Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-08-13
By Census Bureau at
-305, 457
Persons 10 Years or
Over Employed
Of These 20.7 Per Cent Are
WOmen-5426 Are Under Is
Years of Age-Manufacturing
Leads with 37.9 Per Cent,
While Agriculture, Forestry
And Animal Husbandry Has
1853 Per Cent.

Dent OF commerce, IHere were Suo,tot
persons 10 years OF age and over In
Maine engaged In gainful occupations
in 1910. The gainfui workers thus form
ed Ill per cent of the total population
of the state 742.371) and sos per cent
of the population 10 years of age and
over (6o3,S9 In 1909 the 216, III gain
full workers of the state formed 1913
per cent of the total population and
1873 per cent of the population 10 years
of age and over.
The male gainful workers in 1910
numbered 242.17s, or 7s.s per cent Of all
males 10 years of age and over. as
compared with 224.S47. or 1855 per cent,
in 1890. The female gainful workers in
1910 numbered s3.2s2. or 2i.3 per cent
Of all females 10 years of age and over,
as compared with $3.50. or 1876 per
cent, in 1900.
Distributors of Workers.
The 3O5,457 gainful workers in 1910
were distributed among the main
BRANCHES of occupations as follows:
Agriculture. forestry. and animal hus-
bandry. S2,247. or 2se per cent; extrac-
tIon of minerals, 1.5s6. or 0.s per cent;
manufacturing and mechanical indus
tries. 115,7sA. or s7-s per cent: transpor-
tation. 2o.s7s. or e.s per cent; trade. "a
275. or sc per cent; public service 4.ss4.
or 1.s per cent; professional service.
15.l23. or per cent: domestic and per
sonal service. 1864. or "a per cent;
and clerical occupations. ie.esS. or So
per cent.
Sex of Workers.
Of the gainful workers in 1910, 242,-
IFS, or 1913 per cent, were males and
632S2, or POI per cent, females. In ag-
rieultIre, forestry. and animal husban-
dry the males numbered 1863, or 96.S
per cent, and the females. 2,628, or 80
per cent All persons u.556) engaged in
the extraction of minerals were males.
In manufacturing and mechanical in
dustries S.34s, or 500 per cent, of the
workers were males and q, Ash. or 19.4
per cent females. Males constituted
96.4 per cent of the 20,67s persons en-
gagged in transportation. SI,4 per cent
of the 26,275 persons engaged n trade,
and 95.5 per cent of the 1884 persons
engaged in public service. In profess
sional service the females outnumber-
ed the males, the females numbering
S,409, or $50 per cent Ga large proper
ton being school teachers), and the
males 6,714, or 44.4 per cent. This was
also true Of domestic and personal ser
vice, where the females numbered
2o,sss. or 1877 per cent, and the males
only 1881, or 27s per cent. OF the per-
sons pursuing clerical occupations. 81
4S9, or "a per cent, We're males and
4,646, or 46 per cent females.
Color or Race of Workers.
OF the 242,175 gainfully occupied
males in 1910, 160,033 were native
whites of native parentage, 31,SS6 ma
tive whites of foreign or mixed par
entage, 49,251 foreign-born white, 591
negroes, and 400 other colored. The
proportion which the painfully occu-
pied males formed of all the males 10
years of age and over in each princi-
pal class of the population was: For
native whites of native parentage. 77.s
per cent; for native whites of foreign
or mixed parentage, 1913 per cent; for
foreign-b born whites, S8.s per cent; and
for negroes, 96.9 per cent.
OF the 63.2s2 gainfully occupied fe-
males in 1910, 1914 were native whites
of native parentage, 11.62s native
whites of foreign or mixed parentage,
1910 foreign born whites. 2os negroes.
and TIA 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, 1879 per
cent: for native whites OF foreign or
mixed parentage, 2s.3 per cent: for
foreign born whites, 26.4 per cent; and
for negroes. al per cent.
Age Of Workera
The gainfully occupied males in 1910
were distributed according to age Pc
RODS as follows: 10 to Is years. 6s4; II
to Is years. 3.026; Is to 20 years, 2S. 342.
II to "A years and age unknown, 1884,
$50; and Is years and over S7.440. The
proportion which the gainfully occu-
pied males formed of all males in each
age period was: For those 10 to 10
years of age. 81 per cent: for those
IA to is years of age. IS per cent; for
those 16 to 90 years of age, til per
cent: for those 81 to A years OF age,
965 per cent-that is, all but 4 men in
every 100 had gainful occupations and
for those 40 years of age and over, 84.5
per cent.
The gatnfully occupied females in
1910 were distributed according to age
periods, as follows; 10 to 13 years, f72:
IA to 10 years. 1874; 1s TO 10 years. H.
5s7: n to ~ years and age unknown,
34.4S2: and Is years and over. IA. Az.
The proportion which the gainfully &C.
cupied females formed Of all females
i'll each age period was: For those 10
to Is years of age, 0.I per cent: for
those Ia to Is years Of age. III per
cent; for those Is to 20 years of age. 80
per cent: for those Il to IA years of
age. I'll per cent: and for those 45
years Of age and over. 14T per cent.
Number Of Children at Work.
In Maine in 1sl0 there were 37t0
males and ms females 10 to Is years
of age engaged In gainfui occupations,
or. stated otherwise. IS per cent of
the males and As per cent of the fe-
males 10 to la years Of age with gain
fas workers. In 1909 there were 3Saa
males and 2aI3 females 10 to Is years