Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-12
OF
PEOPLE OF IDAHO
SHOWN IN CENSUS
Figures Given on the Voca-
tions Of the People of This
State-Data Collected in
1910.

the report on occupations recently is
sued by Director William j. Harris, of
the bureau of the census, department
of commerce, there were 1903 per-
sons 10 years of age and over in Idaho
In 1910 engaged in gainful occupa-
tons. The gainful workers thus formed
40.S per cent of the total population
of the state 1926, 594) and 52.6 per cent
of the population 10 years of age and
over (249,01S). In 1900 the 62,6SS gain
full workers of the state formed 1877
per cent of the total population and
52.S per cent of the population 10 years
of age and over.
The male gainful workers in 1910
numbered 11S,O50, or s0.4 per cent of all
males 10 years of age and over, as
compared with 5S,167 or sos per cent,
in 1900. The female gainful workers
in 1910 numbered 13,03S, or 1913 per cent
of all females 10 years of age and
over, as compared with 4,516, or "a per
cent in 1900.
Distribution of Workers.
The 131,OSS gainful workers in 1910
were distributed among the main
branches of occupations as follows:
Agriculture, forestry, and animal hus-
bandry, 5S,11S, or 443 per cent; extrac-
ton Of minerals, 6.725, or ST. per cent;
manufacturing and mechanical indus
trier 3,1S7, or III per cent; transpor
tation, 1888, or 9 per cent; trade
1856, or 81 per cent public service
1928, or .09 per cent; professional
| service, 6,732, or 81 per cent; domes-
tic and personal service. 9,344, or IL
per cent; and clerical occupations
$40, or 2.5 per cent.
Sex Of Workers.
OF the gainful workers in 1910, 49,
$50, or 90.1 per cent. were males and
S,03S, or SO per cent, females. In ag-
riculture, forestry, and animal hus-
bandry, the males numbered 56,479, :
97.2 per cent, and the females 1883
or % per cent. Practically all
6,721, or 99.s per cent-of the persons
engaged in the extraction of minerals
were males. In manufacturing and
mechanical industries, 1854, or 93.f
per cent, of the workers were males
and 1893. or GA per cent, females
Males constituted 81 per cent of the
11,SS3 persons engaged in transpor-
tation, 90.4 per cent of the 1856 pei
sons engaged in trade, and sc per cent
of the 1928 persons engaged in pub
| lie service. In professional service
4,253, or $50 per cent, of the workers
were males and 2,479. or 36.8 per cent
females. large proportion of the fe-
males being school teachers. Domestic
and personal service was the only large
field of occupations in which the fe-
Il 1. ~.
females numbered 4,S4s, or $40 per
cent, and males only 4,496, or 4S,1 pei
cent of the workers. OF the persons
pursuing clerical occupations, 2.SO1, OF
$50 per cent, were males and 1889 OF
31.1 per cent, females.
Color or Race of Workers.
OF the 11S,05o gainfully occupied
males in 1910, 63, 536 were native whites
of native parentage, 25,4s4 native
whites of foreign or mixed parentage
25.s57 foreign-born whites. 1856 negroes
and 2,S3s other colored. The proper
ton 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, 76.7 per cent; for ma
tage, 1876 per cent; for foreign born
whites, 93.4 per cent; and for negroes
90 per cent.
OF the 1903 gainfully occupied fe-
males in 1910, 1914 were native whites
of native parentage, 3.474 native whites
Of foreign or mixed parentage, 1911
foreign born whites, 106 negroes, and
10 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 population was: For native
whites of native parentage, 1875 per
cent: for native whites Of foreign or
mixed parentage 1873 per cent; for
foreign born whites, 1872 per cent; and
for negroes. 49.5 per cent
Age Of Workers.
The gainfully occupied males IN 1910
were distributed according to age per-
iods, as follows: 10 to 10 years, 931 .
IA to Is years, 1,493. 16 to 20 years,
Hip; 21 to "A years, and age IN
known, 1881 and IS years and over,
80, 1903. The proportion which the gain
fully occupied males formed Of all
males in each age period was For
those 10 TO IS years of age. per cent;
for those IA to Is years of age. 23.s
per cent; for those 16 to 20 years of
age. 6S1 per cent; for those 81 to A
years of age. 96.5 per cent-that is, all
but men in every 100 had gainful
occupations: and for those As years OF
age and over SO per cent
The gainfully occupied females in
1910 were distributed according to age
periods, as follows: 10 TO 10 years, 81;
1 IA to 10 years, III: 16 to 20 years
| 2,596; 81 to A years, and age unknown
1886: and As years and over, 2,292
The proportion which the gainfully oc-
cupied females formed of all females
in each age period was: For those 10
to 10 years of age, 6.s per cent for
those IA to Is years of age, per cent.