TABLE 22.1
Klansmen in Buffalo, New York, 1924
Occupational Group Percentage of KKK Members Percentage of Total Native White Male Workers in Buffalo
Professional (predominantly clergy, doctors, engineers, pharmacists) 6.1 4.7
Business (small businessmen, managers, inspectors, accountants) 18.5 10.4
Low nonmanual (salesmen, clerks, foremen) 27.7 22.6
Skilled (machinists, electricians, railroad engineers, construction trades) 30.6 25.3
Semiskilled and service (factory and rail workers, deliverymen, policemen, repairmen) 16.4 30.2
Unskilled (laborers, gardeners) 0.5 14.5