No. 48.-ILLITERACY OF PERSONS 10 YEARS OF AGE AND OVER AND 21 YEARS OF AGE AND OVER, BY RACE, NATIVITY, AND SEX, BY STATES: 1930

Continental U. S... 4, 283, 753 2, 198, 293 2, 085, 460 1, 103, 134 1, 304, 084 1, 513, 892 1, 942, 729 1,920, 486

1 The total includes 362,643 illiterate persons among the Mexicans, Indians, Chinese, Japanese, and other nonwhite population.

Source: Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census; Fifteenth Census Reports, Population, Vol. II.

1 A part of the decreases from 1920 to 1930 in the percentage illiterate in some States is doubtless due to the separate classification in 1930 of Mexicans who were included in 1920 with the white population. Source: Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census; Fifteenth Census Reports, Population, Vol. II.

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No. 50.--POPULATION 10 YEARS OF AGE AND OVER-TOTAL AND NUMBER
GAINFULLY OCCUPIED, BY SEX AND AGE, CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES:
1920 AND 1930

FEMALE

1890.

1900.

1910.

1920.

10 to 13 years.

2.8

14 years.

8.2

15 years.

15.4

16 years.

27.9

35.7

1930

42.3

38. 1

22.4

17.1

8.0

28.0

Source: Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census; Fifteenth Census Reports, Population, Vol. V.

No. 51.-GAINFUL WORKERS 10 YEARS OF AGE AND OVER, BY SEX AND AGE
GROUPS, BY RACE AND NATIVITY, AND BY OCCUPATION GROUPS, CONTINENTAL
UNITED STATES: 1930

NOTE.-Percents represent the proportion which persons employed form of the total number of persons
of the specified class and age. For totals for all ages, see table 50

No. 51.-GAINFUL WORKERS 10 YEARS OF AGE AND OVER, BY SEX AND AGE GROUPS, BY RACE AND NATIVITY, AND BY Occupation Groups, ContineNTAL UNITED STATES: 1930-Continued

Source: Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census: Fifteenth Census Reports, Population, Vol. V.

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No 52.-GAINFUL WORKERS 10 YEARS OF AGE AND
NOTE. For total number of males and

Source: Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census; Fifteenth Census Reports, Population, Vol. V.