LIST OF COUNTIES IN THE ORDER OF THEIR PROPORTION OF FEMALE TO MALE POPULATION, AS SHOWN BY THE NUMBER OF FEMALES TO EVERY 100 MALES.

Counties above the Average.

Middlesex 114
Gloucester 112
Devon 111
Somerset 111
Surrey 111
Bedford 108
Cornwall 107
Dorset 107
Norfolk 106
Average for England & Wales 105

Counties below the Average.

Chester105
Lancaster105
Leicester104
Nottingham104
Warwick104
Worcester104
Bucks103
Cumberland103
Northumb.103
Suffolk103
Sussex103
Wilts103
Hertford102
York102
North Wales102
South Wales102
Berks101
Cambridge101
Derby101
Hunts101
Kent101
Northampton101
Salop101
Southampton101
Westmorland101
Essex100
Durham99
Hereford99
Lincoln99
Oxford99
Rutland98
Stafford97
Monmouth92