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Messengers, errand and | | | | | |
office boys[D] |} |{10,578|} | |{ 355|}
Packers and shippers |} 7,711|{ 2,026|} 117.4 | 559|{ 23|} 347.4
Porters and helpers (in |} |{ |} | |{ |}
stores) |} |{ 4,157|} | |{ 2,143|}
Salesmen | 8,398| 29,889| 255.9 | 15| 94| 526.7
Steam railroad employees| 3,321| 7,224| 121.1 | 28| 70| 150.0
Manufacturing and | | | | | |
mechanical pursuits | 30,180| 71,613| 137.3 | 427| 1,026| 140.3
Blacksmiths | 1,169| 2,490| 113.0 | 9| 29| --
Masons (brick and stone)| 2,278| 5,032| 120.1 | 20| 94| 370.0
Painters, glaziers and | | | | | |
varnishers | 5,805| 12,947| 123.0 | 99| 177| 78.8
Plasterers | 701| 1,592| 127.1 | 10| 51| 410.0
Plumbers, gas and steam | | | | | |
fitters | 5,225| 12,355| 136.4 | 11| 31| --
Carpenters and joiners | 4,712| 11,471| 143.4 | 33| 94| 184.8
Tobacco and cigar | | | | | |
factory operatives | 1,940| 2,182| 12.0 | 146| 189| 29.4
Tailors | 2,200| 4,545| 106.6 | 20| 69| 245.0
Upholsterers | 860| 1,447| 68.2 | 11| 18| 63.3
Engineers and firemen | | | | | |
(not locomotive) | 2,622| 8,129| 210.0 | 61| 227| 272.1
Machinists | 2,368| 9,423| 297.9 | 7| 47| --
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Total |116,224|284,584| 144.8 | 6,922| 34,321| 395.8
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| Female.
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Occupation. | Native white. | Negro.
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| | |Per cent| | |Per cent
| 1890. | 1900. |increase|1890. | 1900. |increase
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