Plate No. 9: Proportions of Men, Women, and Children in Certain Occupation Groups: 1880-1890
The charts on these pages represent the percentage of workers who are men, women, and children between ages 10-15 (the chart on the left organizes the information by state; on the right, it is organized by occupation). In 1900, just over 18% of children nationwide were employed, and most of them (68% of working boys and 43% of working girls) worked in agriculture.