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U.S. Census of Population, Occupations, Vol. 5
U.S. Census Bureau
1930
Published by US Dept. of Commerce, Washington, DC
Location of original: Baker Business Library, Harvard University
 
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22 OCCUPATIONS-GENERAL REPORT
TABLE 1.-- GAINFUL WORKERS 10 YEARS OLD AND OVER, BY OCCUPATION AND SEX, WITH THE OCCUPATIONS ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THE CLASSIFICATION OF 1930, FOR THE UNITED STATES: 1930, 1920, AND 1910- Continued

OCCUPATION, 1930 CLASSIFICATION 1930 OCCUPATION, 1920 CLASSIFICATION 1920 1910


Male
Female
 
Male
Female
Male
Female
  Domestic and personal
service-- Continued.
          Domestic and personal
service-- Continued.
       
Laundry owners, managers, and officials81 22,482 2,063   Laundry owners, officials, and managers.81 12,239 1,453 17,057 986
  Owners and proprietors 14,474 966       Owners and proprietors 8,158 869 14,695 746
  Managers and officials 8,008 1,097       Managers and officials 4,081 584 2,362 240
                       
Laundry operatives81 80,229 160,475   Laundry operatives81 39,968 80,747 35,909 76,355
  Deliverymen82 20,558 15         (83) (83) (83) (83)
  Foremen and overseers 3,583 2,754       Foremen and overseers 2,076 1,535 1,674 1,397
  Laborers 11,001 8,292       Laborers 6,570 6,537 5,432 3,354
  Other operatives 45,087 149,414       Other operatives 31,322 72,675 28,803 71,604
                       
Midwives and nurses (not trained) 13,867 143,142   Midwives and nurses (not trained) 19,338 137,431 15,926 117,117
  Midwives   3,566       Midwives   4,773   6,205
  Nurses (not trained) 13,867 139,576       Nurses (not trained) 19,338 132,658 15,926 110,912
                       
Porters (except in stores) 127,436 52   Porters (except in stores) 87,683 485 84,055 73
  Domestic and personal service 57,599 13   } Porters, domestic and professional service. 42,929 279 54,560 52
  Professional service 7,750 16  
  Steam railroad 27,647 1       Porters, steam railroad 22,486 27 17,297 1
  Other porters (except in stores) 34,440 22       Other porters (except in stores) 22,268 179 12,198 20
                       
Restaurant, cafe, and lunch-room keepers 125,398 40,008   Restaurant, cafe, and lunch-room keepers 72,343 15,644 50,316 10,516
                       
Servants:       Servants84        
  Cooks 194,297 371,095       Cooks 129,857 268,618 117,004 333,436
    Hotels, restaurants, boarding houses, etc. 149,418 94,252         Hotels, restaurants,
boarding houses, etc.
(42) (42) (42) (42)
  Other cooks 44,879 276,843         (42) (42) (42) (42)
                       
  Other servants 169,877 1,263,864         128,956 743,515 145,672 976,113
    Hotels, restaurants,
boarding houses, etc.
84,531 109,124   } { Bell boys, chore boys, etc. 16,472 759 17,667 662
Butlers 10,689 1 13,168  
Chambermaids 250 29,052
187 39,602
    Other domestic and
personal service.
85,346 1,154,740   Coachmen and footmen 2,427   25,667  
Ladies' maids, valets, etc.- 1,268 4,523 } 2,436 21,786
Nursemaids 11 11,879
Other servants 97,839 697,301 86,547 914,063
Waiters 161,315 231,973     Waiters 112,064 116,921 102,495 85,798
                       
Other pursuits 32,022 1,808     Other pursuits 61,381 1,919 180,716 3,543
  Cemetery keepers 9,705 57       Cemetery keepers 5,496 44 4,811 31
  Hunters, trappers, and guides 6,132 87       Hunters, trappers, and guides 7,288 44 3,840 47
  Other occupations 16,185 1,664         48,597 1,831 172,065 3,465
              Bartenders 25,976 109 100,984 250
              Bathhouse keepers and attendants. 2,032 826 3,125 1,470
              Saloon keepers 17,312 523 66,724 1,491
              Umbrella menders and scissors grinders. 899 18 1,016 37
              Other occupations 2,378 355 216 217
                       
  Clerical occupations 2,038,494 1,986,830       Clerical occupations85 1,689,911 1,421,925 1,129,849 588,609
                       
   
     
  Agents, collectors, and credit men 182,630 13,477         149,427 11,640 82,345 4,187
  Agents (not elsewhere classified) 94,948 6,603       Agents 121,428 8,910 48,495 2,290
  Collectors 40,395 2,936       Collectors 27,999 2,730 33,850 1,897
  Credit men 20,596 1,894       ------------------------------------ (87) (87) (87) (87)
  Purchasing agents (except for railroads) 26,691 2,044         (88) (88) (88) (88)
                       
  Bookkeepers, cashiers, and accountants 447,937 482,711       Bookkeepers, cashiers, and accountants 375,564 359,124 299,545 187,155
  Accountants and auditors 174,557 17,014       Accountants and auditors 105,073 13,378 35,653 3,586
  Bookkeepers and cashiers 273,380 465,697       Bookkeepers and cashiers 270,491 345,746 263,892 183,569
                       
  Clerks (except "clerks" in stores) 1,290,447 706,553       Clerks (except clerks in stores) 1,015,742 472,163 597,833 122,665
  Office-appliance operators 5,380 32,718         (89) (89) (89) (89)
  Shipping clerks 144,422 4,256       Shipping clerks 118,944 4,740 78,192 2,161
  Weighers 12,872 1,435       Weighers 14,730 1,499 10,984 580
  Other clerks 1,127,773 668,144       Other clerks 882,068 465,924 508,657 119,924
                       
  Messenger, errand, and office boys and girls.90 81,430 8,949       Messenger, bundle, and office boys and girls.90 98,768 14,254 96,748 11,287
  Stenographers and typists 36,050 775,140       Stenographers and typists 50,410 564,744 53,378 263,315

 

42 Not classified separately in 1920 or in 1910.
81 Some owners of hand laundries probably are included with laundry operatives.
82 Some deliverymen probably were returned and classified as chaufeurs.
83 "Deliverymen, laundries" were included in 1920 and in 1910 in the group "Deliverymen, bakeries and laundries" in 'Trade."
84 Part of the group "Bell boys. chore boys, etc." are included in 1930 in the group "Attendants, pool rooms, bowling alleys, golf clubs, etc." in "Professional service."
85 "Canvassers," classified under "Clerical occupations" in 1920 and in 1910, were (with the addition of certain designations from the 920 and the 1910 group "Agents") classified under "Trade" in 1930.
86 "Advertising agents," classified in "Trade" in 1930, and "County agents, farm demonstrators, etc.," classified in "Professional service" in 1930, were classified in the group "Agents" in 1920 and in 1910. See, also, footnotes 87 and 88.
87 Classified in the group "Agents" in 1920. In 1910 those in stores were classified with "Salesmen and saleswomen (stores)."
88 Classified in the group "Agents" in 1920 and in 1910.
89 "Office-appliance operators" were included in the group "Other clerks" in 1920 and in 1910.
96 Except telegraph messengers.

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