AREA AND POPULATION
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There were 965,911 males, and 1,035,006 females.
Conjugal condition of the domiciled population, 1891:—
— | Unmarried | Married | Widowed | Divorced | Not stated |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males | 602,962 | 323,935 | 37,660 | 308 | 1,046 |
Females | 627,498 | 325,952 | 80,263 | 426 | 867 |
Of the total population in 1891, 1,526,788 (76.3 per cent.) were domiciled in rural districts, and 474,129 (23.7 per cent.) in towns.
Of the total population in 1891, 1,940,726 were born in Norway, 38,017 in Sweden, 2,475 in Denmark, 2,661 in Finland, 1,738 in Germany, 655 in Great Britain or Ireland. In 1891 the number of Laps was 20,786, and of Fins, 9,378.
In 1891 the population was divided according to occupation as follows:—
Occupation | Employers, &c. |
Clerks, overseers. &c. |
Workmen and women |
Dependents of families, &c. |
Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Administrative and professional |
Male | 4,368 | 12,148 | 2,949 | 16,162 | 35,627 |
Female | 1,684 | 3,972 | 1,830 | 15,769 | 23,255 | |
Agriculture, &c. | Male | 122,143 | 3,231 | 126,217 | 166,774 | 408,365 |
Female | 11,216 | 512 | 74,346 | 166,477 | 247,551 | |
Fisheries | Male | 41,072 | 188 | 14,455 | 33,687 | 89,402 |
Female | 297 | 1 | 748 | 32,053 | 33,099 | |
Mines, metal works, and other industries |
Male | 34,998 | 5,269 | 87,089 | 85,204 | 212,560 |
Female | 29,731 | 304 | 20,120 | 84,844 | 134,999 | |
Commerce | Male | 13,991 | 10,648 | 9,923 | 55,284 | 131,360 |
Female | 6,199 | 4,798 | 2,942 | 56,745 | 71,926 | |
Transport | Male | 3,575 | 11,667 | 26,272 | (included in commerce, above) | |
Female | 302 | 475 | 465 | |||
Domestic work | Male | — | 42 | 10,843 | 2,593 | 13,478 |
Female | 305,267[1] | 13,077 | 137,113[2] | 2,585 | 458,042 | |
Occupation not stated | Male | 170[3] | 79 | 4,782 | 4,204 | 9,235 |
Female | 259[3] | 38 | 3,654 | 3,910 | 7,861 | |
Living on private fortune, annuitants, &c. |
Male | 26,612 | — | — | 3,951 | 30,563 |
Female | 31,109 | — | — | 4,555 | 35,664 | |
Charity, public or private |
Male | — | — | — | 20,700 | 20,700 |
Female | — | — | — | 24,987 | 24,987 | |
Total | Male | 236,929 | 43,272 | 282,530 | 388,559 | 951,290 |
Female | 386,064 | 23,177 | 241,218 | 386,925 | 1,037,384 | |
Male and female | 622,993 | 66,449 | 523,748 | 775,484 | 1,988,674 |
- ↑ Married women in their own households.
- ↑ Comprising servants, children, &c., living in the house.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Social condition unknown.
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