| Group of occupation | Total | Jews | Per cent of total |
| Agricultural pursuits | 18245287 | 40611 | .2 |
| Professional service | 988813 | 71950 | 7.5 |
| Personal service[2] | 5150012 | 277466 | 5.4 |
| Manufacturing and mechanical pursuits | 5169919 | 542563 | 10.5 |
| Transportation | 714745 | 45944 | 6.4 |
| Commerce[2] | 1256330 | 452193 | 36.0 |
| Total | 31525106 | 1430727 | 4.5 |
| [1] Compiled from Rubinow, p. 500. | |||
| [2] Cf. Rubinow, note, p. 500. | |||
TABLE IB
PARTICIPATION OF JEWS IN OCCUPATIONS IN THE PALE OF JEWISH SETTLEMENT, 1897[1][ToT]
| Group of occupation | Total | Jews | Per cent of total |
| Agricultural pursuits | 6071413 | 38538 | .6 |
| Professional service | 317710 | 67238 | 21.1 |
| Personal service[2] | 2139981 | 250078 | 11.6 |
| Manufacturing and mechanical pursuits | 1573519 | 504844 | 32.1 |
| Transportation | 211983 | 44177 | 20.8 |
| Commerce[2] | 556086 | 426628 | 76.7 |
| Total | 10870692 | 1331503 | 12.2 |
| [1] Compiled from Rubinow, p. 500. | |||
| [2] Cf. Rubinow, note, p. 500. | |||
TABLE II
JEWISH IMMIGRATION AT THE PORTS OF NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA AND BALTIMORE, JULY TO JUNE, 1886 to 1898[1][ToT]
| Year | New York | Philadelphia | Baltimore | Total |
| 1886 | 19548 | 1625 | — | 21173 |
| 1887 | 30866 | 2178 | — | 33044 |
| 1888 | 26946 | 1935 | — | 28881 |
| 1889 | 23958 | 1394 | — | 25352 |
| 1890 | 26963 | 1676 | — | 28639 |
| 1891 | 47098 | 2719 | 1581[2] | 51398 |
| 1892 | 66544 | 4677 | 5152 | 76373 |
| 1893 | 29059 | 4322[3] | 1941 | 35322 |
| 1894 | 23444 | 3833 | 1902 | 29179 |
| 1895 | 21422 | 3672 | 1097 | 26191 |
| 1896 | 27846 | 3016 | 1986 | 32848 |
| 1897 | 17362 | 1613 | 1397 | 20372 |
| 1898 | 19222 | 2121 | 2311 | 23654 |
| Total | 380278 | 34781 | 17367 | 432426 |
| [1] Table II and all succeeding tables are arranged from July 1st to June 30th, the fiscal year. | ||||
| [2] Baltimore statistics begin October. | ||||
| [3] Philadelphia figures for August missing. | ||||