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5. PROPORTION OF SEXES BY NUMBER AND PER CENT IN 

 GARY, IN INDIANA, AND IN THE UNITED STATES IN 

 1910 BY COLOR 2 " 





Garv 



Indiana 



United 











States 









Per cent 



Per cent 





Number 



Per Cent 







Male 



11,521 



68.6 



51.2 



51.5 





5,281 



31.4 



48.8 



48.5 



White male 



11,263 



69.1 



51.3 



51.6 





5,140 



30.9 



48.7 



48.4 



Negro male 



242 



63.2 



51.5 



49.7 



Negro female 



141 



36.8 



48.5 



50.3 



the number of males is proportionally high because many men 

 at work and in business in Gary have not yet established them- 

 selves and sent for their families. 



The United States Census for 1910 gives figures for three age 

 groups, 6 to 14 years (the compulsory school age in Indiana), 

 6 to 20 years, and males 21 years of age and over in the Gary 



6a. PROPORTIONS OF AGE GROUP 6 TO 14 YEARS IN GARY, 

 IN INDIANA, AND IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1910 21 



Total population 6 to 14 years of age, Gary 



Total population 5 to 14 years of age, Indiana 



Total population 5 to 14 years of age, United States 



9 . 8 per cent 

 19.3 per cent 

 20 . 5 per cent 



6b. PROPORTION OF AGE GROUP 6 to 20 YEARS IN GARY, IN 

 INDIANA, AND IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1910 



Total population 6 to 20 years in Indiana 



Total population 6 to 20 years in United States 



18.9 per cent 

 28 . 8 per cent 

 30 . 6 per cent 



6c. PROPORTION OF MALES 21 YEARS OF AGE AND OVER IN 

 GARY, IN INDIANA, AND IN THE UNITED STATES, IN 1910 



Total number males 21 years of age and over in Gary 



Total number males 21 years of age and over in Indiana . . . 

 Total number males 21 years of age and over in United 

 States 



51 . 5 per cent 

 30 . 5 per cent 



29 . 4 per cent 





2 °U.S. Census, 1910, Vol. I, p. 248; Vol. II, pp. 549-568. 



"U.S. Census, 1910, Vol. I, pp. 298, 1033; Vol. II, pp. 568, 542. 



