Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-08-13

Washington, y. c., Aug 11.-Ac-
cordinR to the report on occupations
recently issued by Director William ]
Harris. of the bureau of the census,
department of commerce, there were
1i4,0S9 persons 10 years Of age and
over in Vermont engaged in gainful
occupations in 1910. The gainful
workers thus formed 4O5 per cent. of
the total population of the State (355.-
$3.50 and 49S per cent. of the popula-
ton 10 years of age and over C2s9.-
1881. In 1900 the 134.933 gainful
workers of the State formed 1913 per
cent. of the total population anw Asa
per cent. Of the population 10 years of
age and over.
The male gainful workers in 1910
numbered 1881, or 77.9 per cent. Of
all males 10 years of age and over. as
compared with 112,1S1 or 1871 per
cent, In 1900. The female galnful
workers In 1910 numbered 2s.3Os or
2o.2 per cent. of all females 10 years
of age and over, as compared with
22.752, or 1871 per cent. in 1900
DISTRIBUTION OF WORKERS.
The 144.Os9 gainful workers in 1910
were distributed among the main
branches of occupations as follows:
Agriculture, forestry. and animal hus-
bandry, 1850, or 344 per cent; ex-
traction of minerals, 2,514, or IL per
cent; manufacturing and mechanical
Industries, 44O94, or sos per cent. :
transportation. S,47O, or 90 per cent ;
trade 1887. or rs per cent: public
service, 1915, of 1.3 per cent; profess
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domestic and personal service, 1925.
or 1915 per cent; and clerical occupa-
TONS 4,o61 or rs per cent.
SEX OF WORKERS.
| or the gainful workers in 1910, lis, ISL, or
So4 per cent, were males and s,30S or 10 6
per cent. females. In agriculture, fores-
try, and animal husbandry. the males
| numbered 4S'l65, or 97.1 per cent and the
females 1,43i or 80 per cent. All the per-
sons COLD engaged IN the extraction OF
minerals were males. In nufacturng
ana mechanical Industries 81 1888 or S43
per cent. of the workers We're males and
694l' or 81 per cent. females Males
| constituted $40 per cent. of the $40 per-
sons engaged in transportation 50 per
cent of the 1887 persons engaged in
trade and $40 per cent. Of the 1.9i5 per-
sons engaged in public service. In profess
sional service the females outnumbered
the males, the females numbering 4,037,
or 30 per cent. IA large proportion being
school teachers. and the males 3. 297, or IS
per cent. This was also true Of domestic
and personal service. where the females
| numbered 1881 or ST. per cent. and the
males only 1854, or 1s,9 per cent. OF the
persons pursuing clerical occupations,
30. or go per cent. were males and
1S21. or AS per cent. females,
COLOR OR RACE OF WORKERS.
OF the 1157s1 gainfully occupied males
In 1910, 7o,4S6 were native whites OF native
parentage, 21,267 native whites of foreign
or mixed parentage, 22,9SS foreign-born
whites, 1922 negroes, and Is other colored.
The proportion which the galnfully occu-
pied males formed OF all the males 1C
years of age and over in each principal
class of the population was: For native
whites of native parentage. 75.9 per
cent; for native whites of foreign or
mixed parentage, 76.1 per cent; for for
eign-born whites, S5.7 per cent; and for
negroes, 1913 per cent.
OF the 2S. SOs gainfullv occupied females
in 1910 1886 were native whites of native
| pdItDldBt, h,jno llttllNt VIII OF lOTelell VI
mixed parentage, 4125 foreign borr
whites, 1913 negroes, and other colored
The proportion which the ganfully occu,
pied females formed Of all the females II
years of age and over in each principa
class of the population was: For native
whites of native parentage, 1873 per cent
for native whites Of foreign or mixed par
entage, 2!.2 per cent; for foreign-borr
whites 1913 per cent; and for negroes
80 per cent
AGE OF WORKERS.
The painfully occupied males II
1910 were distributed according e
, age periods as follows; 10 to 10 years
455; Ia to Is years, 1,512; 10 to q
years, 1881; 81 to A years, and age
unknown, 61,09s; and 45 years anC
over, 40,SS5. The proportion which
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