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Connecticut Western News
North Canaan, Salisbury, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut
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Scientific American estimates 12,505,923 working people in the US, comprising nearly one-third of the 38,558,371 population, an increase from one-quarter in 1860. Males number 10,669,436 and females 1,836,487, with ratios varying by age group, attributed to women marrying and leaving employment.
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The Scientific American foots up the whole number of working people in the United States at 12,505,923. The number of inhabitants in the country is 38,558,371, so that the active workers constitute very nearly one-third of the population, the ratio having considerably increased since the census of 1860, at which time it barely exceeded one-quarter. 10,669,436 are males, and 1,836,487 females. Between the ages of ten and fifteen years the males outnumber the females in a ratio of nearly three to one: between sixteen and fifty-nine years the ratio increases to nearly six to one; while at the ages above sixty years there are more than twelve times as many men at work as there are women. These figures apply to the men and women in actual outside employment. It will be noticed as the women grow older, their numbers in proportion to the men decrease. This is accounted for by their marrying, abandoning their employments, and settling down to the household.
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Scientific American reports total working people at 12,505,923 out of 38,558,371 inhabitants, nearly one-third of population, increased from one-quarter in 1860 census. Males: 10,669,436; females: 1,836,487. Age ratios: 10-15 years males to females nearly 3:1; 16-59 years nearly 6:1; over 60 years over 12:1. Figures for outside employment; women's participation decreases with age due to marriage and household duties.