The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1921-08-27
ALASKANS ARE
 CLASSIFIED
Department of Commerce, Through Census Bureau Gives Out
 Occupation Statement

of Che Census. Department of Com morco. has issued general occupation statistics for Alasko These figures are preliminary and subject to cor recuon The detailed statistics cove criug Che number of persons engaged i'm each occupation win bo given in Che occupation bulletin for Alaska. Col bc issued about Che drst Of October
 According Go Che returns Of tho| Fourteenth Census. taken as Of Jon- mary !. 1920. thcro were 26.797 persons ten years of age and over i'm Alaska engaged u gainful occu- nauons. constituting lS.7 per cent of Che total population ot Che ter rtory O55.O3Gl and Gl.2 per cent of| Che population tO years Of age and over l3.TGSl. At Che census of| I9I0. Che 10O78 eaiuful workers constituted 6g.G per cent Of Che total population of Ono territory and 72.s per cent Of thc population 70 years oI ago and over.
 or Che aIuml workers of Alash" tn 1920. 2I1Ie. or 92.2 per cont vere males and 2OS5. or 7S per cont vcrc females The male gain- u workers constituted S5A per cent ol an males I0 years Of age and over m 1920. as against 93.3 per cent n i9lO. while Che female saiu- ml workers constituted 1l1 per cont or oU females 10 years Of age and .oyer in 1920. as against l2.f| per cont m 1910.
 or Che ea.um. workers or Alaska in 1920. 5.2S6. or 19.7 per cent wore engaged u agriculture. forestry and animal busbandry; 5.2S7. or| Is.1 per ccut in extraction ot min- ouIs. IaaS. or lc2 per cent iu| manufacturing and mechanical incl Iu.trIe. e.aHa. or S.9 per cent. in| transportation. IagO. or 5.2 per cent m trade. Ia2I or l9 DOT cent u| public seruce. LOTS. or per cent m professional service. 5.O5a. or| IS.9 DOT cent in domestic and per- .on.I s.rr... and GAS. or 2t per .on. u clerical occupations or One lUU-a umul workers of Alaska iu IafU. I55s. or IIf per cent. were .ruroJ i'm agriculture forestry. and animal huabandrv li312. or 2S.4. DOT oout Iu extraction oi minerals, gIcf. or ge.a per oout in mauulac- turing and mechanical udustrici s.I>-. or S.1 per cent In tuuspor uou. f1.e. or a.G per cont iu trade. If1U. or a1 per cent iu| public service. I.I2s. or 2.S DOT cout i'm roio. Ioual service; 6.732. or| ts.S per cont iu domestic and per- .ona service. and 1l0 or 1.S per. e.ut m clerical occupations
 Distributed by color OF race. na- Huy and rarenarc. native white. persons of native paronaee cousu-| mtcd 5.aSi or 22.s per cent Of thc. mumI workers in 1920; native. white persons ol foreign or mixed narmuee s.f5a. or 1929 per cent; .ore.eu-boru white persons. 9.91. or' al.a DOT cont. Indians. G.SS2. or 25.7 per cont. and Chinese. Japanese. Ncrroc and an others. l9O. or Isl DOT ceat In 1910 thc distribution ot Che saIuml workers by color or. race. nativity and percentage was as.
 follows Native whites ot uatiyo| percentage. 1S57. or 1926 per cent; native whites or foreign or mixed parcutaec. 5OfO. or I2.5 per cent, .ore.ru-bou whites. 16.545. or 4l.3| per ccut Indians. S.12l. or 2O.3 per cent. and Chinese Japanese Negroes and au others 2537. or 6.5 per .onl or Che goo workers in thc| "Chncsc. Japanese. Ncuo. and an other" group n 1920. 53 were Ch.-| uc.c. 25I were Japanese S9 were Negroes aud 97 wcrc Of other races
 The 26191 saiuful workers of Alaska u 1920 were distributed by age periods as follows. 70 to 13| years. 2I or ouc-tonth of 1 per cent. lf Go 10 years. 99. or four tcnths oi per cent. 16 to 17 years. 5l7. or l.2 per cent. IS to 19 years. 6o7. oi 2.a per cent; 20 to 20 years. 2.045. or 76 per cents 20 to tf| years. l8.f23. or 50.1 per cont. i5| Go 6l years. BOSS or 3a.9. per cent; 65 yoar and oycr i,035. or 3.9 perl cent. and age unknown. 159, or six-| tenth O lone per cent
 or married persons 15 years of| age and over in Alaska in 1920. 55| per cont were ganmy occupied Tho percentages eainully occupied for married males and females 15| years Of age and oyer were 94.6 and 5.I. respectively