605,560
Free colored, 205,570
Slaves, 442,000
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Total, 1,253,130

Year 1854--
Total population, 1,500,000

_Proportions between the sexes._--In 1774 the white males formed 58 per
cent., and the females 42 per cent., of the population; free colored,
males, 52, females, 48; male slaves, 65, females, 35. Total, males, 58
per cent., females, 42.

In 1792 the proportion was--
Whites, males, 0.55
" females, 0.45
Free colored, males, 0.47
" females, 0.53
Slaves, males, 0.56
" females, 0.44
Total, males, 0.53
" females, 0.47

In 1817--
Whites, males, 0.55
" females, 0.45
Free colored, males, 0.52
" females, 0.48
Slaves, males, 0.62
" females, 0.38
Total, males, 0.57
" females, 0.43

In 1827--
Whites, males, 0.54
" females, 0.46
Free colored, males, 0.48
" females, 0.52
Slaves, males, 0.64

Slaves, females, 0.36
Total, males, 0.56
" females, 0.44

In Paris, the ratio is 54.5 per cent. males, to 45.5 females; in
England, 50.3 per cent. males, and 49.7 per cent. females, and in the
United States, 51 per cent. males, and 49 per cent. females.

The ratio of legitimate to illegitimate births, deduced from the
observations of five years, is as follows:

2.1136 to 1 among the whites;
0.5058 to 1 among the colored;
1.0216 to 1 in the total.

That is to say, establishing the comparison per centum, as in the
proportion of the sexes, we have:

Whites, 67.8 per cent. legitimate, and 32.2 per cent. illegitimate.
Colored, 33.7 " " " 66.3 " "
Total, 50.5 " " " 49.5 " "

No capital or people of Europe, Stockholm alone excepted, offers so
startling a result, nearly one half the number of births being
illegitimate.

Taking the