. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 18 BULLETIN 354, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Occupational statistics show that 33 per cent of the total popu- lation * are engaged in gainful occupations, and that per cent of that number are engaged in '' agriculture, fisheries, and mining," the two latter of which are almost negligible.^ Almost three-fourths of the men and boys engaged in any gainful occupation are employed directly in agriculture. Literacy is a feature of population statistics which has changed so considerably since the American occup
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 18 BULLETIN 354, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Occupational statistics show that 33 per cent of the total popu- lation * are engaged in gainful occupations, and that per cent of that number are engaged in '' agriculture, fisheries, and mining," the two latter of which are almost negligible.^ Almost three-fourths of the men and boys engaged in any gainful occupation are employed directly in agriculture. Literacy is a feature of population statistics which has changed so considerably since the American occupation that but little value attaches to the 1899 figures, which are the latest , available. Some idea, however, can be gained by a comparison of the school attendance, which has increased from between 2 and 3 per Il5, STATE mMlS W THE OPDER1 Of TH£lf> TOTAL 0£/VSiry\POPULATIOfJ OF POPULATION \pef> pe/tCEfrr OF PU'ffAt POPULATION O II. / PM0O£ ISLAND. Z MASSACHUS£TTS, ' 3 f/£tvj£-pser. £â *.&%. R/CO ^ 5 CONN£ . /03% 6 NEtVYVfiK 131 .Z., 7 fi£NN3yL\/'AWA. JJ/.0 8 MAPYLAND*. 3 DN/O //r. O â¢*<'. 10 D£LAWJi/i£ â. S^.O%.... 11 , .... 'l5 A£NTUCKr /4 T£NNE3SEE. SZ.'f-. /S yiPSINIA ^ ,. /6 WEST y/PSINM?*. . â..â 17 SOUTH _ 3J.^ Zf nOPTH CAROLINA 83. ^^ eEOPGiA, ..^^ B4- ALABAMA -^/.T. as -V-OO. ;,.... 27 MI3SISSIPP/. ; 28 .LOUISIANA 23 APA-AN3A3.*.. 33 OflLAHOMA*. . 34 /(AN3AS* ..... SS /VE3PA3lfA?.*. 733%. 37 CALIFORNIA?. 38 7S3Z 3T/!r£S MAK/ceo THUS B CLOSELY APPPOX/MATC POXTO PICO IN YNE Nl/M8£R OF THEIP /!l/PAL POPl/LAT/OA/ 3rAT£S MAP/fEO TfUS * /lAYE 6POS3 POPULATIONS
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