TABLE V.—Showing the Number of UNMARRIED, MARRIED, and WIDOWED of each Sex, at Vicennial Periods of Age, and the proportion per cent. of Males and Females which the Numbers of each Condition bear to the Total living at each Age-period (exclusive of Migratory Population, Chinese Encampments, and roving Aborigines).
| YEARS. |
NUMBERS. |
PROPORTION. |
| MALES. |
FEMALES. |
MALES. |
FEMALES. |
| Total. |
Unmarried. |
Husbands. |
Widowers. |
Total. |
Unmarried. |
Wives. |
Widowers. |
Unmarried. |
Husbands. |
Widowers. |
Unmarried. |
Wives. |
Widows. |
| Under 40 Years of Age |
197,798 |
146,934 |
49,010 |
1,854 |
130,545 |
78,355 |
50,700 |
1,490 |
74.28 |
24.78 |
0.94 |
60.02 |
38.84 |
1.14 |
| Aged 40 and upwards* |
34,365 |
10,262 |
20,838 |
3,265 |
14,189 |
628 |
11,097 |
2,464 |
29.86 |
60.64 |
9.50 |
4.43 |
78.21 |
17.36 |
| 0 to 20 |
68,934 |
68,841 |
86 |
7 |
68,373 |
66,438 |
1,916 |
19 |
99.89 |
0.10 |
0.01 |
97.16 |
2.81 |
0.03 |
| 20 to 40 |
128,864 |
78,093 |
48,924 |
1,847 |
62,172 |
11,917 |
48,784 |
1,471 |
60.60 |
37.97 |
1.43 |
19.17 |
78.47 |
2.36 |
| 40 to 60 |
31,594 |
9,500 |
19,507 |
2,587 |
12,869 |
560 |
10,524 |
1,785 |
30.07 |
61.74 |
8.19 |
4.35 |
81.78 |
13.87 |
| 60 to 80 |
2,695 |
733 |
1,312 |
650 |
1,288 |
64 |
568 |
656 |
27.20 |
24.12 |
48.68 |
4.97 |
44.10 |
50.93 |
| 80 and upwards. |
76 |
29 |
19 |
28 |
32 |
4 |
5 |
23 |
38.16 |
25.00 |
36.84 |
12.50 |
15.63 |
71.87 |
| Age unspecified |
2,156 |
1,925 |
203 |
28 |
426 |
256 |
158 |
12 |
89.28 |
9.42 |
1.30 |
60.09 |
37.09 |
2.82 |