Proportional employment in occupational categories, 1910 and 2000


						   Percent

Occupational category				1910	2000

Farm laborers					17.4	 0.6
Farmers						15.6	 0.6
Private household service workers  		 6.0	 0.5
Laborers, except farm and mine			10.4	 3.7
Operatives and kindred				15.7	10.4
Craftsmen, foremen, and kindred			10.9	 9.8
Sales workers 				 	 4.4	 6.8
Managers, officials, and proprietors		 6.5	14.2
Clerical and kindred 			 	 5.2	17.4
Service workers except private household	 3.5	13.0
Professional, technical, and kindred		 4.4	23.3

Percentages may not sum to 
100.0 due to rounding.