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ILLITERACY FOR NEGROES IN THE UNITED STATES 10 YEARS
OF AGE AND OVER.

	Illiteracy	Decrease in 10 Years.
1880	10.
1890	87.1
1900	44.5	12.6
1910	39.4	14.5

NEGROES TEN YEARS OF AGE AND OVER ENGAGED IN
SELECTED GROUPS OF OCCUPATION.

All Occupations..... .............................	..5,192,585
Agriculture — all branches............................	.. 2,803.380
Extraction of Minerals............................	61,120
Manufacturing and Mechanical Industries..........	... 631 .421
Transportation..............................	... 255,969
Trade. . ......................................	... 119.491
Bankers, Brokers, etc.. etc.........................	336
Clerks In stores...................................	3,497
Public Service tnot otherwise classified) ...........	22,382
Domestic and Personal Service.....................	... 1.122.182
Professional Service.............................	67,245
Actors.........................................	1,279
Clergymen....................................	17.486
Physicians and Surgeons.......................	3.077
Teachers.......................................	29,485
Lawyers........................................	798
Clerical Occupations............................	19,336

This Space is left for the Picture of
the New High School which We hope
Will Come in the Near Future.