Our country and its resources; . ....?.-. -- --? ..... NQflppppi Photo by Irving Underhill ELLIS ISLAND, AMERICAS GREATEST GATEWAY less than one-fourth of the females,were gainfully occupied. In the States the proportion of thepopulation ten years of age and overengaged in gainful occupations in1910 ranged from 4( per cent inIowa to 68 per cent in States having the smallest pro-portions were: Iowa, per cent:Kansas, 47 per cent; Nebraska. cent; Utah, per cent; andIndiana 48 per cent. The Stateshaving the largest proportion wereNorth Caroli

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Our country and its resources; . ....?.-. -- --? ..... NQflppppi Photo by Irving Underhill ELLIS ISLAND, AMERICAS GREATEST GATEWAY less than one-fourth of the females,were gainfully occupied. In the States the proportion of thepopulation ten years of age and overengaged in gainful occupations in1910 ranged from 4( per cent inIowa to 68 per cent in States having the smallest pro-portions were: Iowa, per cent:Kansas, 47 per cent; Nebraska. cent; Utah, per cent; andIndiana 48 per cent. The Stateshaving the largest proportion wereNorth Carolina, 60 per cent; Geor-gia. per cent; Wyoming. cent; Nevada, per cent;Alabama, per cent; South Caro- lina, per cent; and Mississippi, per cent. Except in three States—Arizona, Montana and North Da-kota—there was an increase, from1900 to 1910, in the proportion ofthe population ten years of age andover engaged in gainful States showing the largest in-creases were Alabama. Ark

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