I. Description of Human Resources


 The 730 sample households contained a total of 2,887 individuals

(Table 1). While nonwhite households accounted for 32 percent of all house-

holds, nonwhite individuals accounted for 36 percent of the total population

because of the larger size of nonwhite families.


TABLE l.--Number and percentage distribution of survey households and popula-
 tion by race, 730 rural households, North and West Florida, 1956


 Race Households Total : Households Total
 : Population : : Population


 S Number Number Percent Percent

White 496 1,839 68.0 63.7

Nonwhite :234 1,048 32.0 36.3

 Total :730 2,887 100.0 100.0



 The total population.--Distribution of the total sample population

by age and race is given in Table 2 and Figure 2. Almost three-fifths of the

population consisted of persons below 20 or over 64 years of age. This com-

pares with about half in the United States. The proportions of the popula-

tion below working age and above the age of maximum physical effort were sub-

stantially higher among the nonwhite than among the white population. Persons

aged 20 through 64 years made up 45.6 percent of the white population compared

with 35.1 percent of the nonwhite population.

 Table 3 and Figures 3 and 4 show the distribution of the population

14 years of age and older by age, sex, and race. The male population had

larger proportions both below the age of 20 and beyond 64 years of age, and

conversely, a smaller proportion in the working age groups than the female