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111 the following counties more tli 



AUcu 1,766 



Bartholomew TOG 



Cass 644 



Clark 941 



Clay 1,012 



Crawford 658 



Daviess 637 



Delaware 988 



Elkhart 697 



Floyd 730 



G-ibson 981 



Grant 1,274 



Greene 1,247 



Harrison 619 



Henry 509 



Howard 581 



Jackson 761 



Jefferson 537 



Knox 1,086 



Kosciusko 504 



Lake 6,065 



Laporte 1,606 



an 500' illiterates residecl in 1910 : 



Lawrence I.IOC 



Madison 1,356 



Marion 6,563 



Miami 520 



Monroe 888 



Morgan 546 



Orange 566 



Parke 637 



Perry 733 



Pike 873 



Posey 833 



Randolph 561 



St. Joseph 2,157 



Shelby 545 



Spencer 749 



Sullivan 966 



Tippecanoe 786 



Vanderburgh 2,103 



Vigo 1,814 



Warrick 775 



Wayne 737 



Chap. II. The Occupations of the People of Indiana 



§1. Methods of Determining Importance of Occupations. In evalu- 

 ating the importance of the various occupational pursuits in Indiana 

 these factors were considered: The number of people engaged in the 

 occupation, the monetary value of the product, the value added to the 

 raw material by the process of manufacturing, the capital invested, the 

 amount of wages paid, and the social worth of the pursuit of the occu- 

 pation to the community. 



§2. The Distribution of Workers in the Nine Groups of Occupations. 

 On the basis of 1,000 workers, males and females were distributed in 

 groups of occupations in 1910 as follows: 



MALES. 



Pursuits. 



All Pursuits , 



Agriculture 



Manufacturing 



Trade 



Transportation 



Professional ser ..ice 



Domestic and personal service 



Mining 



Clerical pursuits 



Public service 



Number 

 of 



Workers. 



1,000 

 381 

 308 

 99 

 82 

 33 

 32 

 28 

 27 

 10 



FEMALES. 



Pursuits. 





Num t er 





of 





Workers. 



All Pursuits 



Domestic and personal service 



Manufacturing 



Professional service 



Clerical p. rsuits 



Trade 



Agriculture 



TransDOrtation 



Public service 



l.O'OO 

 360 

 251 

 128 

 96 

 81 

 57 

 25 



§3. Occupational Pusuits of Various Age Groups. 



Of each 1,000 males of the various age groups there were 79 at work 

 between 10 and 13 years; 377 between 14 and 15 years; 771 between 16 

 and 20 years ; 969 between 21 and 44 years, and 829 workers who were 15 

 ears and over. 



