U.S. Census Data Reveals Gender Imbalance Across the Country

Women outnumber men in major East Coast cities, while the West sees a higher proportion of men.

New data from the U.S. Census Bureau reveals that women outnumber men in the largest urban counties east of the Mississippi River, along the Eastern Seaboard and in the Deep South, while the West skews male.
The sex ratio numbers don’t reflect sexual preference, gender identity or whether those surveyed are looking for partners.
The ratios vary by geography, in part because of the presence of certain institutions and industries with gender imbalances.
Among U.S. counties with 500,000 residents or more, the areas where adult women outnumber adult men most noticeably were in Baltimore, New York, Atlanta and Philadelphia, as well as Birmingham, Alabama; and Memphis, Tennessee.
In communities with more men than women, people tend to marry at an earlier age than in places where women outnumber men.