Ages of the People.—Percental Proportion at various Age Groups., TABLE IV.—Showing the Proportions of Persons and Sexes under various Ages at the four last Censuses.
Persons. Males. Females.
1861. 1870. 1881. 1891. 1861. 1870. 1881. 1891. 1861. 1870. 1881. 1891.
All Ages (specified) 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
Under 5 years 16.66 14.40 14.03 14.69 15.40 13.59 13.34 14.08 17.33 15.32 14.81 15.32
5 - 65 80.43 81.21 81.09 80.71 80.69 80.46 80.28 80.33 80.99 82.08 82.01 81.11
65 and over 2.91 4.39 4.88 4.60 3.91 5.95 6.38 5.89 1.68 2.60 3.18 3.51
7 - 14 (school age) 16.70 16.74 16.02 15.93 17.46 17.64
20 - 40 (soldier's age) 29.72 23.07 26.73 31.29 28.12 20.55 25.94 32.05 31.70 25.94 27.64 30.42
15 - 45 42.63 44.89 41.06 45.44 44.40 44.27
21 years and over (adults) 49.51 51.62 47.17
Under 5 years 16.66 14.40 14.03 14.69 15.40 13.59 13.34 14.08 17.23 15.32 14.81 15.38
5 - 10 years 12.35 14.69 12.34 13.28 11.18 14.05 11.94 12.83 13.77 15.42 12.79 13.78
10 - 15 years 9.16 13.64 11.84 11.27 8.43 12.79 11.48 10.76 10.05 14.61 12.24 11.84
15 - 20 years 8.12 8.91 11.58 9.51 6.82 8.13 11.00 9.19 9.70 9.80 12.24 9.87
20 - 25 years 14.58 12.31 10.31 9.41 12.03 10.72 9.81 9.29 17.72 14.13 10.88 9.53
25 - 30 years 6.91 9.12 6.85 9.44 6.99 8.77
30 - 35 years 15.14 10.76 5.10 7.42 16.09 9.83 5.13 7.66 13.98 11.81 5.08 7.14
35 - 40 years 4.41 5.34 4.15 5.66 4.69 4.98
40 - 45 years 12.33 10.59 4.32 4.09 14.77 11.88 4.12 4.20 9.33 9.13 4.52 3.98
45 - 50 years 4.05 3.36 3.97 3.34 4.14 3.39
50 - 55 years 7.03 8.05 3.98 3.04 9.08 10.01 4.38 2.98 4.52 5.82 3.53 3.10
55 - 60 years 3.08 2.55 3.56 2.51 2.55 2.58
60 - 65 years 3.44 4.51 3.17 2.32 4.58 6.10 3.89 2.47 2.03 2.71 2.36 2.15
65 - 70 years 2.01 1.68 2.55 1.94 1.41 1.40
70 - 75 0.95 1.77 1.53 1.48 1.27 2.39 2.04 1.83 0.56 1.06 0.94 1.11
75 - 80 years 0.78 0.82 1.05 1.03 0.49 0.58
80 - 85 years 0.24 0.37 0.42 0.43 0.35 0.51 0.57 0.55 0.11 0.19 0.25 0.30
85 and over 0.14 0.19 0.17 0.24 0.09 0.12