26 Progress of Population and Wealth 



Whites over sixteen, males . . . 1,484,430 

 " " females . . 1,444,690 



2,929,120 



which shows the proportion under sixteen to be 50.03 per cent. 

 But as the proportion of the females under that age was greater 

 than that of males, the former being 50.26 and the latter 49.69, we 

 may infer that, if there were no migration to the United States, 

 which consists more of adults and of males than of children and 

 females, an age somewhat below sixteen would constitute the point 

 of equal division. 



The distribution of the white population, according to age, differs 

 little from that shown by the preceding census, viz : — 



Those under ten were .... 34.4 per cent. 

 " between ten and sixteen . . . 15.6 " 

 " between sixteen and twenty-six . 18.9 " 

 " between twenty-six and forty-five .19. " 



" of forty-five and upwards . . 12. " 



The increase in twenty years was as follows, viz : 



Of the whole population .... 84.2 " 



Whites 84.8 



Free coloured 213.5 " 



Slaves 70.7 



Whole coloured 81.9 « 



The proportion of males to females in the white population was 

 as 100 to 96.2, showing an increase of females of 1.1 per cent since 

 the census of 1800. 



At the different ages specified in the census, the proportions of 

 the sexes were as follows, viz : 



Under ten, the males to the females were as 100 to 94.8 

 Between ten and sixteen ..." 95.7 



Between sixteen and twenty-six . . " 102.7 

 Between twenty-six and forty-five . . " 97.3 

 Forty-five and upwards ..." 92.7 



which proportions exhibit the same features of irregularity as those 

 of the preceding census. 



The number of white females between the ages of sixteen and 

 forty-five was 1,106,212, which is 18.87 per cent of the whole 

 white population, showing a very small variation from the propor- 

 tion exhibited by the preceding census. 



The following table shows the number of whites, free coloured, 



