Condition at successive Censuses. TABLE I.—Married and Single at the last Eight Census Periods.
NUMBERS.
Census Periods. Persons. Males. Females.
Married. Single. Married. Single. Married. Single.
1847 17,603 46,576 9,059 33,265 8,544 13,311
1851 19,451 49,156 9,680 33,447 9,771 15,709
1857 28,857 51,945 14,333 31,583 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
1891 43,712 102,955 22,313 55,247 21,399 47,708
1901 51,267 121,208 25,807 63,817 25,460 57,391
PROPORTION 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 68.78 41.63 58.37
1861 35.02 64.98 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
1891 29.93 70.07 29.00 71.00 30.98 69.02
1901 28.73 70.27 28.79 71.21 30.73 69.27