Children at Work
Industrial growth in the late nineteenth century had an impact on working children. Note what these sources reveal about the numbers of children work- ing full time and about the conditions under which they labored.
11 Gainful Workers by Age, 1870–1920 (In thousands of persons 10 years old and over)
Age (in years)
Total 65 and Year Workers 10 to 15 16 to 44 45 to 64 over Unknown
1930 48,830 667 33,492 12,422 2,205 44 1920 42,434 1,417 29,339 9,914 1,691 73 1910 37,371 1,622 26,620 7,606 1,440 83 1900 29,073 1,750 20,223 5,804 1,202 94 1890 23,318 1,504 16,162 4,547 1,009 97 1880 17,392 1,118 16,274 1870 12,925 765 12,160
Source: Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1957 (Washington, D.C.: Bureau of the Census, 1960), p. 72.
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