The Southern South

by Albert Bushnell Hart

COMPARATIVE MANUFACTURES (1905)

Southern Groups

(Money Values in Thousands of Dollars)

		No. of Establishments.	Wage Earners.	Capital.	Annual Wages.	Cost of Material.	Value of Products.
1	Alabama	1,882	62,173	105,383	21,878	60,458	109,170
2	Arkansas	1,907	33,089	46,306	14,544	21,799	53,864
3	Florida	1,413	42,091	32,972	15,767	16,532	50,298
4	Georgia	3,219	92,749	135,212	27,392	83,625	151,040
5	Louisiana	2,091	55,859	150,811	25,316	117,035	186,380
6	Mississippi	1,520	38,690	50,256	14,819	25,801	57,451
7	North Carolina	3,272	85,339	141,001	21,375	79,268	142,521
8	South Carolina	1,399	59,441	113,422	13,869	49,969	79,376
9	Tennessee	3,175	60,572	102,439	22,806	79,352	137,960
10	Virginia	3,187	80,285	147,989	27,943	83,649	148,856
	Total 10 States	23,065	610,288	1,025,791	205,709	617,488	1,116,916
11	Texas	3,158	49,066	115,665	24,469	91,604	150,528
	Total, 11 Seceding States	26,223	659,354	1,141,456	230,178	709,092	1,267,444
12	Delaware	631	18,475	50,926	8,158	24,884	41,160
13	Dist. of Columbia	482	6,299	20,200	3,658	7,732	18,359
14	Kentucky	3,734	59,794	147,282	24,439	86,545	159,754
15	Maryland	3,852	94,174	201,878	36,144	150,024	243,376
16	Missouri	6,464	133,167	379,369	66,644	252,258	439,549
	Total Border States	15,163	311,909	799,655	139,043	521,443	902,198
	Whole South	41,386	971,263	1,941,111	369,221	1,230,535	2,169,642

COMPARATIVE MANUFACTURES (1905)

Equivalent Northern Groups

(Money Values in Thousands of Dollars)

		No. of Establishments.	Wage Earners.	Annual Wages.	Capital.	Cost of Material.	Value of Products.
1	Colorado	1,606	21,813	107,664	15,100	63,114	100,144
2	Indiana	7,044	154,174	312,071	72,056	220,507	393,954
3	Indian Terr.	466	2,257	5,016	1,114	4,849	7,909
4	Iowa	4,785	49,451	111,427	22,997	102,844	160,572
5	Kansas	2,475	35,570	88,680	18,883	156,510	198,245
6	Michigan	7,446	175,229	337,894	81,279	230,081	429,120
7	Minnesota	4,756	69,636	184,903	35,843	210,554	307,858
8	Nebraska	1,819	20,260	80,235	11,022	124,052	154,918
9	North Dakota	507	1,755	5,704	1,031	7,096	10,218
10	Oklahoma	657	3,199	11,108	1,655	11,545	16,550
11	South Dakota	686	2,492	7,585	1,422	8,697	13,085
12	Utah	606	8,052	26,004	5,157	24,940	38,926
13	Wisconsin	8,558	151,391	412,647	71,472	227,255	411,140
	Total	41,411	695,279	1,690,938	339,023	1,392,044	2,242,639
14	California	6,839	100,355	282,647	64,657	215,726	367,218
15	Idaho	364	3,061	9,689	2,059	4,069	8,769
16	Montana	382	8,957	52,590	8,652	40,930	66,415
17	Oregon	1,602	18,523	44,024	11,444	30,597	55,525
18	Vermont	1,699	33,106	62,659	15,221	32,430	63,054
19	Washington	2,751	45,199	96,953	30,087	66,166	128,522
	Total	13,637	209,201	548,562	132,120	389,918	689,833
	Double Total	55,048	904,480	2,239,500	471,143	1,781,962	2,932,472
20	Arizona	169	4,793	14,396	3,969	14,595	28,083
21	Illinois	14,921	379,436	975,845	208,405	840,057	1,410,342
22	Nevada	115	802	2,892	693	1,628	3,096
23	New Mexico	199	3,478	4,638	2,153	2,236	5,706
24	New Hampshire	1,618	65,366	109,495	27,693	73,216	123,611
25	Wyoming	169	1,834	2,696	1,261	1,301	3,523
26	West Virginia	2,109	43,758	86,821	21,153	54,419	99,041
	Total	19,300	499,467	1,196,783	265,327	987,452	1,673,402
	Grand Total	74,348	1,403,947	3,436,283	736,470	2,769,414	4,605,874