The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-08-13
OCCUPATIONS IN IOWA.

OCCUPATIONS IN IOWA.
OcCording to the Report on OcCupa-
lions recently issued by Director Will
lam J. Harris, of the Bureau of the
Census, department of commerce.
there were S26,313 persons 10 years
of age and over in Iowa in 1910 en-
gagged in gainful occupations, The
gainful workers thus formed 81 per
cent of the total population of the
state C2.224.77D and 46.9 per cent OF
the population 10 years of age and
over 0,760,2S6). In 1900 the 789,4V4
gainful workers of the state formed
1854 per cent of the total population
and 46.1 per cent of the population
10 years of age and over.
The male gainful workers in 1910
numbered ga 99, or TIC per cent OF
all males 10 years of age and over, as
compared with 6S2,521, or I6.4 per
cent. in 1890 The female gaintui
workers in 1910 numbered 1854, or
1915 per cent of all females 10 years
of age or over. as compared with
lO6. 1888, or 1871 per cent in 1900.
The S26,313 gainful workers in 1910
we're distributed among 'the main
branches of occupation as follows:
Agriculture. forestry and animal hus'
bandry, 354. 499, or 42.9 per cent; eX-
traction of minerals. 15,72S, or 10 per
cent: manufacturing and mechanical
industries. S,107. or 1911 per cent;
Transportation, 65.123, or 10 per cent;
trade, S5,OS7, or 90 per cent; probes
sional service, 49,SO7, or 6 per cent;
domestic and personal service, 64,S42
or rs per cent; and clerical occupa'
lions, 26,059. or 80 per cent.
OF the gainful workers in 1910, 694!;
1919 or S4.1 per cent. were males and
49, 14. or 1879 per cent females.
In agriculture, forestry and animal
husbandry, the males numbered 344,'
| 942. or 97.3 per cent, and the females
1857. or 81 per sent. Practically all
1916, or 99.9 per cent of the persons
engaged in the extraction of minerals
were males. In manufacturing and
mechanical industries 1854, or S4.5
per cent, of the workers were males
and 24,466 or 1875 per cent females.
Males constituted 95.1 per cent
of the 65, 1913 persons engaged in trans.
portation, $751; per cent of the S5,oSI
persons engaged in trade, and S3.2
per cent of the 1851 persons engaged
in public service. In professional ser
vice the females outnumbered the
males, the females numbering 228.o64
or So per cent "a large proportion
being school teaChers), and the males
! 2O,943. or AZ per cent. This was also
| true of domestic and personal ser
vice, where the females numbered
44.031. or 679 per cent, and the males
only 2O,811, or 32.1 per cent. OF thu
persons pursuing clerical occupations
| 1921. or JS.5 per cent were male!
and 1O,8O2, or AIS per cent females
or the 694,799 gainfully occupied
males in 1910. 3j8.014 we're native
whites of native parentage, 2O1.46l
native whites of foreign or mixed pa
rentage, 1916 foreign-born whites
| 5,843 negroes, and 800 other cOlOred
The proportion which the gainfully oC
cupied males formed of all the males
! 10 years of age or over in each prin
cipal class of the population was
| For native whites of native parentagt
1923 per cent; for native whites o.
foreign or mixed parentage, ~ pei
cent; for foreign-born whites, 83.2 pei
cent, and for negroes, SIS per cent.
OF the 1854 gainfully occupied fe
males in 1910, 70.976 were native
whites of foreign or mixed parentage
12,807 foreign born whites, 1871 ne
groes, and Is other colored The pro
portion which the gainfully occupied
| females formed of all the females II
wears of age and over in each prin
| cipal class of the population was
| For native whites of native parent
age, 1871 per cent; for native whites
of foreign or mixed parentage, IL!
per cent; for foreign. born whites, IL;
per cent, and for negroes, 80 per cent
\ 4he gainfully occupied males II
1910 were distributed according t.
age periods, as follows: 10 to 1;
years, 1855; IA to Is years, 1872
Is to 20 years, S4,1S3; II to A years
and age unknown. 391, 743, and A.
years and over, 1906. The proper
ton which the gainfully occupied
males formed of all males in eaCl
age period was: For those 10 to 1;
years OF age, &c per cent; for those
| IA to Is years of age, 33.4 per cent
for those Is to 20 years of age, 73.I
per cent; for those q to ~ years o.
age. 95.S. per cent-that is. all but
men in every 100 had gainful occupa
tons; and for those as years of age
and over. IT'S per cent.
| The gainfully occupied females IL
1910 were distributed according tc
age periods, as follows: 10 to 13 years
e28; IA to IS years, $3.50; 16 to q
years, 1880; n to A years, and age
unknown, 1925. and As years ant
over, 21.00S. The proportion whici
the gainfully occupied females form
ed of all females in each age period
was: For those 10 TO Is years of age
SIS per cent: for those 16 to 20 years
Of age, 29.1 per cent; for those 81 Il
"A years Of age, 1875 per cent, and fol
those As years of age and over, 81
per cent.
In Iowa In 1910 there we're 20,77i
males and 3,60S females 10 to 1:
years of age engaged in gainful oecu
pations;, or. stated otherwise, 1876 pei
cent OF the males, and 81 per cent o.
the females 10 to Is years OF age wers
gainful workers. In 1900 there were
24,564 males and 1916 females 10 e
Is years OF age engaged in gainful oc
equations, which was 1863 per cen
i of all males and "a per cent of al