Tobacco and cigar | | | | | | factory operatives | 1,940| 2,182| 12.0 | 146| 189| 29.4 Tailors | 2,200| 4,545| 106.6 | 20| 69| 245.0 Upholsterers | 860| 1,447| 68.2 | 11| 18| 63.3 Engineers and firemen | | | | | | (not locomotive) | 2,622| 8,129| 210.0 | 61| 227| 272.1 Machinists | 2,368| 9,423| 297.9 | 7| 47| -- -------------------------+-------+-------+--------+------+-------+------- Total |116,224|284,584| 144.8 | 6,922| 34,321| 395.8 -------------------------+-------+-------+--------+------+-------+------- -------------------------+----------------------------------------------- | Female. +------------------------+---------------------- Occupation. | Native white. | Negro. -------------------------+-------+-------+--------+------+-------+------- | | |Per cent| | |Per cent | 1890. | 1900. |increase|1890. | 1900. |increase -------------------------+-------+-------+--------+------+-------+------- Musicians and teachers | | | | | | of music | 950| 2,581| 171.7 | 24| 73| 204.2 Housekeepers and | | | | | | stewardesses | 797| 2,421| 203.8 | 83| 226| 172.3 Laundresses | 1,416| 4,329| 205.7 | 1,526| 3,224| 111.3 Nurses and midwives | 1,220| 4,416| 262.0 | 67| 290| 332.8 Servants and | | | | | | waitresses[E] | 11,140| 22,616| 103.0 | 3,754| 10,297| 174.3 Clerks and copyists | 2,505| 7,811| 419.0 | 5| 22| -- Bookkeepers and | | | | | | accountants | 1,492| 6,998| 360.0 | 2| 10| -- Stenographers and | | | | | | typewriters | 1,356| 9,518| 601.9 | 3| 14| -- Saleswomen | 7,476| 18,315| 144.7 | 4| 13| -- Dressmakers | 13,106| 22,137| 68.9 | 418| 813| 94.5 Seamstresses | 4,206| 7,855| 86.7 | 103| 249| 141.7 -------------------------+-------+-------+--------+------+-------+------- Total | 45,664|108,997| 138.5 | 5,989| 15,231| 154.3 -------------------------+-------+-------+--------+------+-------+------- NOTES FOR TABLE XVI. [A] Eleventh Census, _Part ii, Population_, p. 704. Occupations for Negroes in 1890 are approximately accurate as Chinese, _etc._, made up less than 10 per cent. of the total Colored population. Twelfth Census, _Special Rep._, Table 43, _Occupations_, pp. 634-640.