Male and Female Wage-Earners.
It will be interesting to analyze these figures further. The following table classifies negro wage-earners by occupation and by sex, giving for each sex the percentage engaged in each group of occupations:
| Male. | Female. | |
|---|---|---|
| Professions | 1.2 | 0.9 |
| Agriculture | 63.4 | 44.0 |
| Trade and transportation | 6.8 | 0.2 |
| Manufactures | 7.0 | 2.8 |
| Personal service | 21.6 | 52.1 |
These figures are also illustrated by diagram No. 3, the area of which represents all negro wage-earners. The two rectangles into which it is divided represent the males and females; each of these is sub-divided into rectangles representing the number in each group of occupations. Of the male negro wage-earners, more than three-fifths were farmers and a little less than one-fourth were servants. The two classes jointly accounted for nearly 85 per cent. of all.
Of the females, considerably less than one-half were farmers and more than one-half were servants—the two classes together accounting for 95 per cent. of all. This large proportion of female negro farmers was doubtless made up in the main of women and female children employed in the cotton fields.