200 UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO STUDIES 
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MALE AND FEMALE POPULATION OF COLORADO WITH PERCENTAGE OF INCREASE 
oF EacuH, 1860 TO 1900* 
Percentage Increase | Percentage Increase 
Year Males Females ak aiiies of Females 
MO OO Aen Ae: cys ereters 32,961 T 550". "|: + een she gy an eee 
RO TOU ES ene kee 24,820 15,044 24.08T 848.55 
Hof TOE 5 preheat Ie 129,131 65,196 420.27 333.007 
TOOO ete eee eehe 245,247 166,951 89.92 156.08 
MOOR auch btjae 295,332 244,308 20.2 45-9 
* Census, 1890, Population, Pt. I, p. Ixxvii; ibid., 1900, p. xcii. 
tT Decrease. 
PROPORTIONS OF THE SEXES IN COLORADO, 1860 TO Ig00* 
Year Percentage Male Percentage Female |Females to 100,000 Males 
TPB OOna spits cei cere ease ene 95-37 4.63 4,851 
MO VORe otek eas ti see Socks 62.26 37-74 60,612 
TOON oe ects e hemi tte rath 66.45 B3e55 50,488 
TSOOV ANA cht eis ieee ses 59.50 40.50 68,148 
EQOOr ae aoe sia verve ate wie 54-72 45.28 82,743 
* Census, 1890, Population, Pt. I, p. Lxii. 
The most striking feature in a study of the proportions of the sexes 
in Colorado is the disproportionate number of females in the population. 
This was more pronounced in the earlier decades, but is still considerable. 
This lack of females is of course due to the conditions under which the 
state was settled, and the attractions which brought men to it. The 
state was far distant from the homes of most of the early immigrants and 
was for the first years a collection of mining camps, not places where 
men were anxious to rear their families. 
During the first decade, the number of males decreased 24.08 per 
cent. while the number of females increased 848.55 per cent. Some 
graphical area, population and power have obtained continental dimensions, and render necessary the per- 
manent and equitable location of the federal government, Therefore, 
Resolved, by the council of the City of Denver, that we desire and recommend that the present federal 
Retiet be forthwith vacated, and the same be fixed at the geographical center. 
That such geographical center is at the junction of the Republican and Smoky Hill rivers, at a lati- 
tude 30° North; longitude 20° West of Washington, and 97° West of Greenwich. 
3. That if it shall be acceptable to the American people to do so, we invite them to select the city of 
Denver for such permanent location of the federal capital and government.—Daily Colorado Tribune, March 
18, 1870. 
See also Girein, The Mission of the North American People. This book, written by the first governor 
of Colorado territory, and published in 1860, predicts that the metropolis of the United States will ultimately 
be located in the vicinity of the fortieth parallel of north latitude and the Rocky Mountains. 
