The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-14
Eainful Workers For 49.8 Per
Cent Of Population 10 Years
Of Age and Over
3.S PER CENT ARE
MALES, 1877 FEMALES
department of Commerce Makes
Public Statistics From Last
Census
RAYMOND W. PULLMAN.
Vines Washington Bureaa. No. Z

am J. Harris, OF the Bureau Of the
ensus, Department of Commerce,
ere were l.112,sss persons 10 years
age and over In Michigan In 1910
hgaged In gainful occupations. The
binful workers thus formed 1916 per
tate (2,810,173), and 49.8 per cent OF
e population 10 years OF age and
ker l2.236.252l. = In 1900 the 905.990
sinful workers Of the state formed
a per cent Of the total population
nd AIS per cent Of the population
years Of age and over.
The male gainful workers In 1910
numbered s26,815. or 1915 per cent OF
j males 10 years OF age and over.
compared with 1929, or 1876 per
lint, in 1900. The female gainful
orkers In 1910 numbered 1888, OF
~ per cent Of all females 10 years
age and over, as compared with
1851, or 14.6 per cent, In 1900.
Distribution Of Workers.
The 1,112,998 gainful workers In
bio were distributed among the
lain branches OF occupations as fol-
Tvs: Agriculture, forestry, and ami
al husbandry, 335.S25. or 30.2 per
bnt; extraction of minerals. 36.502,
3.3 per cent; manufacturing and
echanical industries, 362,4l4, or
e.6 per cent; transportation, 70,480,
So per cent; trade, 104,414, or ga
er cent; public service, 1885, or 1
er cent: professional service, 51.564,
as per cent; domestic and per-
bnal service, 1889, or So per cent:
nd clerical occupations, 48,474, or
4 per cent.
Sex Of Workers.
or the gainful workers In 1910,
26,S15, or 1913 per cent, were males
nd 1876, 1873, or 1877 per cent, females.
agriculture, forestry and animal
lrsbandry the males numbered $685.
56. or 96.9 per cent. and the females
b,A96. or 81 per cent Practically
il-36,3S2, or 99.7 per cent-of the
ersons engaged in the extraction Of
Minerals we're males. In manufac-
bring and mechanical industries
~. 403,. or 86.5 per cent, of the work
rs were males and 4s,011. or 1876 per
ent females. Males constituted-84.3
er cent of the 70,4S0 persons en-
legged In transportation, S5.5 per cent
( the 104.414 persons engaged In
Fade, and 81 per cent OF the 1855
ersons engaged In public service. In
Professional service 25,S45. or SOL
Ter cent of the workers were males
Ind 25.719 or 1913 per cent, females,
large proportion of the females be-
hg school tetachers. Domestic and
PERSONAL service was the only large
eld of occupations In which the
emales outnumbered the males. Here
emales numbered 61,958, or 67.6 per
ent, and males only 29,731, or 32.4
Ter cent, OF the workers. or the
ersons pursuing clerical occupa-
ions, 5000, or so per cent. were
males and 1884, or 40 per cent,
FEMALES.
Color or Race OF Workers.
| OF the 926.815 gainfully occupied
males In 1910, $685. were native
whites OF native parentage, 267,457
native whites Of foreign or mixed
barentage, 294,378 foreign-born
whites, 6.511 Negroes. and 1884
bther colored. The proportion which
The gainfully occupied males formed
bf all the males 10 years Of age and
Ir/er In each principal class Of the
liquidation was: For native whites
bf native parentage 1871 per cent;
For native whites Of foreign or mixed
barentage, 74.9 per cent; for foreign
born whites, 90.4 per cent; and for
degrees, 84.3 per cent.
females In 1910, 70,407 were native
whites Of native parentage, 75.107 ma
Live whites of foreign or mixed par.
entage. 38.0S3 foreign-born whites
Elsa negroes. and 453 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 popula-
lion was: For native whites of ma
live parentage, 1871 per cent: for ma
tive whites of foreign or mixed par.
'sntage, 200 per cent; for foreign
born whites, Is per cent; and for
Negroes, 31.2 per cent
Age Of Workers.
The painfully occupied males In
1910 were distributed according to
age period, as follows: 10 to 13
years, 3,217; IA to Is years. 1925;
Is to 20 years, 105,446; 81 to A
years, and age unknown. 522,116;
and Is years and over, 2S4,741. The
proportion which the gainfully occu-
pled males formed OF all males In
each age period was: For those 10 to
IS years Of age, 81 per cent; fc-
those IA to 15 wears Of age. % per
cent; for those is to 20 years Of age,
1871 per cent: for those FL to A
years Of age. 97.3 per cent--that Is,
all but three men In every 100 had
gainful occupations: and for those 45
years Of age and over, IS. Il per cent.
The gainfuiiy occupied females In
1910 we're distributed according to
age periods as follows: 10 to Is
years, 473; IA to 10 years, 4,308: lie
fe5 20 years, 49.495: FL to A years.
and age unknown, 100,6S6; and As
years and over. 1921. The proper
ton which the gainfully occupied
females formed Of all females In each
age period was: For those 10 to 10
years OF age. o.. per cent: for those
II to Is years Of age, So per cent;
Cor those is to 20 years Of age. SO. 8
per cent: for those Fl to A years OF
age. EOS per cent: and for those 40
years Of age and over. 10. per cent.
Number Of Children a. Work.
In Michigan In 1910 there were H..
az males and 4,781 females 10 to Is
years Of age engaged In gainful oc-
equations: or, stated otherwise, 9.3
per cent Of the males and 81 per
csntlof the females 10 TO- - years
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