| 889 | 18.4 | 809 | 16.4 | 1698 | 17.3
45-54 | 333 | 6.9 | 311 | 6.3 | 644 | 6.6
55 and over | 128 | 2.6 | 188 | 3.8 | 316 | 3.2
Doubtful and unknown | 14 | 0.3 | 25 | 0.5 | 39 | 0.4
---------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+---------
Totals | 4844 | 100. | 4944 | 100. | 9788 | 100.
---------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+---------

Figures obtained from the personal canvass made in 1909 bear
comparison with those of the State Census of 1905. Substantial
agreement is to be noted between the two enumerations, except for the
larger percentage of those under 15 years of age in 1905 (19.6 per
cent male, 18.4 per cent female), and the smaller percentages in the
grouping thirty-five to forty-four years (18.4 per cent male, 16.4 per
cent female). Doubtless this effect is produced because so many of the
cases in 1909 were individuals attending evening school, who were
required to be above 14 years of age, and because few over forty-five
years of age are attracted to such a place. The other small difference
in percentages is due probably to the small number of individuals,
365, in the figures for 1909. The sex distribution and age grouping in
1909 is shown in Table XII, which follows:

TABLE XII. SEX DISTRIBUTION AND AGE GROUPING OF 365 NEGRO WAGE-EARNERS
IN MANHATTAN, 1909.

---------------------+--------------+--------------+----------------
| Male. | Female. | Total.
Age group. +------+-------+------+-------+------+---------
| | Per | | Per | | Per
| No. | cent | No. | cent | No. | cent
---------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+---------
Less than 15 years | 18 | 10.2 | 21 | 11.2 | 39 | 10.7
15-24 | 35 | 19.8 | 37 | 19.7 | 72 | 19.7
25-34 | 54 | 30.5 | 50 | 26.6 | 104 | 28.5
35-44 | 40 | 22.6 | 41 | 21.8 | 81 | 22.2
45-54 | 11 | 6.2 | 21 | 11.2 | 32 | 8.8
55 and over | 10 | 5.6 | 4 | 2.1 | 14 | 3.8
Doubtful and unknown | 9 | 5.1 | 14 | 7.4 | 23 | 6.3
---------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+---------
Totals | 177 | 100. | 188 | 100. | 365 | 100.
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