Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-08-04

aete5, by a&.at5a ..lt,.e3;}t5f# at til
census bureau. The report was pre-
pared by William e. iiHet eHjef stat
istcian for population. assisted by pr
Joseph \. HlIl and William S. Rossi-
ter OF the division of publications. The
publication is prOfusely illustrated
with maps and diagrams, prepared i'll
the geographical division under the
direction OF Charles S. Sloane. act
ing geographer
The report shows that over SO per
cent of the persons employed in gain
ful occupations in the United States
are employed in agricultural pursuits.
In collecting statistics of occupations
only persons 10 years of age and over
were considered.
The CONGRATULATIONS and compari-
sons which follow are restricted to
the returns for continental United
States, which consists of that part of
the United States on the continent OF
Norh America south OF the Canadian
boundary, and therefore excludes
Alaska, Hawaii and the military and
naval stations abroad.
Workers Number 30,OOO,O 900.
In continental United States the to-
tai number OF persons engaged IN
gainful occupations in 1900 was 29,-
O7:3 223333 which was one-half 5O.2 per
cent of the population ten years OF
age and over, and nearly two-tltths,
3S.s per cent. of the entire population
OF this number % S36 were males
and 5,319.391 We're females.
The males gainfully employed con
stituted so per cent, or four-htths. OF
the male population ten years OF age
and over and 6i.2 per cent. or more
than three-ffths. OF the total male
population. The females gainfully EN-
p'oved constituted 1S.S per cent OF
the female population ten years OF
age and over and 11.3 per cent OF the
total female population.
In the classification Tor the twelfth
census there were 3o3 specified oc-
or 10 occupation groups.
These were classified under the five E,
main heads. showing as follows, with |
the percentage of the population en- i,
ployed therein:
Thrty-nine and six-tenths per cent /
were engaged in agricultural pursuits |
24.3 in manufacturing and mechanical !
pursuits, 17.9 per cent in trade and |
a. per cent in domes- !
tic and personal service and 3.5 per
cent in professional service.
Forty Per Cent on Farms.
Agricultural pursuits constitute. !!
therefore,, the most important class of
for this sex. More than
one-half of the males in this main
class are farmers. planters and over
seers and about two-fifths are agricui-
.ural laborers.
More than seven-tenths of the males
classified under domestic and personal
service are laborers mot specified).
Under trade and transportation the
eadiug occupation groups for males |
are those of retail merchants and deal
ars, steam railroad employees. clerks |
and copyists, draymen, hackmen and
transfers and statesmen. The num-
Der of males in these five groups
make up about two-thirds of the total |
in this main class.
The males engaged in manufacture
ing and mechanical pursuits are wide !
ly distributed in number OF occupa |
ton groups. of which the two largest |
are those of miners and quarrymen
end carpenters and joiners, these two !
including about one-fifth of the total
number of males in this class.
In the north Atlantic division the +
aulnber of males engaged in manufac- I
turing ana mechanical pursuits is con-
eiderably larger than the number en-
saeed in any other main class of oc-
cupations, constituting 39.1 per cent,
II nearly two-fifths, of the total num-
her of male workers in this division.
In North and South.
In each of the other geographic di- :.
visions agricultural pursuits consti-
tute the most important branch OF oc-
cupations, being $40 per cent, or
two-fifths of all in the north workers
in the south Atlantic division; ALI
per cent, or two-fifths of all in the
north central division, and 66.3 per
cent. or two-thirds of all in the
south central division.
In the western division the percent ,
sod in