+----
Housekeepers and | | | | | | |
stewardesses | 10 | 1,475| 1,956 | -- | 752| 513| --
Laborers (not specified) | 10 | 332| 712 | -- | 676| 901| --
Laundresses | 10 | 1,543| 2,409 | -- | 25,968| 41,386| --
Nurses and midwives | 10 | 781| 2,472 | -- | 1,097| 3,691| --
Servants[E] | 10 | 10,176| 9,983 | -- | 47,198| 56,729| --
Saleswomen | 7 | 2,633| 4,808 | -- | 37| 28| --
Dressmakers, milliners, | | | | | | |
seamstresses | 10 | 41,313|22,007 | -- | 6,528| 6,859| --
Tailoresses | 6 | 2,814| 2,950 | -- | 164| 131| --
----------------------------+----+-------+-------+----+-------+-------+----
Total | -- | 61,067|47,297 |29.1| 81,027|110,238|36.0
| | | [F] |[F] | | |
----------------------------+----+-------+-------+----+-------+-------+----
NOTES FOR TABLE IV.

[A] Figures for 1890 from Eleventh Census, _Pop., Part ii_, pp.
630-703; for 1900, Twelfth Census, _Occupations_, Table 43. The
cities are from the list in Tables III and IV _supra_.

[B] Includes office-boys, shippers, and helpers in stores in
1900, probably not separated in 1890.

[C] Includes clerks and copyists.

[D] Includes some wheelwrights for all cities except one.

[E] Includes waitresses in 1900.

[F] Decrease.

The evidence, then, that the economic call of Southern cities has
received response from Negroes as from whites is fairly conclusive.
That the economic motive of the Negro has had a large place in causing
his migration to urban centers is further shown by the testimony of
Negro wage-earners in a Northern city.

In a personal canvass in New York City, 365 wage-earners were asked
their reasons for coming to New York City. In reply to the question
put in this direct manner 210 out of the total 365 wage-earners gave
replies; of these, 99 or 47.1 per cent gave answers that are easily
classified as economic. The other replies have been grouped under
"family" reasons, 68 or 32.4 per cent, and "individual" reasons, 43 or
20.5 per cent. Many cases in the last two groupings, as appear below
(pp. 31-32), would probably be seen to have an underlying economic
cause, if we knew more of their history. The 99 answers classed a