# Immigration and the Commissioners of Emigration of the state of New York/Appendix/7/Table 5

Statement, BY Occupations, of the Passengers arrived in the United States during the Thirteen Years, from 1856 to 1868 inclusive.
| Occupations. | 1856. | 1857. | 1858. | 1859. | 1860. | 1861. | 1862. | 1863. | 1864. | 1865. | 1866. | 1867. | 1868. | Total. |
| Laborers . . . | 37,019 | 43,249 | 22,317 | 21,696 | 31,268 | 19,413 | 17,752 | 46,198 | 48,041 | 45,245 | 58,629 | 55,443 | 68,947 | 515,217 |
| Farmers . . . | 24,722 | 34,702 | 20,506 | 16,323 | 21,742 | 11,668 | 9,265 | 12,319 | 13,837 | 20,012 | 30,302 | 29,717 | 19,804 | 264,949 |
| Mechanics . . . | 9,805 | 18,074 | 11,995 | 13,092 | 13,033 | 7,575 | 6,934 | 14,418 | 14,156 | 20,218 | 23,939 | 25,966 | 17,298 | 196,503 |
| Merchants . . . | 11,101 | 12,114 | 10,217 | 12,495 | 11,207 | 7,523 | 7,763 | 7,582 | 9,468 | 12,676 | 15,834 | 11,841 | 8,393 | 138,214 |
| Miners . . . | 6,136 | 5,660 | 4,254 | 9,510 | 3,834 | 2,337 | 1,732 | 4,314 | 6,093 | 7,631 | 8,010 | 7,205 | 4,698 | 71,414 |
| Servants . . . | 1,748 | 1,322 | 1,142 | 1,281 | 1,415 | 770 | 3,704 | 9,088 | 15,629 | 9,236 | 8,905 | 6,367 | 8,021 | 68,628 |
| Mariners . . . | 906 | 990 | 1,109 | 826 | 1,007 | 734 | 1,624 | 2,088 | 2,106 | 2,518 | 2,687 | 2,501 | 1,892 | 20,988 |
| Clerks . . . | 135 | 271 | 259 | 194 | 200 | 122 | 658 | 1,277 | 1,574 | 2,775 | 2,731 | 2,317 | 1,351 | 13,864 |
| Bakers . . . | 19 | 51 | 74 | 46 | 104 | 28 | 183 | 520 | 647 | 1,003 | 966 | 988 | 751 | 5,380 |
| Butchers . . . | 54 | 22 | 38 | 38 | 58 | 27 | 194 | 403 | 545 | 842 | 840 | 974 | 623 | 4,658 |
| S'mstr's & mil'nrs . . . | 215 | 258 | 261 | 250 | 273 | 49 | 182 | 347 | 640 | 304 | 373 | 336 | 282 | 3,770 |
| Physicians . . . | 163 | 147 | 178 | 253 | 221 | 216 | 236 | 284 | 315 | 399 | 521 | 438 | 365 | 3,736 |
| Artists . . . | 37 | 69 | 45 | 97 | 80 | 31 | 88 | 377 | 340 | 606 | 662 | 661 | 468 | 3,561 |
| Clergymen . . . | 118 | 173 | 132 | 157 | 183 | 213 | 274 | 231 | 258 | 374 | 453 | 454 | 302 | 3,322 |
| Weavers & spin'rs . . . | 1,255 | 189 | 80 | 114 | 141 | 43 | 57 | 347 | 130 | 143 | 135 | 156 | 76 | 2,866 |
| Tailors . . . | 25 | 108 | 156 | 137 | 204 | 41 | 66 | 75 | 147 | 366 | 322 | 299 | 205 | 2,151 |
| Shoemakers . . . | 22 | 86 | 117 | 141 | 156 | 383 | 85 | 73 | 148 | 209 | 272 | 250 | 186 | 2,128 |
| Lawyers . . . | 90 | 78 | 113 | 166 | 116 | 106 | 108 | 156 | 132 | 249 | 359 | 252 | 17 | 1,942 |
| Manufacturers . . . | 22 | 187 | 74 | 62 | 50 | 218 | 94 | 66 | 107 | 181 | 254 | 198 | 183 | 1,696 |
| Engineers . . . | 105 | 72 | 165 | 118 | 132 | 98 | 97 | 95 | 86 | 100 | 142 | 111 | 24 | 1,345 |
| Teachers . . . | 35 | 28 | 46 | 86 | 57 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 29 | 59 | 112 | 33 | 237 | 809 |
| Masons . . . | 10 | 16 | 68 | 40 | 59 | 22 | 21 | 31 | 37 | 77 | 132 | 184 | 102 | 799 |
| Millers . . . | 73 | 26 | 39 | 37 | 48 | 29 | 21 | 5 | 24 | 40 | 54 | 65 | 36 | 497 |
| Musicians . . . | 15 | 31 | 115 | 45 | 108 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 21 | 32 | 14 | 450 |
| Actors . . . | 4 | 44 | 33 | 54 | 27 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 20 | 18 | 47 | 94 | . . | 378 |
| Painters . . . | 1 | 31 | 31 | 15 | 29 | 11 | 8 | 27 | 29 | 43 | 65 | 60 | 18 | 363 |
| Printers . . . | 12 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 22 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 44 | 22 | 19 | 247 |
| Hatters . . . | 2 | . . | 3 | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | . . | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 26 |
| All other occup'ns . . . | 602 | 246 | 451 | 609 | 835 | 218 | 389 | 360 | 308 | 455 | 618 | 437 | 426 | 5,984 |
| Occup's not spec . . . | 130,045 | 153,717 | 70,869 | 77,619 | 90,090 | 60,761 | 62,860 | 99,047 | 106,657 | 161,589 | 202,442 | 192,222 | 191,493 | 1,602,411 |
| Aggregate . . . | 224,496 | 271,982 | 144,906 | 155,509 | 179,691 | 112,702 | 114,463 | 199,811 | 221,533 | 287,399 | 359,943 | 339,627 | 326,232 | 2,938,296 |