Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1914-08-14

females being school teachers. Do
nestle aud personal service was the
only large field of occupations in
which the females Outnumbered the
males. Here females numbered s.
3O4. Or 62.7 per cent, and males only
3.l54, or T.3 per cent of the work
ers. OF the persons pursuing cleri-
cal occupations, 1926, or 74.5 per
cent were males and 52l, or 25.5
per cent females.
COLOR OR RACE OF WORKERS
OF the l06.4l8 gainfully occupied
males in 1910. 79,l59 were native
whites of native parentage, 7,770
native whites of foreign or mixed
"arentage, 1908 foreign born
whites, 672 negroes. and 5.794 other
colored. The proportion which the
gainfully occupied males formed of
all the males 10 years of age and
over in each principal class OF the
population was: For native whites
Of native parentage, 100 per cent !;
for native whites of foreign or mix
ed parentage, 1874 per cent; for for
eign-born whites, 92.3 per cent; and
for negroes, S7.7 per cent.
OF the 1909 gainfully occupied
females in 1910. 1922 were native
whites of native parentage, 1883 ma
tive whites of foreign or mixed par
entage, 873 foreign-born whites, PAT
negroes, and 1854 other colored
The proportion which the gainfully
occupied females formed of all the
females 10 years Of age and over
in each principal class of the popu-
lation was: For native whites of
native parentage. III per cent; for
native whites of foreign or mixed
parentaee. 1872 per cent; for for
eign-born whites. 1913 per cent; and
for negroes, 42.7 per cent.
AGE OF WORKERS
The gainfully occupied males in
1910 were distributed according to
age periods as follows: 10 to ID
years, 1902; IA to 10 years, 2,64O;
10 to 20 years, l2,l44; 81 to "A
years and age unknown, 81 1888; and
45 years and over, 28,249. The pro-
portion which the gainfully occupied
males formed Of all males in each
age period was: For those 10 to -
years Of age, 1873 per cent; for those
IA to Is years Of age, 39.4 per cent !;
for those 10 to 20 years of age, TAI
per cent; for those 81 to A years
Of age, 1868 per cent-that is, all but
4 men in every 100 had gainful occu-
pations; and for those 45 years Of
age and over, 90.6 per cent.
The gainfully occupied females in
1910 were distributed according to
age periods us follows: 10 to l3
years, 800; IA to 10 years, 474; 10
to 20 years, 1884; q to A years
and age unknown, SLAB; and 10
wears and over, 3,548. The proper
ton which the gainfully occupied fe-
males formed of all females in each
age period was: For those 10 to l3
years of age, 30 per cent; for those
IA to Is years of age, IA per cent
for those 10 to 20 years of age, 1913
per cent; for those 81 to "A years OF
age, 1873 per cent; and for those 40
years of age and over. 1875 per cent.
NUMBER CHILDREN AT WORK
In New Mexico in 1910 there were
4,942 males and 1854 females 10 to
Is years of age engaged in gainful
occupations: or. stated otherwise,
1871 per cent Of the males, and Az
per cent of the females 10 to 10
wears Of age were gainful workers.
In 1900 there were 1887 males and
544 females 10 to 10 years of age
engaged in gainful occupations,
which was 22.6 per cent OF all males
and AZ per cent of all females 10 ia
10 years Ut age.