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EMPLOYEES

[[9 column table]]
Occupation | 1930 Total | 1930 Negro | 1920 Total | 1920 Negro | Percent Change Total | Percent Change Negro | Percent Negro of Total 1930 | Percent Negro of Total 1920 

TRANSPORTATION
Railway mail clerks | 17,397 | 637 | 15,867 | 856 | 9.6 | -19.7 | 3.8 | 5.3

Mail carriers | 121,333 | 6,312 | 91,451 | 3,663 | 32.6 | 72.3 | 5.2 | 4.0

Aviators | 6,097 | 9 | 1,312 | 1 | — | — | — | —
TRADE
"Clerks" in stores | 401,991 | 4,911 | 413,918 | 5,268 | -2.8 | -6.7 | 1.2 | 1.2

Bankers, brokers, and money lenders | 221,504 | 267 | 161,613 | 142 | 37.0 | 88.0 | 0.1 | 0.08

Real estate agents and officials | 240,030 | 4,050 | 149,135 | 1,369 | 60.9 | 195.4 | 1.6 | 0.8

Retail dealers | 1,703,522 | 28,213 | 1,328.275 | 23,526 | 28.2 | 19.9 | 1.6 | 0.8

Salesmen and saleswomen | 2,069,003 | 13,550 | 1,177,494 | 6,413 | 75.7 | 111.2 | 0.6 | 6.3

Undertakers | 34,132 | 2,946 | 24,469 | 1,558 | 39.4 | 89.1 | 8.6 | 6.3

Wholesale dealers, importers and exporters | 83,525 | 130 | 73,574 | 67 | 13.5 | 95.0 | 0.1 | 0.09

EMPLOYEES
PUBLIC SERVICE
Fireman, fire department | 73,008 | 520 | 50,771 | 109 | 43.7 | 376.0 | 0.71 | 0.21

Probation and truant officers | 4.270 | 160 | 2.679 | 61 | 59.3 | 162.0 | 3.7 | 2.3

Policemen | 131,687 | 1,297 | 82,120 | 999 | 60.3 | 29.8 | 0.98 | 1.2

EMPLOYEES
MISCELLANEOUS
Billiard room, dance hall, skating rink, etc., keepers | 29,129 | 1,936 | 24,897 | 1,582 | 21.4 | 22.4 | 6.9 | 6.3

Garage owners, managers and officials | 69,965 | 646 | 42,151 | 309 | 65.9 | 109.1 | 1.0 | 0.7

Garage laborers | 66,693 | 23,854 | 31,450 | 6,047 | 112.6 | 296.1 | 35.7 | 19.2

Chauffeurs, truck and tractor drivers | 972,418 | 108,412 | 285,045 | 38,573 | 241.8 | 180.5 | 11.2 | 13.5

PROFESSIONS
Actors and showmen | 75,296 | 4,130 | 48,172 | 1,973 | 56.3 | 114.5 | 5.4 | 4.0

Architects | 22,000 | 63 | 18,185 | 50 | 20.9 | 26.0 | .28 | .27

Chemists, assayers and metallurgists | 47,068 |361 | 32,941 | 207 | 42.9 | 74.3 | .76 | .62 

Clergymen | 148,848 | 25,034 | 127,270 | 19,571 | 16.9 | 28.4 | 16.8 | 15.4

College presidents and professors | 61,905 | 2,146 | 33,407 | 1,063 | 85.3 | 101.8 | 3.4 | 3.1

Dentists | 71,055 | 1,773 | 56,152 | 1,109 | 24.7 | 59.8 | 2.4 | 1.9

Designers, draftsmen and inventors | 102,730 | 217 | 70,651 | 145 | 45.4 | 49.6 | .21 | .205

Lawyers, judges, and justices | 160,605 | 1,247 | 122,519 | 950 | 31.0 | 31.2 | .77 | .77

Photographers | 39,529 | 545 | 34,259 | 608 | 15.3 | 11.5 | 1.3 | 1.7

Physicians and surgeons | 153,803 | 3,802 | 144,977 | 3,495 | 6.1 | 8.7 | 2.4 | 2.4

School teachers | 1,040,016 | 54,439 | 752,055 | 35,442 | 35.3 | 53.3 | 5.2 | 4.7

Technical engineers | 226,749 | 351 | 136,121 | 184 | 66.2 | 90.8 | 0.15 | 0.14

Veterinary surgeons | 11,863 | 144 | 13,494 | 145 | -12.1 | -0.7 | 1.2 | 1.1

Trained nurses | 294,189 | 5,728 | 149,128 | 3,341 | 96.9 | 71.4 | 1.9 | 2.2

Librarians | 29,613 | 210 | 15,297 | 69 | 93.5 | 204.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 

Social and welfare workers | 62,531 | 2,234 | 41,078 | 1,231 | 52.2 | 81.5 | 3.5 | 2.9 

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