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Appendix 6. Conditions of Negro Wage Earner io8i
TABLE X
Nonaoricultural Industries and Service Groups Having
15,000 Negro Workers or More: 1930
Number of Negro
Workers, 1930
(in thousands)
Ne^o
Workers
as per-
cent of
Per cent
Females
Among
Negro
Workers,
1930
Number of Workers
in 1930 to Number
of Workers in 1910
Industry and
Service Oroup*
United
States
The The North
South and West Workers,
1930
All
Workers
Negro
Workers
Forestrjr 26 25 I 13.3 1.2 X09 100
Coal mines 58 46 12 84 .1 103 143
Building industrv
Chemical and allied indus-
181 97 84 7.0 .1 lOI 77
tries 48 34 14 7.7 1.9 270 241
Fertilizer factories 17 b b 60.4 .7 201 220
Cigar and tobacco factories
Clay, glass and stone indus-
34 31 3 22.9 54.0 77 135
tries 29 IS 14 7.8 2.6 lOI XOI
Clothing industries
Suit, coat, and overall fac-
35 II 24 4.4 48.0 1 16 303
1>ories IS b b 4.8 16.7 82 158
Food and allied industries
Slaughter and packing
57 31 26 6.2 20.8 169 278
houses
Iron, steel, vehicle and ma-
18 5 13 1 1.2 7.6 187 349
chinery industries 177 69 108 54 I.O 183 368
Automobile factories
Blast furnaces and steel
26 3 23 4.0 1.
1
606 4.55 X
rolling mills 53 38 8.5 .6 155 291
Car and railroad shops
Lumber and furniture in-
16 b b 7.2 .8 X74 368
dustries 139 133 7 x6.i 2.4 108 zxo
Saw and planing mills
Pa^er, printing and allied
industries
I14 1x2 2 25.1 14 97 Z02
17 8 9 2.2 12.3 161 302
Textile industries 26 2Z s 2.1 24.4 132 231
Cotton mills
Miscellaneous manufactur-
16 15 1 3.9 x8.o II8 226
ing industries 141 100 41 6.7 22.4 120 II4
Independent hand trades
Turpentine farms and dis-
tilleries
Construction and mainte-
nance of roads, streets.
28 19 9 7.8 76.2 42 53
33 b b 75.2 .9 III X03
sewers and bridges
Garages, greasing stations
and automobile laundries
64 48 16 I4.I .5 I9I 174
n 19 25 104 4 b b
Postal service 6 12 6.3 3.3 167 301
Steam railroads
Truck transfer and cab
163 los 58 XO.3 i.l 102 17s
companies 41 b b 8.5 .6 131 98
Water transportation*^
Wholesale and retail trades.
45 b b IS.0 .7 135 139
except automobiles*
Public service (not else-
X92 121 71 3.6 84 ISO 158
where classified) <
62 38 24 5>9 5.6 238
Recreation and amusement
Other professional and semi-
35 16 19 7.9 16.0 b
professional services
Hotels, restaurants, board-
138 103 35 4-7 48.1 b e
ing houses
Laundries and cleaning.
228 124 104 16.8 464 b b
dyeing and pressing shops
Other domestic and per-
78 43 35 18.6 65.3 h h
sonal service* 1.174 806 368 38.6 83.6 b b
Sources: Fifteenth Census of the United States: IQ30, Population, Vol. 3, Part i, p. 23* and Vol. 5> PP*
4o8-587> Thirteenth Census of the United States: iqjo. Population, Vol. 4, pp. 302-433.
• Heterogeneous sub-groupe, such as **
other iron and steel and machinery factories," are not listed, even
when they had more than 15,000 Negro workers in 1930.
b Data not available.
• Includes 20,000 Negro seamstresses.
Largest group of Negro workers were longshoremen and stevedores (25,000).
• Includes truck drivers, delivery men, laborers, porters, and helpers in stores (ioo,ooo Negro workers)
‘ Largest group of Negro workers was 32,000 "other laborers."
• Includes 25,000 Negro clergymen and 54,000 Negro school teachers.
^ Figures available only for laundries: all workers—199; Negro workers—395* . .
• Largest groups of Negro workers were: cooks (206,000); other servants (494>ooo); home launderers and
laundresses (270,000).
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