The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-08-20
OCCUPATIONS OF THE
WORKING PEOPLE IN STATE
Statistical Report of Census Department Shows
Number of Persons Engaged in Various
Professions and Trades in S. G..

jslSSueQ Oy DlTSCtOI NuiidH y I1dA 10,
of the bureau of the census, depart
ment Of commerce, there were 72S,-
627 persons 10 years of age and over
in South Carolina engaged in gainful
occupations in 1910. The gainful
workers thus formed 4S.1 per cent.
of the total population of the State
G,515,400) and SIS per cent. of the
population 10 years of age and over
(l,07S,16D. In 1900 the 570,995
gainful workers Of the State formed
42.6 per "ent. of the total population
and sos per cent. of the population
10 years of age and over.
The male gainful workers in 1910
numbered 46O,794, or S6.7 per cent.
of all males 10 years, of age and over,
as compared with 3S9,645, or S3.S
per cent. in 1900. The female gain
full workers in 1910 numbered 267,-
S33, or 49 per cent. of all females
10 years of age and over, as COM
pared with 1S1,350, or 3S per cent.
in 1900.
Distribution Of Workers.
The 72S,627 gainful workers in
1910 were distributed as follows:
Agriculture, forestry, and animal
husbandry, 513,021, or 70,4 per
cent; extraction Of minerals, 6S6, or
Oh per cent; manufacturing and me-
chanical industries, 93,6S7, or 12.9
per cent; transportation, 17,4O2. or
"a per cent; trade. 25,710, or 3.5
per cent; public service, APPS, or
O.6 per cent; professional service,
1921, or is per cent; domestic
and personal service, 53,746, or IA
per cent; and clerical occupations,
6,935, or per cent.
Sex Of Workers.
Of the gainful workers in 1910.
46O,794, or 63.2 per cent, were
males and 267,S33, or 36.S per cent,
females. In agriculture, forestry, and
animal husbandry the males number
ed 321.771, or 62.7 per cent, and
the females 191,250, or s7.3 per
cent. Practically all-6S1, or 9S.3
per cent.-of the persons engaged
in the extraction of minerals were
males. In manufacturing and me-
chanical industries 72,770, or 77.7
per cent, of the workers were males
and 20,90S, or 22.3 per cent, fe-
males. Males constituted 97.4 per
cent. of the 17,402 persons engaged
in transportation, 81 per cent. Of the
25,710 persons engaged in trade, add
96.7 per cent. of the 4,22S persons
engaged in public service. In profess
sional service, 6,86s, or 51.9 per
cent. of the workers were males and
$3.50, or 48.1 per cent, females, a
large proportion of the females being
school teachers. Domestic and per-
sonal service was the only large field
of occupations in which the females
outnumbered the males. Here fe-
males numbered 44,694, or 1872 per
cent, and males only 9,052, or 1858
per cent, of the workers. OF the
persons pursuing clerical occupations
5,212, or 1872 per cent, were males
and 1928, or 24.S per cent, females.
Color or Race of Workers.
OF the 460,794 gainfully occupied
males in 1910, 203,216 were native
whites of native parentage, $3.50 ma
tive whites of foreign or mixed par
entage, 1920 foreign-born whites,
250,443 negroes, and las other colCr-
ed. The proportion which the gain
fully occupied males formed of all
the males 10 years of age and over
in each principal class of the popula-
tion was: For native whites of native
parentage, 84.3 per cent; for native
whites of foreign or mixed parentage,
S1.4 per cent; for foreignborn whites
90.S per cent, and for negroes, 8S.7
per cent.
Of the 267,S33 gainfully occupied
females in 1910, 64,799 were native
whites Of native parentage, 937 ma
tive whites of foreign or mixed par
entage, 440 foreign-born whites,
201,623 negroes, and "a other color
ed. The proportion which the gain
fully occupied females formed of all
the females 10 years Of age and over
in each principal class of the popula-
tion was: For native whites of native
parentage, 27.3 per cent; for native
whites of foreign or mixed parentage,
20 per cent; for foreign-born whites,
1875 per cent; and for negroes, 66.S
per cent.
Age Of Workers.
The gainfully occupied males in
1910 were distributed according to
age periods as follows: 10 to IS
years: 39,25S; IA to Is years, 27,-