8 GAZETTEER OF MARYLAND. [bull. 231. 
Of the population, 15 years old and upward, 37.9 per cent were 
single; 52.9 per cent married; 8.5 per cent widowed; 0.2 per cent 
divorced; and the conjugal condition of the remainder was unknown. 
The average size of a family was 4.9 persons, being somewhat larger 
than the average for the country. 
Of persons 10 years old and upward, practically one-half, or 
exactly 49.8 per cent, were engaged in gainful occupations. Of males, 
79.0 per cent were wage-earners; of females, 21.0 per cent. The 
following table shows the proportion of the wage-earners employed 
in each of the five general classes of occupations: 
Division of wage- earners according to occupations. 
Per cent. 
Agriculture 20. 8 
Professions 4. 2 
Domestic and personal service 26. 1 
Trade and transportation 19. 9 
Manufacturing and mining 29. 
Agriculture is one of the leading occupations. In 1900 the State 
contained -16,021 farms, of which seven-eighths were occupied by 
white farmers and one-eighth by negro farmers. Two-thirds of the 
farms were owned by their occupants, and one-third were rented, either 
for money rental or on shares of the products. The farms had a 
total area of 5,170,075 acres. The cultivated area amounted to 
3,516,352 acres, or more than two-thirds of the farm area and 55.7 per 
cent of the total area of the State. The average size of the farms was 
112.4 acres, being considerably less than the average for the United 
States. The total value of all the farms was $204,645,407, which was 
made up of the following items: 
Value of farm l<n><h, buildings, and accessories. 
Land . . : $120, 367, 550 
Buildings 54, 810, 760 
Implements and machinery 8, 611 , 220 
Live stock 20, 855, 877 
Average value per farm 4, 448 
Average value of products per farm 952 
The product amounted to 21.0 per cent of the value of the farms, 
and may be regarded as the farming profit. The following table 
shows the amount of live stock in the State: 
Lire stock in Maryland in 1900. 
Cattle 306, 710 
Horses 188, 726 
Mules 19, 734 
Sheep 194, 079 
Swine 359, 812 
