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TABLE 15
OCCUPATION: 1866-1896
All Occupations
Percent Agri- Other
Sex and Number a/ of pop. cultural- Laborers c/ Mechanics Professional occu-
census year over 15 alists b/ workers d/ pations
Both sexes:
1866 --- --- 8,258 5,025 1,146 512 ---
1872 --- --- 9,670 4,772 5,115 582 ---
1878 24,795 59.4 8,763 7,871 2,606 5,555
1884 39,541 68.1 10,968 12,351 3,919 12,303
1890 41,073 61.8 5,377 25,466 2,802 638 6,790
1896 55,294 70.2 7,570 34,438 2,265 1,224 9,797
Male:
1890 38,930 83.6 5,280 23,863 2,690 483 6,614
1896 51,705 91.0 7,435 32,027 2,265 942 9,036
Female:
1890 2,143 10.8 97 1,603 112 155 176
1896 3,589 16.3 135 2,411 --- 282 761
a/ May include workers under 15.
b/ "Agriculturalists" to 1884; "framers" and "planters and ranchers" for 1890; and "farmers and
agriculturalists," "rice planters," "coffee planters," and "ranchers for 1896.
c/ "Laborers" in 1866, 1890, and 1896; "plantations laborers" in 1872 and "contract laborers" in
1878 and 1884.
d/ "Professionalists" in 1866; "clergymen," "teachers," "licensed physicians," and "lawyers" in
1872; "professional men and teachers" in 1890; and "doctors," "lawyers," and "other professions" in
1896.
Source: Schmitt, p 77.
