-------------------------+------------------------------------------------ | Male. +------------------------+----------------------- Occupation. | Native white. | Negro. -------------------------+-------+-------+--------+------+-------+-------- | | |Per cent| | |Per cent | 1890. | 1900. |increase|1890. | 1900. |increase -------------------------+-------+-------+--------+------+-------+-------- Domestic and personal | | | | | | service | 16,887| 42,621| 152.4 | 4,975| 27,956| 461.9 Barbers and | | | | | | hairdressers | 1,017| 1,936| 60.9 | 111| 215| -- Bartenders | 2,530| 5,776| 128.3 | 29| 84| -- Janitors and sextons | 712| 2,037| 186.2 | 336| 800| 118.6 Laborers (not | | | | | | classified) | 8,807| 26,669| 203.1 | 882| 3,719| 352.4 Servants and waiters[B] | 3,821| 6,473| 69.4 | 3,647| 6,280| 72.2 Trade and transportation | 69,162|170,350| 146.3 | 1,520| 5,338| 450.3 Boatmen and sailors | 1,024| 3,675| 258.9 | 106| 145| 36.8 Bookkeepers and | | | | | | accountants[F] | 34,960| 16,526| -- | 236| 33| -- Clerks and copyists | --| 62,921| -- | --| 423| -- Draymen, hackmen, | | | | | | teamsters, etc. | 12,908| 31,695| 145.5 | 476| 1,439| 202.3 Hostlers[C] | 840| 1,659| -- | 100| 633| -- 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