Your data shows nothing about “non-professional” or “professional” income. The table says it is posting
PER CAPITA INCOME. NOT “paid labor per capita income” whatever that is. TOTAL POPULATION not just Free White. TOTAL POPULATION. These are all YOUR figures
PER CAPITA INCOME
National avg. 128
North 141
Northeast 181
Northcentral 89
South 103
South Atlantic 84
E. S. Central 89
W.S. Central 184
What is so hard for you to understand? The avg for the South was 19%+ lower than the avg for the North. YOUR source says this is true, not mine YOURS.
Of course, it is totally consistent with common knowledge.
Actually your statistics show a hell of a lot more than you realize. They clearly demonstrates the cotton planters need for new lands and why they had to expand. The only section of the South that was profitable was the new lands of AR, MS, AL, LA where per capita income by YOUR figures was slightly above the income of N. Englanders. The rest of the South was about a third below the national average according to YOUR figures.
And your other claim is just laughable crap it is so wildly inaccurate.
You can use ad hominem attacks, red herring diversions, and straw man arguments all you want. Nothing changes the facts:
.......................................................................South..............North
Per Capita income non-skilled...........................$150................$142
Sources: Fogel & Engerman (1860 Census), Wm. Parker
Per Capita wages non-skilled............................$150..............$142
U S Census, 1860
Daily wages by job type and location .............
Bricklayers/New Orleans and Charleston averaged $3.
Brick layers in Chicago averaged $1.50.
Carpenters in New Orleans/Charleston earned $2.50 a day.
Carpenters in Chicago earned $1.50.
General laborers in these Southern cities earned $1.25.
General laborers in the North earned $.75.
Source: United States Senate testimony by Johnson, 1858
Per Capita income wealthiest individuals........$3978..............2,040
Census archive, University of Virginia, 1860