Of the Japanese in cities, Los Angeles contained the largest
and San Francisco the next largest number, they being 7,900 and
6,900 respectively. Sacramento had little over 2,400. But these
formed 5.6 per cent of its entire population. The city of Ala-
meda had only 700 Japanese, but these formed 3 per cent of its
population. In spite of their large numbers, they formed only
2.5 per cent. of the population of the city of Los Angeles, while
1.6 per cent of that of San Francisco.

PART’ IV.

Economic Status of Japanese in
California

Below is given an estimated occupational distribution of
Japanese in California:

 

Occupation. Number. Occupation. Number.
Officials, “vagal thie 120 Railway emloyees. .......... 1,500
eee. «61,000 Factories and canneries 500
NENTS a sone oocos-- ee 4,500 Salt field hands ................ 300
Ue 20,000 RENOVA pele eo eee 3,580
eerereIES  -......_................ 4,000 No. occupation 2.2.22. 2 8,500

Hired by merchants ...... 6,000

Domestic servants .......... 5,000 "LOCA Sch. eS 55,000

Though perhaps the best obtainable estimate, none of the

_ above figures should be rigidly interpreted for several reasons.
The majority of farmers being mostly tenants, share or “con-

tract” lack permanent character. Independent farmers of today
_may become mere farm hands of tomorrow and vice versa. The
majority of merchants are the keepers of insignificantly small
shops. They, too, come and go in quick order. Laborers are
_ mostly unskilled, therefore they shift from one occupation to
another, according to seasons, and, indeed, according to their
/whims and fancies. Clerks may become domestic servants at
any moment. Domestic servants may take fancy to farms or to

railroads. Farm hands may become gang hands, and vice versa.
These, again, may work in canneries. They can shift about in

these various occupations without any difficulty, because, in the

_ first place, none of the occupations requires any high degree of

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