The farmer and mechanic., 1914-08-18
To Be Exact, They Numbered,
in the Year, 1910, 947,8 ,839
Persons
TEN YEARS OLD AND OVER
Gainful Workers Forty-hree
Per Cent of the Population.
Greater Proportion Than
Shown by Census of 1900.
A Little Over a Fourth Of the
Workers Female

Washington, ID. c.. Aug. 15.-Ac-
eording TO the report on Occupations
recently issued by Director William
J. Harris, of the Bureau o the Cen
SuS, Department Of Commerce, there
were 947,S39 persons 10 years OF age
and over in North Carolina engaged in
gainful occupations in 1910 The
gainful workers thus formed AZ per
cent of the total population of the
State (2.zo6.28O and GO per cen; of
the population 10 years of age and
over u.578,595). In 1900 the 49,
7A2 gainful wo- ,ers of the State form
ed 37S per cent of the .otal pOpula-
tion and 53.2 per cent of the popufa-
ton 10 years of age and over.
The male gainful workers in 1910
numbered 674,S49. Or S6.4 per cent
Of all males 10 years of age and over,
as compared with 6.5S1, or S4.1 per
cent in 1900 The female gainful
workers in 1910 numbered 272,990,
or 34.2 per cent of all females 10
years of age and over. as compared
with 16O. .16l. or 23.4 per cent. in
1900.
Distribution OF Workers.
The 947,S39 gainful workers in 1910
were distributed among the main
branches of occupation as follows:
Agriculture. forestry, and animal
husbandry, 612.266. or GAS per cent;
extraction of minerals, 2.1O2, or O.2
per cent, manufacturing and mechan-
ical industries, 15S.412. or 1871 per
cent transportation. 29,6O1, or 81
per cent; trade. 39,02S, or Al per
cent: public service. 4.839. or 0.5 pei
cent; professional service, 20. 1856, OF
81 per cent: domestic and persona
service. 70.6I6, or is per cent: anC
clerical occupations, 10.579, or IL pei
cent
Sex of Workers.
OF the gainful workers in 1910
674.S49. or 71.2 per cent, were males
and 272.99O, or 1913 per cent fe
males. In agriculture, forestry ant
animal husbandry. the males mum
bered 449, ,361. or 734 per cent, AM
the females, 162.905, or 26.6 per cent
Practically all-2,0S7. or 99.3 pc
cent-of the persons engaged in tn
extraction of minerals were males. II
manufacturing and mechanical indus
tries 123,45 or 77.9 per cent of tn
workers were males and 34.958, o
22.1 per cent. females. Males cOnsti
tuted 97.7 per cent of the 1901 per
sons engaged in transportation, 81.
per cent of the 39,02S persons en-
gagged in trade, and 943 per cent c
the 4.s39 persons engaged in publ
service. In professional service 10
12S. or 52.S per cent, of the worker
were males and 9,60S, or 47.2 pc
cent. females. d large proportion
the females being school teacher
Domestic and personal service we
the only large field of occupations
which the females outnumbered tf
males. Here females numbered 5S
667. or S3 per cent. and males on
II, ,009, or II per cent. of the wOrl
erS. OF the persons pursuing cleric
occupations, 7.941. or 75.1 per cen
were males and 1888, or 249 p
cent, females.
Color or Race Of Workers
OF the 674,S49 gainfully occupi,
males in 1910, 457.190 were natl
whites Of native parentage, 2.502 n
tive whites off Oreign or mixed y
rentage. 3.329 foreign born white
209.373 negroes, and 2.455 other &C
ored. The proportion which Il
sainfully occupied males formed
all the males 10 years Of age and ov
in each principal class of the popu
tion was: For native whites of natl
parentage. S5.4 per cent: for natl
whites of foreign or mixed parentas
76.4 per cent; for foreign-born whit
9l.5 per cent: and for negroes, 81
per cent.
OF the 272,ssO gainfully occupi
females in 1910. 1924 were natl
whites of native parentage. SCI matt
whites of foreign or mixed parental
362 foreign-born whites, 141, ,391
groeS. and 1.219 other colored. I
proportion which the gainfully Oct
pied females formed of all the
males 10 years of age and over
each principal class of the populat
was: For native whites of native
rentage. 24.2 per cent: for nat
whites of foreign or mixed parenta
16.s per cent; for foreign-born viii
17.3 per cent; and for negroes. )
per cent.
Age of Workers.
Gainfuliy occupied males in
were distributed according to age
RODS as follows: 10 to 13 years
Ak7. Ia To III 8 years 3X192: 16 to