Fletcher W. Hewes & Henry Gannett, Ratio of Selected Occupations to Total Population, p. 1 of 2 (1883)

This page from Scribner's Statistical Atlas of the United States, published in 1883 under the direction of Fletcher W. Hewes and Henry Gannett, is the first of two pages with a series of bar graphs showing the percentage of each state's total population engaged in particular categories of occupations. The states are arranged in alphabetical order, with this page showing Alabama through New Jersey, and the second page showing the remining states. The graphs demonstrate where agricultural labor or manufacturing, mechanical, and mining labor dominated. In 1880, agricultural occupations were most prevalent in the South, as well as in the midwestern and Great Plains states, with their vast expanses of farmland. Manufacturing, mechanics, and mining were more prevalent in New England. In the District of Colombia, California, Arizona, and Maryland, the greatest percentage of people held jobs in personal and professional services.