Evening journal., 1914-08-10
employment
OF DELAWAREANS
OF Gainful Workers 1856
Are Females Census
Bureau Reports
WORKERS
IN ALL BRANCHES


cordng to the Report on Occupations
recently issued by Director William j.
Harris, OF the Bureau OF the Census, De-
partmcnt OF Commerce, there were s.,
sos persons 10 years OF age and over in
Delaware engaged in gainful occupa
tions in 1910. The gaintul workers thus
formed 42.4 per cent. of the total pop
ulation of the state t2O2322) and ~. Z
per cent. OF the population 10 years of
age and over ll63OoOl. In 1900 the ~,
sy6 gaintul workers of the state formed
$40 per cent. Of the total poulation and
BOZ per cent. OF the population 10 years
OF age and over.
The male gainful workers in 1910
numbered 6S,3l7, or ol.5 per cent. of all
males 10 years Of age and over, as
compared with 60.025, or SO7 per cent.
in 1900. The female gainful workers
IN 1910 numbered 1886, or 22.l Der
cent. of all females 10 years of age and
over as compared with 1872, or 1872
per cent, in 1900.
The 50 SG3 gainful workers in 1910
were distributed among the main
branches of occupations as follows: Az.
riculture, forestry, and animal husband
ry, 1920, or 27.l per cent; extraction
OF minerals, 327, or GA per cent; man
utactwing and mechanical industries,
29,9Os, or 34.S per cent; transportation
O,Ol3, OF per cent; trade, 7,444, or 81
per cent; public service, 400, or IL
per cent; professional service, 3.447, or
a per cent; domestic and personal ser
vice, lO,O32, or H. per cent; and cler-
ical occupations, 3.0l7, or 40 per cent.
OF the gainful workers in 1910, 6S,-
S17, or 1916 per cent, we're males and
1856, or 20.4 per cent. females. In
agriculture, forestry, and animal hus-
bandry the males numbered 22.191, or
95.3 per cent, and the females 1888.
OF AZ per cent All persons (327) en-
gagged In the extraction Of minerals
we're males. In manufacturing and
mechanical industries 25,523, or $50
per cent. or the workers were males
and 1885, OF 14.7 per cent females.
Males constituted 97.7 per cent. of the
Sob persons engaged in transporta-
ton, Sl.9 per cent. Of the 7.444 per-
sons engaged in trade, and 9S.5 per
cent of the /, 1876 persons engaged in
public service. In professional ser
vice, 1913, or 55.5 per cent. of the
workers we're males and 1884, or 44.5
per cent females, large proportion
OF the females being school teachers.
domestic and personal service was
the only large field Of occupations in
which the females outnumbered the
males. Here females numbered 1887
or us per cent. and males only 2.245
or pa per cent. of the workers. or
the persons pursuing clerical occupa-
lions, 1863, or 6S.1 per cent. were
males and l,24S, or 31.9 per cent. fe-
males.
oi the 6s,3l7 gainfully occupied males
IN 1910, 4l,5O3 were native whites of
native parentage, 1873 natives whites
OF foreign or mixed parentage, s,s9s for
elgn-born whites, l0.5l2 negroes. and 81
other colored. The proportion which the
gainfuiiy occupied males formed of all
the males 10 years of age and over i'm
each principal class of the population
was; For native whites of native pa-
rentage SUI per cent, for native whites
OF foreign or mixed parentage 7s.s per
cent, Tor foreign-born whites 9lg Der
cent, and for negroes SIG per cent.
VI the 1886 gainfully occupied fe-
males IN 1910, S,423 were native whites
OF native parentage, 2.466 native whites
OF foreign or mixed parfentage, l.343
foreign born whites, 5,3l3 negroes, and
/ 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 pop.
ulation was; For native whites of ma
tive parentage, 1877 per cent; for native
whites Of foreign or mixed parentape.
256 per cent; for foreign born whites.
1873 per cents and for negroes, 44.7 per
cent.
Age Of Workers.
The gainfully occupied males in 1910
were distributed according TO age peri.
DDS as follows: 10 TO lS wears. I, Os4;
Ia 20 Is years, Lib; 10 10 20 wears
SIG; p TO "A years, and age unknown.
81 ,33l; and as years and over 2Ol17.
The proportion which the gainfullv oc.
cupied males formed of all males in
each age period was; For those 10 TO
IL years of age. 1873 per cent; for
those IA TO Is years Of age, 42.3 per
cent; for those rs TO 90 years of age.
SOC per cent; for those 81 TO ~ years
Of age, 96.3 per cent-that is, ali but
men in every 100 had gainful occu-
pations; and for those as years of age
and over, 81 per cent.
The gainfully occupied females in
1910 were distributed according 70
age periods as follows: 10 to 13
years, ESQ; IA 20 Is years, 643: Is TO
20 years, 3,773; 81 TO "A years. and age
unknown. 9,2S1: and As years and
over, 1859. The proportion which the
gainfully occupied females formed of
all females In each age period was:
For those 10 to 10 years OF age, 3.5 per
cent; for those Ia TO IS years Of age.
1858 per cent; for those 16 to 20 years
OF age, 1873 per cent; for those q 70
a years of age, 25.6 per cent, and for
those As years Of age and over, 1862
per cent. ''~
In Delaware, in 1910. there we're
2,753 males and 903 females 70 20 10
years of age engaged in gainful occu-
pations; or, stated otherwise, 1913 per
cent. of the males and per cent. Of
the females 10 to Is years Of age. we're
gainful workers. In 1900 there were
2,73l males and 1.07S females, 10 TO Is
years Of age engaged in gainful occu-
pations. which was PA per cent. of all
males and 9.S per cent of all females
10 TO 10 years OF age.
The principal occupations followed
by the males and the females. respec-
lively. in Delaware in 1910. were as
follows:
Males.
Apprentices :................ 451
BARRIERS, hairdressers and mani
curists ...................... 374-
BBlaS,k1smltns ......:............ Gil
bookkeepers, cashiers and ac-
countants Eor