois 49.09 47.99 1.10
Missouri 49.04 47.94 1.10
Texas 48.31 47.44 .87
North Dakota 47.22 43.90 3.32
New Mexico 47.11 45.84 1.27
South Dakota 46.85 45.02 3.32
Minnesota 46.83 46.47 .36
Utah 46.23 47.23 -1.00
Nebraska 45.18 46.18 -1.00
California 44.91 39.33 5.58
Arizona 42.52 38.03 4.49
Colorado 42.01 39.27 2.74
Nevada 40.00 41.36 -1.27
Oregon 39.44 43.01 -3.57
Wyoming 39.30 32.94 5.36
Oklahoma 38.85 44.46 -5.61
Washington 36.09 38.67 -2.58
Montana 35.59 32.64 2.95
Idaho ..... 39.22 ....
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