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Men And Women In New York

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Parent Issue
Day
30
Month
January
Year
1895
Copyright
Public Domain
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The census reveáis some curious facts about the distribution of New York's eXcess of women. New York City bas 20,000 of them; Brooklyn, 17,000; Albauy, 5,500 ; Troy, 5,000.; Utica, 3,000 ; Rochester, 4,000 ; Syracuse, 1,100. They are ali, practically, in the larger eities. of the state, the one exception being Bufïalo, which bas 4,000 more men than women. It would be interesting to know more about these 4,000 superfluous Buffalo Bien, whether they are Polacks, Italiana, lake sailors, canalboatmen, or merely lively young bachelors from the country in the western part of the state who have gone to BufFalo to seek their fortunes. New York City's business opportuuities, which attract crowd's of men, seem to attract quite as many women. Yet the excess of women in New York is comparatively small. The city has 45 meu to every 44 men, while Brooklyn has 26 women to every 25 men, and Troy 11 women to every 10 men. Why should it happen that in the suburban counties nearestííew York there should be more men than women ? It would seem that of the population drawn by the metropolis to this end of the state the unmarried men would nearly all live in the cities, and the dwellers in the suburbs would for the most part be people with families. Yet the suburban counties all show an excess of men - 1,300 in Westchester, 1,700 in Kichmond, and 2,300 in Queen.

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Ann Arbor Courier