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Number of Persons Employed Industry by Sex: St. Louis Co.

Total Agriculture
Forestry
Fisheries
Mining Const. Mfg. Wholesale
Trade
Retail
Trade
Selected
Services
Communications Trans.
and Utilities
Finance,
Insurance,
Real Estate
Public
Admin.
Total
1930 82,924 6,476 643 8,622 21,883 14,049 . 19,645 1,160 5,417 4,344 685
1940 102,119 5,250 283 6,854 26,824 5,948 15,659 24,084 1,596 6,939 5,633 3,049
1950 156,526 3,615 255 11,307 49,616 8,511 25,690 28,092 2,774 11,506 8,267 6,893
1960 263,200 2,243 391 15,402 96,051 13,057 39,214 49,305 4,287 16,781 15,532 10,937
1970 384,409 2,392 560 19,554 106,072 26,852 64,931 94,640 5,956 21,251 22,979 19,222
1980 469,768 2,608 704 22,071 106,890 26,830 81,965 137,994 9,406 28,829 32,253 20,218
1990 507,521 3,598 631 23,096 95,164 28,621 84,193 170,024 11,620 29,094 43,044 18,436
Males
1930 65,212 6,221 638 8,533 17,838 11,670 . 10,178 682 5,161 3,635 656
1940 75,916 4,881 265 6,753 21,920 5,061 11,603 10,741 997 6,507 4,540 2,648
1950 115,595 3,274 239 10,968 39,191 7,082 17,446 14,776 1,482 10,358 5,759 5,020
1960 185,255 1,990 368 14,524 75,328 10,579 23,874 23,620 2,315 15,229 9,503 7,925
1970 244,446 1,782 516 17,931 82,220 20,864 34,671 39,512 3,216 17,960 12,075 13,699
1980 265,773 1,774 485 19,424 77,693 19,180 39,658 53,885 5,101 21,992 14,465 12,116
1990 268,587 2,510 436 20,224 67,101 19,224 42,179 63,047 5,715 19,744 18,109 10,298
Females
1930 17,712 255 5 89 4,045 2,379 . 9,467 478 256 709 29
1940 26,203 369 18 101 4,904 887 4,056 13,343 599 432 1,093 401
1950 40,931 341 16 339 10,425 1,429 8,244 13,316 1,292 1,148 2,508 1,873
1960 77,945 253 23 878 20,723 2,478 15,340 25,685 1,972 1,552 6,029 3,012
1970 139,963 610 44 1,623 23,852 5,988 30,260 55,128 2,740 3,291 10,904 5,523
1980 203,995 834 219 2,647 29,197 7,650 42,307 84,109 4,305 6,837 17,788 8,102
1990 238,934 1,088 195 2,872 28,063 9,397 42,014 106,977 5,905 9,350 24,935 8,138
NOTE: Universe equals number of persons employed by industry

SOURCE: USDC, Bureau of the Census
Comma-delimited file - all MO Countieshistind1.csv



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