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TABLE 40. NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF INCREASE OF WORK- 

 ERS IN ALL OCCUPATIONS, COMPARED WITH NUMBER AND 

 PERCENTAGE OF INCREASE IN AGRICULTURAL AND MANU- 

 FACTURING AND MECHANICAL PURSUITS, 1880 TO 1910 





1900 to 1910. 



1890 to 1900. 



1880 to 1890. 



Num- 

 ber. 



Per 

 Cent. 



Num- 

 ber. 



Per 

 Cent. 



Num- 

 ber. 



Per 

 Cent. 



All occupations 



137,757 



13. 



154,650 



17. 



119,223 



16. 





11,701 



t 



247 



t 



10,691 



1. 





134,091 



64. 



52,786 



34. 



44,304 



44. 



•Includes mining. 

 tLess than .01. 



Graph 20 



Percentage Increase of Numbers of Workers in Agriculture and Industry. 



1880-1910 



1900-1910 

 Gain all occupations L 

 Agricultural workers* 



30% 40% 5o% 



, . l,,., i ,,. , l,,,, L ,. .l ,., 



GO% 



Industrial workers 



1890-1900 

 Gain all occupations 

 Agricultural workers* 



1880-1890 



Gain all ^IHI^^^IHB 



Agricultural workers | 



workers ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H^^^^^^^^^^^l 



♦(Less than .01^^^) 



§2. New Workers Entering Industry 



Table 41 shows the relative proportion of industrial workers 

 and farmers of the total increased number of workers in Indiana 

 from 1880 to 1910. Of each 100 of the increased number of 

 workers from 1880 to 1890, 9 were farmers, and 37 industrial 

 workers; from 1890 to 1910, .1 were farmers and 34 were industrial 

 workers, and from 1900 to 1910, 1 was a farmer and 97 industrial 

 workers. Graph 21 pictures these facts. 



