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exception is the town of Pleasant Prairie, in which the foreign 

 elements are mainly English and Irish. 3. That the decline in 

 population and valuations per capita is due not so much to the 

 soil as to the nativity of the occupants ; and 4, that the princi- 

 pal occupation of the county is farming. 



Chapter V, 



A STUDY OF THE POPULATION BY NATIVITY AND OCCUPATION IN 



1850. 



The following tables were prepared in order to get an idea of 

 the class of the people that had just settled in Kenosha county, 

 or were on the move in 1850. Table 6 gives the number and 

 per cent, of the males over fifteen years of age in each occupa- 

 tion. Prom the table it will be seen that a little over one- 

 half of the male population were farmers, while 18.1^ were la- 

 borers, and 12.6^ were artisans and mechanics. 



Table 7 shows the percentage of males in each occupation, 

 with and without wealth. The striking feature of this table is 

 the excellent condition of the farmers. Slightly over one-half 

 have more or less wealth. Aside from the capitalists and the 

 merchants, the next best off in order are the artisans and me- 

 chanics and the smaller trades and professions. 



Table 6. — Occupation, number, and per cent. 



Farmers 



Artisans and mechanics 



Smaller trades and professions 



Laborers 



Petty tradesmen 



Professional men 



Capitalists and merchants 



No occupation 



