TABLE LIX.-Occupations: Periods of Life of Persons engaged in Each Class, by States and Territories-1870. TABLE LIX.-Occupations: Periods of Life of Persons engaged in Each Class, by States and Territories-1870. 2,684,793, 149, 4912, 428, 147 107, 155|| 1, 191, 238 14, 472 1, 149, 042 27, 724 2,707, 421 75, 643 2, 544, 438 87, 340 42, 125 4,758 14, 435 161 13, 234 507 5,491 48 76, 112 3, 625 38, 704 1, 498 73, 629 985 33, 165 111 63 5,952 242 3 80, 122 1, 014 4 741 4,668 12 5 23, 963 588 2, 704 86, 344 3, 384 80, 554 2, 406 6 27, 357 1,240 6, 126 128 5, 807 191 11,705 98 11, 156 451 9 693 9,791 413 3,023 15 2,934 74 4,291 36 64, 083 1, 423 151, 931 80, 018 7,273 7,266 24, 386 1, 637 11 127,999 3, 026 13 712 75, 571 1,9-2 36, 517 155 35,875 47 76, 057 GOG 73, 754 1,697 14 20, 736 1, 227 15 11, 655 84, 024 65, 347 24, 306 62 683 18, 126 53 17, 797 276 16 44, 1971, 338 23,831 36, 092 25, 807 419 79, 226 122, 531 6, 703 83, 078 62, 007 2, 185 63, 326 1, 654 292, 665 13, 243 82, 637 612 18, 588 56 9,981 217 9,296 468 24 1,766 25 5 2,637 12 1,233 1,231 10, 331 8, 030 7, 431 18, 528 13, 789 46, 553 1,863 103, 322 4, 433 2,295 113 476, 775 14,551 20, 592 500 197, 010 3, 640 8, 694 40 9.26 40 27 13,740 46 28 42, 787 1, 903 29 95, 698 3, 191 30 2,142 40 31 447, 272 14,952 32 18, 688 1, 404 33 185, 260 8, 110 34 8,521 133 35 334, 933 10, 389 36 40, 382 2,184 37 12,502 887 38 8,021 5,698 2, 532 17, 510 298 16, 882 330 29, 061 519 40,882 2,894 36,571 27, 019 1, 523 39 1,417 13, 612 70 5, 317 15, 267 421 40 420 21, 032 98, 52114, 862) 22, 616 2, 153 44, 227 2,923 43 16, 699 2, 653 6, 696 138 21, 032 336 It will be observed that while the aggregate number of persons in the United States above the age of 10 is 28,288,945, only 12,505,923 are accounted for in the Tables of Occupations. An examination of the several classes into which this aggregate is divided shows that the omissions are mainly among females, and children below the age of 16 years. The adult males of the country are as fully accounted for as could be expected. Of 10,429,150 between the ages of 16 and 59, inclusive, 9,486,734 are assigned gainful TABLE LX.---Occupations: Nationality (Selected) of Persons engaged in All Classes, by States and Territories-1870. Population (a)... 22, 921, 058 1, 611, 781 1,769, 375 600, 253 134, 274 470, 476 230, 426 110, 979 9, 802, 034 836, 418 947, 234 301, 795 71,922 189,318 109,658 58, 200 The United States. Scotland. occupations; while of 989,516 above the age of 60, 634,837 are accounted for. The difference in the former period (i. e., 16 to 59) is substantially made up, first, by the number of students pursuing courses of instruction beyond the age of 16; second, by the number of persons afflicted with permanent bodily or mental infirmities disqualify ing them from participating in the industry of the country; third by the numbers of the criminal and pauper classes. The number of men of this period of life, not disabled, who are not returned as of some specific occupation, by reason of inherited wealth, or of having retired from business, is hardly important enough to be mentioned here. The difference in the latter period i. e., from 60 upwards) is accounted for by the numbers of persons respectively of the second and third classes just mentioned. France. 60,174 46,274 China and Japan. TABLE. LXI.-Occupations: Nationality (Selected) of Persons engaged in Agriculture, by States and Territories-1870. 2,694 10 34 and by the, perhaps, larger number of persons retired from active pursuits by reason of an acquired competence, of support secured from grown children, or of advanced age. Turning to the table of the occupations of females, (Vol. 1, quarto, Ninth Census,) an analysis of the numbers reported as of specified occupations in the three several periods of life, shows a curious, though probably not significant, rate of progression. In the first period, the females pursuing gainful occupations are to the males as one to three; in the second period as one to six; in the third period as one to twelve. It would not seem to be difficult to account for the females of each class who are not represented in the Tables of Occupations. The number of female children attending school during the census year, as obtained by the canvass of families, (see Remarks on School Attendance, page 448 of this volume,) was 3,180,313. Assuming, as it is probably fair to do, that two-fifths of the female children under 16 who are reported TABLE LXII.-Occupations: Nationality (Selected) of Persons engaged in Personal and Professional Services, by States and Territories-1870. as pursuing gainful occupations, are also embraced in this total of school attendance.* and, on the other hand, estimating the number of female children of this period of life belonging to the pauper, vagrant, or criminal class at 100,000, we shall have something like 500,000 school attendants among the females of the second period of life. Subtracting this from the total number of females between 16 and 59, we shall have in round numbers 9,750,000 persons, of whom only 1,594,783 appear in the Tables of Occupations, leaving, say, 8,150,000 to be accounted for. As the considerations remaining to be adduced apply equally to females of the third period of life, we may now add their number to the total already obtained, making the aggregate of females above 16 unaccounted for in the neighborhood of 9,100,000. The number of female children embraced in the Tables of Occupations has just been shown to be 191,100. Of these, 73,177 were engaged in agriculture, 1,116 in trade and transportation, 25,664 in man ufactures and mining, and 91,143 in personal services, 86,905 of the latter being employed as domestic servants. It is probably within bounds to assume that two-fifths of these were afforded facilities for attending school during some portfon of the year. |