296  READINGS  IN  AMERICAN  DEMOCRACY

Pri^;cifal    Occupations   of  Negeoes — 1910
Occupations  of  Males     ■


Occupations


Number


Occupations


Number


Total  breadwinners 3,178,554

Farm  laborers 981,922

Farmers 798,509

Laborers,  building  trades .  166,374

Laborers,  sawmills 91,181

Laborers,  railroads 86,380

Porters,  not  in  stores.  ...  51,471

Draymen  and  teamsters.  50,689

Coal-mine  operatives.  .  .  .  39,530

Laborers,  in  stores.  .....  36,906

Waiters 35,664

Laborers,  road  building.  .  33,914

Cooks 32,453

Deliverymen,  stores 30,511

Carpenters 30,464

Janitors  and  sextons 22,419

Barbers  and  hairdressers.  19,446

Retail  dealers 17,659

Clergymen 17,427

Longshoremen,  stevedores  16,379

Laborers,  brick  factories.  15,792

Firemen,  stationary 14,927

Lumbermen  and  raftsmen  14,005

Laborers,  blast  furnaces  .  .  13,519

Hostlers,  stable  hands ..  .  12,965

Laborers,  public  service  .  .  12,767

Brick  and  stone  masons  .  .  12,401


Garden  laborers 11,801

Laborers,  domestic ....  10,380

Blacksmiths 9,835

Painters  and  glaziers. .  .  8,915

Messenger  boys 8,262

Coachmen  and  footmen  7,679

Elevator  tenders 6,276

Plasterers. 6,175

Clerks,  not  in  stores.  .  .  6,077

Firemen,  locomotive.  .  .  5, 188

Engineers,  stationary .  .  4,802

Brakemen,  locomotive. .  4,719

Chauffeurs 4,674

Tailors 4,652

Soldiers  and  sailors.  .  .  .  3,734

Shoemakers 3,695

Restaurant  keepers.  .  . .  3,635

Cleaners,  clothing 3,385

Builders 3,272

Furnace     and     smelter

men 3,203

Sawyers 3,151

Mail  carriers 2,756

Physicians  and  surgeons  2,744

Clerks  in  stores 2,582

Plumbers,  steamfitters. .  2,285

All  other  occupations.  .  385,211


Occupations
of  Negro
females  in

IQIO.
Occupations  of  Females


Occupations


Number


Occupations


Number


Total  breadwinners 2,013,981       Cooks 205,939

Farm  laborers 967,837       Farmers 79, 309

Laundresses  not  in  laun-  Dressmakers  and  seam-
dry 361,551           stresses 38,148


THE  NEGRO  297

Occupations,  of  Females  —  cont.
