Condition at Successive Censusses., TABLE I.—Married and Single at the last Six Census Periods., NUMBERS.
Census Periods. Persons. Males. Females.
Married. Single. Married. Single. Married. Single.
NUMBERS.
1847 17,603 16,576 9,059 33,265 8,544 18,311
1851 19,451 49,156 9,660 32,447 9,771 15,709
1857 28,857 51,945 14,333 31,523 14,524 20,362
1861 31,509 58,468 15,893 33,700 15,616 24,768
1870 31,163 68,165 15,665 37,188 15,498 30,977
1881 34,878 80,827 17,744 43,418 17,134 37,409
PROPORTIONS PER CENT.
1847 27.43 72.57 21.40 78.60 39.09 60.91
1851 28.35 71.65 22.45 77.55 38.35 61.65
1857 35.71 64.29 31.22 58.78 41.63 58.37
1861 35.02 64.28 32.05 67.95 38.67 61.33
1870 31.37 68.63 29.64 70.36 33.35 66.65
1881 30.14 69.86 29.01 70.99 31.41 68.59