Show OCCUPATION A TION STATISTICS Various Occupations in United States Classified by U. U S. S Census Census Census Cen Cen- sus Bureau Three leading leadin conclusions may be gathered from the occupation on statistics statistics statis- statis tics lies Just given out by the census bureau namely that the proportion of the population tion of the United States Slates engaged In gainful occupations is Increasing in increasing increasing In- In creasing that the increase has etly elly been most rapid in recent years vears and that the proportion of gainful workers in the female ilion nas has Increased at al a considerably more rapid rapid rapid rap rap- id rate rale than that among the males of the country In the tho census year 1910 there were vere persons 10 l 1 years of age and over engaged In gainful occupations In the United States Stales Including Alaska Hawaii Porto Rico and the military ana ano naval stations abroad These workers formed 41 per cent or the total population enumerated at that census namely The atlo atio was practically the Iho same for the continental United States alone The total population there was and the gainful workers numbered number number- ed cd or almost per her ent enl whim while they the formed per Iler peront ont of oC the population 10 years of ige and over namely numbered which was per cent of ot all males and per cent of those 10 years rears of ige ge and over The females engaged in gainful occupations numbered which was per Ier cent ceni of Df all females and per Iler cent ent of the females 10 years of oC age and overTo over To lo put thin the matter mailer more marc briefly of 11 ii persons 10 years of age and over in Ui 1910 more than one half had gainful and the Iho gainful comprised over four Cour out of o five of the males and almost jno no out of every four Caul of the females As has been indica indicated tell above the given represent Increases es s as compared with preceding census cen cen- sus lus years ears The proportion of gainful gain gain- rul ful workers worl to lo the whole population per cent represents represents ai an advance ad ad- ance vance compared with the lie percentage for the year 1880 which which wae vae per cent of the male nab population engaged In gainful occupations increased from per percent percent cent ent in 1880 to per cent in 1910 while the proportion of the female population increased during thin the same fr from m to per cent rent The rue proportion of oC the lie population ten len ears of oC ago age and over engaged in gainful gainful gain gain- ful ml occupations increased from ocr ncr cent In 1880 to lo per cent In 1910 in this Ibis case as in that of thin the of or the number of gainful workers to lo thin the population as ns a whole the Increase was less rapid in the thin do tie cade cado from 1890 to 1900 and most marked marled In the decade from 1900 to 1910 The proportion of the male population ten years of age ae andover and andover over gainfully occupied Increased from per cent in 1850 to lo per cent in 1910 while the proportion of gainful workers in the lie female population pop POP- ten years cars of oC age ago and over in increased increased increased in- in creased from to per cent As will bo be seen by hy comparing these figures of Increase in the tIle proportion of tho the fernalo population gainfully ily employed was considerably greater than then that in the proportion of the male population Or ur a total 01 of persons engaged In gain gaiu- Cul ul til occupations In 1910 the lie males m as his has been heen said above 30 or per ier cent while the females numbered or per ver cent Among the persons gainfully oc- oc those engaged 1 In agriculture forestry and animal husbandry led ledall ledall all nil thin the rest resl comprising per cent or nearly third one-third ot oE the total Manufacturing and mechanical Industries Industries in industries In- In gave employment to the next largest body bady of workers comprising per cent or over one fourth of the engaged In these two g general divisions of occupations therefore included over oer three-fifths three of all nil the gainful workers The remaining remaining remaining re re- re- re two-fifths two were distributed among the Iho other seven large classes of namely the e traction extraction of minerals transportation trade public service professional service domestic and personal service and occupations None no of these employ employ- L menis i u u r u I meat ment to as many as 10 per cent of all gainful workers For the tho males maIm agriculture forestry and animal husbandry gave employment to the largest proportion of or gainful workers workers work work- ers namely per cent manufacturing manufacturing manufacturing manu manu- and mechanical Industries ranking second with per cot cat Domestici and personal service furnished furnished furnished fur fur- the thin principal field or employment employment employ ment for female workers wr pr r cent of them being engaged In In- that Hint branch of occupation as compared with 4 per cent In agriculture forestry for for- forestry and 22 S 'S Sper estry and animal husbandry per cent In manufacturing an 1 mechanical mechanical me me- Indu Industries The Tho number engaged In 10 the tho lye tive industries were as follows namely In agriculture and ind nd animal husbandry males and s l in ft I the extraction of at minerals O nales Annies ind nd 1094 females In manufacturing ing lag and mechanical 3 males ad In transportation males and females la is 2 nales and f r m mn In public service 44 males a and 1 S females in professional service in domestic and personal service males and females males and females fe- fe females females fe fe- males and In clerical occupations males and females It will be seen seea from an inspection of the tho figures here given that in 1910 domestic and personal service was the thin only general division of at occupations occupations occupations In which the females outnumbered outnumbered outnumbered out out- numbered the males tho the proportion being more than two women to one man In ha professional service there were four to five men A large proportion of the women were wore teachers In clerical occupations third one-third of the tho persons were women in manufacturing and mechanical Industries sixth one-sixth in agriculture forestry forestry and animal husbandry seventh one-seventh and andIn andIn andIn In trade trado one On the other hand women constituted only 4 per percent percent percent cent of the tue persons engaged In trans trans- 3 per her cent of those In public service and only tenth one of or 1 per cent of ot those engaged In th the extraction of minerals |