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Sierra County Advocate
Truth Or Consequences, Hillsboro, Kingston, Sierra County, New Mexico
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US census statistics published recently reveal increasing child labor, with 1,750,178 children aged 10-15 employed in 1900 (18.3% of population), up 33.3% from 1880. One in five is a breadwinner; highest in Alabama (27.2%), lowest in Massachusetts (5%). High rates in South and West, low in East.
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Census statistics just published show that despite the opposition from various sources child labor in the United States is increasing. According to these figures every fifth child in the country between the ages of ten and 15 years is a breadwinner. Of these juvenile wage earners every third child is a girl. There are 1,750,178 children regularly employed. This is an increase of 33 1/3 per cent. in ten years. Alabama has the highest percentage of child labor, finding work for 27.2 per cent. of her children, while Massachusetts has the lowest, having only five per cent. of her juvenile population at work. Of all the children employed 26.1 per cent. are boys and 10.2 per cent. are girls. In all of the southern states the percentage of children employed is high. It is also high in the western states and remarkably low in the east. The number of children employed in 1880 was 1,118,356, or 16.8 per cent. of the entire child population, but in 1900 the percentage was 18.3.
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United States
Event Date
1900
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1,750,178 children regularly employed, an increase of 33 1/3 per cent in ten years from 1,118,356 in 1880; alabama highest at 27.2 per cent, massachusetts lowest at 5 per cent
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Census statistics just published show child labor increasing despite opposition; every fifth child aged 10-15 is a breadwinner, with one-third girls; 26.1 per cent boys and 10.2 per cent girls employed; high in southern and western states, low in east; 18.3 per cent of child population in 1900 vs 16.8 per cent in 1880