Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican, Vol. 2 of 2 / A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of that Country from the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time.

by Brantz Mayer

Years.	Departments, States, or Cantons of States.	Males.	Females.	Excess males.	Excess females.
1829	New Mexico	21,799	21,640	159
1819	Alta California	10,979	9,107	1,872
1830	Do. do.	12,473	10,011	2,462
1832	Nuevo Leon	49,571	48,601	970
1829	San Luis Potosi.—See following table.
1832	Oajaca	237,127	247,887		10,760
1823	Michoacan	178,052	187,028		8,976
1831-	Canton of Vera Cruz	29,851	31,695		1,844
	" of Misantla	2,451	2,658		207
	" of Papantla	4,279	4,225	54
	" of Tampico	11,112	12,265		1,153
	" of Jalacingo	7,816	8,046		230
	" of Jalapa	19,837	22,867		3,030
1826	Guanajuato	165,896	179,288		13,392
1834	Chihuahua	75,303	69,879	5,424
1838	Tamaulipas	49,235	45,460	3,775
1838	Aguas calientes	33,661	36,032		2,371
1831	Jalisco.—See following table.
1838	Zacatecas.—See following table.
1821	Tamaulipas	34,356	33,428	928
1833	New Mexico	31,012	26,164	4,848

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	Births.		Deaths.		Excess.
		Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.
1829	San Luis Potosi—first six months	4,882	5,159	2,029	1,885		421
1830	Jalisco—whole year	14,307	13,905	13,194	11,972		820
1837	Zacatecas—18 mo's.	10,935	11,006	6,376	6,495	48
1834[8]	State of Mexico, except 2 prefectures	18,410	18,804	cholera this year.
1830	Guanajuato——whole year	14,699	14,252	7,235	7,511	276

It may, generally, be said that the excess of one sex over the other is in inverse proportion to the latitude; or, in other words, that, as we advance from the equator, the excess of females over males decreases, until the reverse occurs as the degrees of latitude augment. We must, however, except from this rule the department or state of Tamaulipas, in which the constancy with which nature sustains the excess of males, is somewhat extraordinary. The most ancient document possessed upon the subject, relative to this State, is of the year 1793, and from this we discover that, from that year until 1807, 124 more males than females were born therein, and that 30 more females than men died during the period—

More females than males are born in the following States, in the order in which they are placed:	More males than females are born in the following States, according to the order in which they are placed:
1. Vera Cruz—greatest number. 2. Oajaca. 3. Puebla. 4. Michoacan. 5. Guanajuato. 6. Jalisco.	1. Alta California—greatest No. 2. New Mexico. 3. Sonora. 4. Chihuahua. 5. Coahuila. 6. New Leon. [9]