Fletcher W. Hewes & Henry Gannett, Occupations: Manufacturing, Mechanics and Mining (1883)

This display, which was published in Scribner's Statistical Atlas of the United States by Fletcher W. Hewes and Henry Gannett, provides insight into the number and backgrounds of people employed in the U.S. manufacturing, mechanical, and mining industries in 1880. The choropleth map on the top right of the page shows the percentage of the total population aged ten and over in each state employed in these industries. The darker the green, the higher the percentage of the population, with the darkest shade representing 30% or more of the population. While the map allows viewers to see the geographic distribution of employment, the table and bar graph directly to the left of the map shows the specific percentage of people employed in each state, with Rhode Island holding the highest percentage. However, as the table and bar graph in the center left of the page shows, New York had, by far, the highest number of people employed in these industries, followed by Pennsylvania and Massachussetts. Because this graph shows the number of men and women employed in each state, it is also evident that states like Massachussetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire had a high proportion of women working in these industries compared to other states. At the bottom of the page is a split table and bar graph showing the occupations that make up the category "manufactures, mechanical, and mining" and the number of people, U.S. and foreign born, employed in these different occupations. Occupations like mining, operating cottonmills, and tailoring had a high proportion of foreign-born workers in 1880.