OCCUPATIONS OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES. THE tables of the Census of 1870 exhibit interesting statistics on the employments which divide the industry of our people. The population of the United States over ten years of age was shown to amount to 28,228,945, of which number 14,258,860 were males. There were returned as engaged in all classes of occupations a total of 12,505,923, of which number 10,669,635 were males, and 1,836,288 females. In the census of occupations it will be seen that by far the greater number of inhabitants over ten years of age were returned as engaged in some class of labor. Grouping the results of the more detailed table of diversified occupations to be found below, it is shown that they were distributed in the following four great classes of occupations, namely: Engaged in Agriculture... 5,922,471 Engaged in Manufactures and Mechanical and Mining Industries. 2,707,421 Total.. 2,684,793 1,191,238 .12,505,923 It will be seen that the pursuits of agriculture occupy 46.31 per cent, or something less than half the population; manufacturing industries, 21.64 per cent of all classes of occupations; professional and personal services, 21.46 per cent; and trade and transportation 9.53 per cent of the whole, or less than one tenth. I.-OCCUPATIONS OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES. [From the Returns of the United States Census, 1870.] |