Mean Age at Successive Censuses., TABLE V.—Showing the Mean Age of Persons, Males, and Females, at the last Seven Censuses.
| Census Periods. |
Mean Ages. |
| Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
| Years. |
Years. |
Years. |
| 1841 |
27.32 |
29.29 |
22.62 |
| 1846 |
23.62 |
25.71 |
20.31 |
| 1851 |
23.30 |
25.38 |
20.21 |
| 1854 |
24.48 |
26.40 |
20.97 |
| 1857 |
23.84 |
25.77 |
20.68 |
| 1861 |
23.58 |
25.45 |
20.48 |
| 1871 |
23.44 |
25.22 |
21.30 |