Analyzing the statistics of occupation by sex, it is discovered that the proportion of native white males who had occupations was 53.4 and of females 9.4 per cent. The corresponding proportion of male negroes was 56.3 per cent. and of female negroes 26.0 per cent. The male negroes were slightly more fully occupied than were the native whites, while among females the proportion of wage-earners was much greater. The difference between native whites and negroes in the proportion of wage-earners was, therefore, due mainly to the fuller occupation of women. To put it in another form: Out of every hundred native whites who pursued gainful occupations, 85 were males and 15 were females. Of every hundred negroes, 69 were males and 31 were females. Indeed, a larger proportion of women pursued gainful occupations among negroes than in any other class of the population. CLASSIFICATION OF OCCUPATIONS. The primary classification of occupations made by the Census recognized five great groups, as follows: 1. Professions; 2. Agriculture; 3. Trade and transportation; 4. Manufactures; 5. Personal Service. These titles are self-explanatory, with the possible exception of the last class, which is mainly composed of domestic servants. [Illustration: Proportion of the Population and its elements, which were engaged in gainful occupations in 1890. Diagram No. 1. ] [Illustration: Classification of the Wage-earners by Race and Nativity and by Occupations. Diagram No. 2. ] The following table shows the proportion of the negro wage-earners engaged in each of these groups of occupations. In juxtaposition, for comparison, are placed similar figures for the native whites and the foreign born. _Native White._ _Foreign Born._ _Negro._ _Per Cent._ _Per Cent._ _Per Cent._ Professions 5.5 2.2 1.1 Agriculture 41.0 25.5 57.2 Trade and transportation 17.0 14.0 4.7 Manufactures 22.9 31.3 5.6 Personal service 13.6 27.0 31.4 ————— ————— ————— 100.0 100.0 100.0 Similar facts are shown by diagram No. 2. In this the total area of the square represents the number of persons in the country pursuing gainful occupations. This is divided into rectangles by horizontal lines, the rectangles being proportioned respectively to the numbers of the native whites, the foreign born, and the negroes. The sub-division of these rectangles by vertical lines indicates the proportion in each group of wage-earners.