Somerset Administrative County (pre-1974) through time | Historical Statistics on Work & Poverty

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Economically Active by Sex

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Data for 1921	Sex
Economically Active	Male	Female
Economically active	141,364	64,832
Economically inactive	26,751	141,622

Data for 1931	Sex
Economically Active	Male	Female
Economically active	149,568	64,332
Economically inactive	21,505	143,499

Data for 1951	Sex
Economically Active	Male	Female
Economically active	169,322	68,096
Economically inactive	30,642	166,651

Date	Source
1921	1921 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 17 , 'Occupations (Condensed list)'
1931	1931 Census of England and Wales, Occupations, Table 16 , 'Occupations of Males and Females, showing also total Operatives and the total Out of Work'
1951	1951 Census of England and Wales, Occupations, Table 21 , 'Selected Occupations with Status Aggregates - abridged analysis', for 'Con divisions and sub-divisions, Urban Areas with population of less than 50,000, RD, NT'

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Numbers of persons of each sex who are economically active or inactive, as recorded by the Census of Population.

Somerset Administrative County (pre-1974) : Economically Active by Sex

Economically Active by Sex