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Table 2 Top five industries in Chicago (1909) and Buenos Aires (1914)

From: Yet another tale of two cities: Buenos Aires and Chicago

 

Total employment

Share of total manufacturing employment (%)

Share of total city population (%)

Value added per worker (1914 US $)

Capital per worker (1914 US $)

Top five industries in Chicago (by employment)

 Clothing, men’s, including shirts

38,370

10.75

1.85

$1191.50

$1023.20

 Foundry: and machine-shop products

36,868

10.33

1.78

$1426.24

$2625.67

 Priming and Publishing

33,439

9.37

1.61

$1702.41

$1513.60

 Slaughtering and meat packing

27,147

7.61

1.31

$1576.51

$4566.25

 Lumber and timber products

11,680

3.27

0.56

$1099.02

$1628.57

Top five industries in Buenos Aires (by employment)

 Dressing

35,731

23.93

2.26

$568

$763

 Metallurgy’ and related

16,243

10.88

1.03

$727

$1254

 Weaving, leathers, furs, fiber, yam and fabrics

9260

6.20

0.58

$665

$1201

 Bakeries

8500

5.69

0.54

$625

$516

 Printing press and lithographies

6644

4.45

0.42

$877

$1174

  1. (1) Chicago data from the 1910 Census of Manufacturers. (2) Buenos Aires Data from the Censo Nacional 1914