網頁圖片
PDF
ePub 版
[blocks in formation]

43,655,822

137,933.906)

249,409,045

Employment Status of the Population 14 Years Old and Over,

March 24-30, 1940

Source: United States Bureau of the Census

(Estimates based on a preliminary tabulation of a 5 per cent cross-section of the 1940 census returns. Numbers less than 20,000, indicated by an asterisk (*), are based on relatively small samples, and are subject to error).

Persons 14 years old and over in the labor force

[blocks in formation]

Pct. of

labor force

[blocks in formation]

United States.

Total urban

Cities of 1,000,000 or more.

New York, N. Y.

Chicago, IL

Philadelphia, Pa.
Detroit, Mich

Los Angeles, Calif

Cities of 500,000 to 1,000,000 Citles of 250,000 to 500,000. Cities of 100,000 to 250,000. Other urban..

Rural-nonfarm.

Rural-farm.

100,972,196 52,840,762 52.3 45,350,430 85.8 2,380,062 5,110,270 48,131,434 59,610,637 32,613,234 54.7 27,666,402 84.8 1,338,919

12,976,520 7,381,178 56.9; 6,135,363.83.1)

3,607,913 26,997.403 1,022,324 5,595.342

223.491

6,092.372 3,482.885 57.2

2,852,658 81.9

96.451

2,775,496 1,596,655 57.5

1,356,898 85.0

59.884

1,556,110
1,283,145
1,269,397
5,270.680 2,951,675 56.0

877,163 56.4

705,899, 80.5

21,585

533,776 2,609,487 179,873 1,178,841 149,679

678,947

731,654 57.0

625,406 85.5

27,763

78,485

551,491

692.821 54.6

594,502 85.8

*17.808

80,511

576,576

2,471,299 83.7

125,598

354,778

2,319,005

6,367,355 3,549,029 55.7
6,250,243 3,464,654 55.4 2.943,979 85.0
28,745,839 15,266,698 53.113,115,214 85.9
20,068,895 9.719.014 48.4 8,026,100 82.6
21,292,664 10,508,514 49.4 9,657,928 91.9

3.000,547 84.5

151.357

397,125 2,818,326

147,303

373,372

2,785,589

691,170

1,460.314 13,479,141

1,035,199 10,349,881

467,158 10,784,150

The proportion of males in the 1940 labor force in each of the 92 cities was smaller than the proportion who were gainful workers in 1930. difference between the 1930 and the 1940 proporThe tions exceeded eight percentage points in Columbus and New Bedford; on the other hand, they were only slightly more than two percentage points in Youngstown and Norfolk.

In nearly every city for which data are presented by color, the differences between the 1930 and 1940 proportions for white males were smaller than the corresponding differences for nonwhite males.

In the majority of the 92 large cities, the percentage of women in the labor force in 1940 ex

657,715 383,428

ceeded the percentage reported as gainful workers in 1930. In most of the cities for which the nonwhite samples were large enough to afford reliable estimates, the percentages for white females in 1940 were about the same as, or slightly larger than, those for 1930.

On the other hand, the proportion of nonwhite female workers was smaller in 1940 than in 1930 in all of the cities with the exception of Richmond, where the proportion was 52.5 percent in 1930 and 56.3 percent in 1940. and Los Angeles, where the proportions were about the same.

The 1940 figures are estimates based on a preliminary tabulation of a five percent cross-section of the population enumerated in each of the census enumeration districts.

[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][subsumed][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][subsumed][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small]

CHIEF MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES IN THE UNITED STATES, IN 1939 (Continued)

[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small]

CHIEF MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES IN THE UNITED STATES, IN 1939-(Continued)

[blocks in formation]

No data for employees of central administrative offices are included.

442,966,593

The 1939 Census of Manufactures questionnaire, for the first time, called for personnel employed in distribution, construction, etc., separately from the manufacturing employees of the plants, and therefore, the data probably are not strictly comparable. It is not known how many of the wage earners and the salaried employees reported for 1937 were engaged in distribution and construction and how many were engaged in manufacturing. Employees of the plants reportd as engaged in distribution and construction activities in 1939 are not included in this preliminary report but will be included in the final report.

Profits or losses cannot be calculated from the census figures because no data are collected for certain expense items, such as interest, rent, depreciation, taxes, insurance, and advertising.

The aggregates for cost of materials and value of products include large but indeterminable amounts of duplication due to the use of the products of some industries as material by others. This duplication occurs, as a rule, between different industries, and is not found to any great extent in individual industries.

Developed Water Power in the United States

Source: Federal Power Commission; data are as of Jan. 1, 1941

[blocks in formation]

Water
Wheel

Pits.

Capacity

States

Water
Wheel
Capacity States

Pits.

Water Wheel Capacity

[blocks in formation]
[blocks in formation]
[blocks in formation]
[blocks in formation]

151,431 N. Y..
0 N. C..

388 1,843,787 Wash...

76 1,214,504

104

1,033,320 W. Va.

184

637,527 N, D.

0 Wisc..

Calif.

139 2,438,261 Md..

6

404,427 Ohio.

22

25,195 Wyo..

171

12

307,615

174

515,189

13

69,503

Colo.

56

110,824 Mass

214

388,911 Okla.

3

2,772

Conn.

90

178,673 Mich

159

533,865 Oreg.

78

587,793 U. S...

2,801 18,868,027

Del.

2

1,000 Minn.

64

262,420 Pa.

47

607,303 Outlying Territories

D. of C.

3

6.030 Miss.

0

OR. I.

48

25,067 Alaska.

301 46,082

Fla..

4

21,768 Mo.

81

247,253 S. C.

57

838,549 Hawail..

29

31,768

Ga.

56

597,609 Mont.

23

501,857 S. D.

10

19,463 P. Isl..

4

26,680

Idaho..

68

393,417 Nebr.

47

120,250 Tenn

28

694,406 P. R..

13

42,544

Ill.

33

93,953 Nev.

10

708,830 Texas.

26

120,460

Ind.

29

53,117 N. H

149

478,537 Utah

61

142,972

[blocks in formation]

Iowa..

38

207,154 N. J

20

16,341 Vt..

126

267,911

Kan

16

13,019 N. M.

7

35,683 Va.

61 282,301 Gr. tot.. 2,877 19,015,101

Installed water-wheel capacity in previous years-(1926) 11,176,596; (1930) 13,807,778; (1935) 16,075,307; (1940) 18,500,254.

Production of Electric Energy in the U. S.

[subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][merged small][merged small][graphic][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed]

The installed capacity of electricity generating plants in 1939 (Dec. 31) (kilowatts) was: hydro, 11,415,165; steam, 28,046,948; internal combustion, 855,811; total-40,317,924:

The installed capacity in 1939 (kilowatts) was thus divided: privately owned, 35,363,171 (of which electric utilities was 33,907,963); publicly owned, 4,954,753 (of which municipal utilities was 2,806,852). The average consumption of fuel per kilowatt-hour for 1939 was 1.39 pounds. This is based on the coal and coal equivalent of all oil and gas used and the output by all fuel plants except that produced by wood. These figures are 59,514,000 tons of fuel and 85,800,000,000 kilowatt-hours.

Of the 1940 kw. hours (1,000) privately owned plants produced 127,642,231; federally owned, 5,289,885; municipal, 6,187,844; State projects, 1,175,417; non-central stations, 1,395,371.

Electricity Sold in the United States in 1940

[blocks in formation]

The total production of electric energy in the State of New York in 1940 (kilowatt hours) was 18,993,978,000, according to the Federal Power Commission.

Residential users numbered 24,850,500 ($791,992,501); commercial. 4,175,198 ($729,581,139); industrial, 065.790 ($841,075,753).

« 上一頁繼續 »