TABLE XXVIII
List of Principal Occupations Represented in Petitions for Naturalization Filed in Seven Cities, 1913–14; Showing Ratio Between Number of Petitions and Total of Foreign-born White Males in Those Occupations in Those Cities in 1910
| Occupations | Number of Petitioners in Those Occupations | Ratio to Foreign Born in Those Occupations |
| Total | 9,930 | 3.0 |
| Managers and superintendents | 154 | 7.1 |
| Chauffeurs | 176 | 5.9 |
| Tailors | 2,120 | 5.3 |
| Clergymen | 67 | 4.7 |
| Bartenders | 248 | 3.6 |
| Plumbers | 193 | 3.6 |
| Barbers | 372 | 3.2 |
| Bakers | 328 | 3.1 |
| Retail dealers | 2,103 | 3.1 |
| Painters and glaziers | 514 | 3.1 |
| Carpenters | 779 | 3.0 |
| Salesmen | 591 | 2.8 |
| Manufacturing and officials | 511 | 2.7 |
| Blacksmiths | 161 | 2.7 |
| Motormen | 92 | 2.4 |
| Brick and stone masons | 219 | 2.2 |
| Laborers | 1,302 | 1.5 |
Analysis of the entire total of 26,284 petitions from which the data were obtained shows a general occupation distribution as follows:
TABLE XXIX
Number and Per Cent of Petitioners in Each Occupation
| Occupations | Petitioners | |
| Number | Per Cent | |
| Total | 26,284 | 100.0 |
| Manufacturing and mechanical industries | 15,335 | 58.3 |
| Trade | 4,427 | 16.8 |
| Domestic and personal service | 2,382 | 9.1 |
| Clerical | 1,388 | 5.3 |
| Transportation | 1,010 | 3.8 |
| Professional service | 1,026 | 3.9 |
| Agriculture, forestry, and animal husbandry | 454 | 1.8 |
| Public service. | 170 | 0.6 |
| Extraction of minerals | 40 | 0.2 |
| No information | 52 | 0.2 |