Indian Population in the United States and Alaska . According to the Officeof Indian Affairs, the number of males to 100 femalesamong the Indians was in 1886 and in change to a preponderance of males may be duein part to the discontinuance of the formerly constant wars which reduced the proportion of males, but itmay also be attributable in part to differences in theaccuracy of the returns. The sex distribution of Indians, as reported, variesin the different states, as shown by Table 24 (p. 44).The tendency toward an increased proportion of malesin 1910, as compared with 189
Indian Population in the United States and Alaska . According to the Officeof Indian Affairs, the number of males to 100 femalesamong the Indians was in 1886 and in change to a preponderance of males may be duein part to the discontinuance of the formerly constant wars which reduced the proportion of males, but itmay also be attributable in part to differences in theaccuracy of the returns. The sex distribution of Indians, as reported, variesin the different states, as shown by Table 24 (p. 44).The tendency toward an increased proportion of malesin 1910, as compared with 1890, is manifest in 16 of the22 states given in the table. The tendency has beenin the opposite direction in 6 states, of which 4—Cali-fornia, Washington, Nevada, and New Mexico—are inthe West; 1, Oklahoma, is in the Southwest; and 1,New York, is in the East. The excess of males or females in the Indian popu-lation for 1910 and 1890 is also shown graphically, bystates, in the maps below. EXCESS OF MALES OR FEMALES IN THE INDIANPOPULATION: Excess of of females Numb er I Less than 100 Indians in state. EXCESS OF MALES OR FEMALES IN THE INDIANPOPULATION: 1890.
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