-------------------------+----------+------------ Group | Number | Per cent -------------------------+----------+------------ Professional | 7455 | 1.3 Skilled laborers | 395823 | 67.1 Laborers | 69444 | 11.8 Merchants and dealers | 31491 | 5.3 Farm laborers | 11460 | 1.9 Farmers | 1008 | .2 Miscellaneous | 8051 | 1.3 -------------------------+----------+------------ Total | 590267 | 100.0 -------------------------+----------+------------ [1] From _Reports of Commissioner-General of Immigration_. TABLE LIII JEWISH IMMIGRANTS ENGAGED IN PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS[1] -------------------------------------+--------- Occupation | Number -------------------------------------+--------- Actors | 232 Architects | 108 Clergymen | 350 Editors | 84 Electricians | 359 Engineers | 484 Lawyers | 34 Literary and scientific persons | 385 Musicians | 1624 Officials (gov.) | 18 Physicians | 290 Sculptors and artists | 357 Teachers | 2192 Others | 938 -------------------------------------+--------- Total | 7455 -------------------------------------+--------- [1] From _Reports of Commissioner-General of Immigration_. TABLE LIV JEWISH IMMIGRANTS REPORTING SKILLED OCCUPATIONS, 1899 TO 1910[1] A. _Principal skilled occupations_ -----------------------------------+----------+------------ | | Per cent Occupation | Number | of total | | skilled -----------------------------------+----------+------------ Tailors | 145272 | 36.6 Carpenters, joiners, etc.[2] | 40901 | 10.3 Dressmakers and seamstresses[2] | 39482 | 10.0 Shoemakers | 23519 | 5.9 Clerks and accountants | 17066 | 4.3 Painters and glaziers | 16387 | 4.1 Butchers | 11413 | 2.9 Bakers | 10925 | 2.8 Locksmiths | 9385 | 2.4 Blacksmiths | 8517 | 2.2 -----------------------------------+----------+------------ Total | 322867 | 81.5 -----------------------------------+----------+------------